Chapter 1: Getting to Know the Work Area
Chapter one starts off with the complete basics of Photoshop CS3 beginning from how to open a file.
The chapter continues on into making a selection which is useful when editing specific parts of a photograph or file. To do this, one would zoom in to the general area then select a fitting marquee. For our first example we edited a photograph of coins, so the elliptical marquee was most suitable. Following this we worked in the curves box which I was already familiar with though it is good to note that it is ok to move the entire line rather than just adjusting within the middle of the line.
The second part of the lesson was the text edits on the Pitch in Cleanup add. I was again familiar with the horizontal type tool, but the small list under the swatches palette was new to me.
Finally, we began to use more than one layer to edit certain parts of an image. Here we had the background, Layer 3 Copy which was the tie and another layer called Tie Designs. We first clicked Tie Designs and picked out a medium circle brush to paint dots across the tie. It is completely acceptable to choose more than one circle size to add a dynamic look to the tie.
Extra Notes:
Photoshop offers a help section that from the book seems pretty extensive. To pull this up while editing, one would simply type F1 on Windows or Command+/ on the school Macs.
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