Photoshop Notes

Nov 23, 2011

Notes from Photoshop community workshop:

Photo editing

Image adjustment methods

Basic Adjustments

image > adjustments > brightness/contrast

More Control (visualize amount of dark, light, and mid-tones)

image > adjustments > curves
image > adjustments > levels

Colour Adjustments

image > adjustments > hue/saturation
image > adjustments > colour balance
image > adjustments > replace colour

Layer Adjustments (inserts layer that adjusts all layers below, can be edited)

window > adjustments > (select type of adjustment)

Masks

Used to select only a selection of a layer or folder to be displayed

Window > Mask

create a selection using the lasso tool of the area to show
click 'mask' button on the top of the mask window to add new pixel mask
hide areas by using the brush tool in black
show areas by using the brush tool in white
use feather in the mask window to have masked image blend into the background

Actions

Saves a series of steps to be repeated on other images

Window > Actions

click 'create new action' button on the bottom of the action window
click 'record' button on the bottom of the action window
perform edits to image
when finished, click 'stop' button
click the 'play' button on an image you wish to repeat those step on