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The spot healing brush made its debut in Photoshop Elements 3, but now an enhanced version of it is available in Photoshop CS2. The spot healing tool is different from the existing patch and healing tools in that it does not require you to make a selection or define a source point before using it.
CROPPING. Select the "Crop" tool icon from your Tools bar, then drag it downward diagonally from the upper left corner to the bottom right corner. Release the mouse and then use it to manipulate the image size with the crop "handles." Hit "Enter" or "Return." RESIZING. Go to "Image" in your top menu, then choose "Image Size." Enter the dimensions you need and hit OK. (You can radically change the outer shape of the image by unclicking "Constrain Proportions" at the bottom of the page and entering different dimensions, then clicking OK.)
You'll see a variety of preset gradients displayed, from the default Foreground to Background gradient to the more complex Chrome gradient. All these preset gradients can be edited to create new gradients. You'll notice that some gradients have more colour 'stops' than others; the Foreground to Background gradient has two colour stops - black and white - while the Spectrum gradient has seven colour stops. You can modify a gradient by changing the colour of the stops - simply click on one and choose a new colour from the Color Picker. Alternatively, click on an image and sample a colour for your customised gradient using the Eyedropper Tool.
Layer Management: Who needs to click icons or pull down menus when layer control is just a shortcut away? - Show/hide Layers palette.........Press [F7] - New Layer........................[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[N] - New Layer (from copy of selected layer)...........................[Ctrl]+[J] - New Layer (cutting selection from existing layer)...........................[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[J] - Group with previous layer........[Ctrl]+[G] - Ungroup from previous layer......[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[G] - Merge Down.......................[Control]+[E] - Merge Visible Layers.............[Shift]+[Control]+[E] - To hide non-selected layers......Press [Alt] and click on the layer's show/hide Eye icon. - To cycle between layers..........[Alt]+[ [ ]&[Alt]+[ ] ] - To bring a layer in the layers palette forward.........[Ctrl]+[ [] - To send a layer back.............[Ctrl]+[ ]m - To jump from the top to the bottom layer in the Layers palette..........................[Alt]+[Shift]+[ [ ] - To bring a layer to the top from any location......................[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[ ] ]
If you drag the "black" slider to the right, the darkest colors disappear and the image below appears. Dragging the underneath layer's black slider will bring out the darkest colors from the bottom image. To merge your blended layers when you're finished, so that any further styling will be applied equally, click Layer in your top menu, then either Merge Down, Merge Group, Merge Visible or Flatten Image. If you're the kind of person who loves to learn and master a subject of interest, try out all the various permutations available in your Layer Style box's Advanced Blending palette, under "knockout." Right away, you'll see how useful the three options in the Knockout menu itself can be: None, Shallow or Deep.
Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company's chief executive said Tuesday. The online service is part of a larger move to introduce ad-supported online services to complement its existing products and broaden the company reach into the consumer market, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen told CNET News.com. Chizen said Adobe laid the foundation for a hosted Photoshop product with Adobe Remix, a Web-based video-editing tool it offers through the PhotoBucket media-sharing site.
Inside both the Levels and the Curves dialog boxes, click "Options" and you will find another important dialog box called "Auto Color Correction Options." This box allows you to not only correct the photo's tone and set specific clipping percentages, but you can also set your color values for shadows, midtones and highlights. Experiment inside your Auto Color Correction Options dialog box to enhance monochromatic contrast, enhance per channel contrast, find dark and light colors and snap neutral midtones. Often an image comes out with an overall color cast, which is usually not desirable. To remove a color cast, use your Image Adjustments Auto Color functions. Inside the same Imagae menu, you'll find the Hue/Saturation and Desaturate functions. Use these to enhance colors or fine-tune the saturation of an image by reducing color (desaturating).
CROPPING. Select the "Crop" tool icon from your Tools bar, then drag it downward diagonally from the upper left corner to the bottom right corner. Release the mouse and then use it to manipulate the image size with the crop "handles." Hit "Enter" or "Return." RESIZING. Go to "Image" in your top menu, then choose "Image Size." Enter the dimensions you need and hit OK. (You can radically change the outer shape of the image by unclicking "Constrain Proportions" at the bottom of the page and entering different dimensions, then clicking OK.)
You'll see a variety of preset gradients displayed, from the default Foreground to Background gradient to the more complex Chrome gradient. All these preset gradients can be edited to create new gradients. You'll notice that some gradients have more colour 'stops' than others; the Foreground to Background gradient has two colour stops - black and white - while the Spectrum gradient has seven colour stops. You can modify a gradient by changing the colour of the stops - simply click on one and choose a new colour from the Color Picker. Alternatively, click on an image and sample a colour for your customised gradient using the Eyedropper Tool.
Layer Management: Who needs to click icons or pull down menus when layer control is just a shortcut away? - Show/hide Layers palette.........Press [F7] - New Layer........................[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[N] - New Layer (from copy of selected layer)...........................[Ctrl]+[J] - New Layer (cutting selection from existing layer)...........................[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[J] - Group with previous layer........[Ctrl]+[G] - Ungroup from previous layer......[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[G] - Merge Down.......................[Control]+[E] - Merge Visible Layers.............[Shift]+[Control]+[E] - To hide non-selected layers......Press [Alt] and click on the layer's show/hide Eye icon. - To cycle between layers..........[Alt]+[ [ ]&[Alt]+[ ] ] - To bring a layer in the layers palette forward.........[Ctrl]+[ [] - To send a layer back.............[Ctrl]+[ ]m - To jump from the top to the bottom layer in the Layers palette..........................[Alt]+[Shift]+[ [ ] - To bring a layer to the top from any location......................[Shift]+[Ctrl]+[ ] ]
If you drag the "black" slider to the right, the darkest colors disappear and the image below appears. Dragging the underneath layer's black slider will bring out the darkest colors from the bottom image. To merge your blended layers when you're finished, so that any further styling will be applied equally, click Layer in your top menu, then either Merge Down, Merge Group, Merge Visible or Flatten Image. If you're the kind of person who loves to learn and master a subject of interest, try out all the various permutations available in your Layer Style box's Advanced Blending palette, under "knockout." Right away, you'll see how useful the three options in the Knockout menu itself can be: None, Shallow or Deep.
Hoping to get a jump on Google and other competitors, Adobe Systems plans to release a hosted version of its popular Photoshop image-editing application within six months, the company's chief executive said Tuesday. The online service is part of a larger move to introduce ad-supported online services to complement its existing products and broaden the company reach into the consumer market, Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen told CNET News.com. Chizen said Adobe laid the foundation for a hosted Photoshop product with Adobe Remix, a Web-based video-editing tool it offers through the PhotoBucket media-sharing site.
Inside both the Levels and the Curves dialog boxes, click "Options" and you will find another important dialog box called "Auto Color Correction Options." This box allows you to not only correct the photo's tone and set specific clipping percentages, but you can also set your color values for shadows, midtones and highlights. Experiment inside your Auto Color Correction Options dialog box to enhance monochromatic contrast, enhance per channel contrast, find dark and light colors and snap neutral midtones. Often an image comes out with an overall color cast, which is usually not desirable. To remove a color cast, use your Image Adjustments Auto Color functions. Inside the same Imagae menu, you'll find the Hue/Saturation and Desaturate functions. Use these to enhance colors or fine-tune the saturation of an image by reducing color (desaturating).
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