Tutorial 2: Photoshop

Image Processing

Introduction

Example

Resources

Step-by-step

Goals

By using the more advanced features of Photoshop, students will assemble a montage from supplied resources. Complex selections, layers, layer masks, and paths will be introduced.

Objectives

General Notes

These Photoshop tools and features will be explored:

• layers (blending modes, adjustment layers, clipping groups, layer effects)

• layer masks

• alpha channels, selections

• feathering selections

• paths (bezier pen tool)

• edit tools (type)

• paint tools (rubber stamp, sharpen, blur, sponge)

Requirements

Submit: Full sized, native PSD image file, with layers intact, to to the appropriate section of CourseWork/ART 250.