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September 25 : Simple Selections & Adjustment Layers, Part 2 (Dogs)!

PLEASE KEEP CELL PHONES AWAY!

Expectations:

C: Voice Level 2 (only the people next to you can hear you and no shouting across the room)

H: Ask your team, elbow partner or raise hand

A: Work on the assignment

M: Stay in your assigned seat

P: Work till assignment is completed

S: Finishing your work

Take a moment to check ATLAS!

Are you missing anything? Are your grades correct?

ATLAS

Get to know Photoshop!

What you NEED to know!!!!

WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: Adobe Photoshop, Adjustment Layers and more!

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Adjustment layers enable non-destructive editing by overlaying tonal and color adjustments. They provide a flexible editing workflow, allowing changes to be tweaked or removed at any time. Mastery of adjustment layers can enhance creative control and preserve image quality.

HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: You will practice different tools and techniques and gradually show your success!

OPEN PHOTOSHOP

Simple selections 2

Learn how to make selections and adjust with layers.

We need to grab a file first!

Click the Ps Image on the left!

Left click the DOWNLOAD button on the top right

This will save the file to your Photography or Downloads folder!

Quick Tip! After you click the download button, notice on the top right corner the download should appear...simply click the file to open!

SAVE (as) YOUR DOCUMENT!

Shortcut: Shift + Ctrl + S

(or File: SAVE AS)

Save to CREATIVE CLOUD!

Click the Save to CREATIVE CLOUD button

Name the document:

"First Initial Last Initial DOGS"

(Example: TE DOGS)

Click SAVE TO CLOUD DOCUMENTS

Learning selection basics

Use a selection to edit part of an image.

Rectangular and square selections

The Rectangular Marquee tool is used to make rectangular and square selections.

Select the Rectangular Marquee tool in the Tools panel. Click and drag to make a rectangular selection.

If you want a square selection, press the Shift key as you’re dragging.

YOUR TASK:

Using the Rectangular Marquee tool

Click and pull a rectangle on the INSIDE of ONE of the picture frames...selecting just the photo in the frame

Layers Panel:

Make sure the FRAMES Layer is selected

Go to the bottom of the Layers panel and click the Create New Fill or Adjustment Icon

Choose Solid Color

Color Picker:

Now you can select a color from the swatches (notice your cursor is now the eyedropper)

Click on a ONE of the Color Swatches at the bottom of the image

Click OK

Layers Panel

You will see that this created a new color fill layer in the layers panel

Tint

Now with the Color Fill adjustment layer selected, go to the Blend mode pull down menu...

Click and select COLOR

NOW

Repeat the process for EACH dog image using a different color from the bottom color swatches!

When you are done...

Turn OFF the Colors Layer by clicking on the eye in the layers panel next to the Colors Layer

After you make a selection, you can re-position it by clicking inside the marching ants with a selection tool and dragging. You also can re-shape the selection by choosing Select > Transform Selection and dragging any of the edges or corners of the boundary.