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Chapter 2
Learning Photoshop Basics
Chapter Lessons
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Use organizational and management features
Use the Layers and History panel
Learn about Photoshop by using Help
View and print an image
Using Organizational and Management
Features
• CS Live lets you connect to Acrobat.com
– Button on the Photoshop Menu bar
• Acrobat.com makes it possible to organize
your work
Using Metadata and Keywords
• Metadata is
descriptive
information about a
file
• Keywords are used to
filter images
The Complexity of Projects
• What does the client want?
– The job should be done yesterday
– It should be unbelievably cheap
– The quality should be great
Project Management Principles
Use the Layers & History Panels
Understanding Layers
• What are layers?
– A section within an image that can be
manipulated independently
– Use layers to control individual
elements in an image
Layers Panel
• The order in which the layers appear in the
Layers panel matches the order in which they
appear in the image
Layers Panel
Currently active
layer
History Panel
• The History panel contains a record of each
task completed in an image
• The record of an event is called a state
• The History panel displays up to 20 states
Learn about Photoshop by
Using Help
• Photoshop Help information appears in a
browser window
• You can click a topic on the left side of the
window or enter a keyword in the Search text
box
View and Print an Image
• Use the Zoom tool to change views—up to a
maximum of 1600%
View and Print an Image
• Use the File Info dialog box to make notes for
other users
Create a Web Gallery
• Use the
Output panel
in Adobe
Bridge