Introduction of Photoshop

2. Objectives
• Be familiar with the Photoshop
environment.
• Understand the concept and use
the Photoshop.
• Create graphics and manipulate
images using the different tools and
plug-ins of Photoshop.

3. What is Adobe Photoshop?
- Photoshop is the leading professional image-
editing program, released by Adobe. Photoshop is
useful for both creating and editing images to be
used in print or online. Easy to use, but full of
high-quality features, Photoshop is the best choice
for any image manipulation job.

4. Using Photoshop
• PowerPoint or Presentations
• Publications and lay-outs – Hand-out, brochures
• World Wide Web – Graphics for web, web designs,
navigations
• Video Segmenting
• Digital Materials

5. Introduction to Photoshop
●Photo Restoration and manipulation●

6. ●Working colors and shapes●

7. ●Working with Text●

8. ●Working with Graphics and images●

13. Understanding Layers
• One of Photoshop’s most powerful features is the ability
to create and use multiple layers within the same image. A
layer is literally what it sounds like: one layer on top of
another, all of which can be edited independently of each
other and laid on top of or beneath one another, and then
later combined to form a single, flat image

14. ● So what are all these options in the layers window?
1.Paintbrush Symbol - This symbol (and the blue shading
of the layer) notes the currently active layer
2. Show / Hide Layer - When the eye icon is visible, the
layer is displayed in your project. If the eye is clicked, then the
layer is hidden but not deleted.

15. 3. Link Icon - Indicates if the layer is currently linked to another
layer. When linked, layers act “locked” together (and will move with
each other, accordingly), but still remain separate layers. Layers can
be linked together by selecting one layer, and then clicking the boxes
in the other layers to display the “Link” icon (number three on the
above list and image).
4. Background - The Background is technically not a layer,
however, it can be edited. It is the bottom-most portion of the
image.
5. Layer - Each layer has its own name (default is by
numbering). Click a layer’s name to edit on that layer.
6. Text Layer - Adding text creates a new text-specific layer.

20. Step 1: Make A Selection Around The Person
With your image open in Photoshop, use the selection
tool of your choice (Lasso Tool, Magnetic Lasso Tool, Pen
Tool, etc.) to draw a selection around the person:

21. Step 2: Copy The Selection To A New Layer
If we look in our Layers palette, we can see that we currently have just one layer, the
Background layer, which contains our image:We need to copy the person in the photo onto their
own layer above the Background layer so that we can slide a shadow in behind them, which we'll
do in a moment. Since we've already drawn a selection around them, all we need to do is use the
keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+J (Win) / Command+J (Mac), and Photoshop will copy the selection onto
a new layer. Nothing will seem to have happened to the image itself, but if we look again in the
Layers palette, we can see that a copy of the boy (in my case) is now on a new layer, which
Photoshop has named "Layer 1":

22. Step 3: Open The Photo Containing The Person Or Object You Want To Use For The
Shadow
To create the shadow effect, you'll need a second image containing whatever it is you want
to use as a shadow, whether it's a person or an object of some kind. I want to give the boy
a super hero shadow, so I'm going to use this image here which should work nicely:

23. Step 4: Make A Selection Around The Person Or Object
Just as we did with the original image when we drew a selection around the person in the
photo, we need to draw another selection, this time around the person or object in the
second image that we want to use for our shadow. So once again, use the selection tool of
your choice to draw a selection around them (or it):

24. Step 5: Drag The Selection Into The Original Image
Once you have your selection
around the person or object,
select the Move Tool from the
Tools palette:
You can also press V on your keyboard
to select it with the shortcut. Then,
with both images open in their own
separate document windows, simply
click anywhere inside the selection and
drag the image from the second photo
into the original image's document
window:

25. When you release your
mouse button, you'll see the
selection from the second
image appearing in the
original image:
You can close out of the second document window at
this point, since we no longer need to have it open.
There's one thing I want to fix here before we
continue. The boy in the photo is looking towards the
right, but my super hero is looking towards the left. I
need to flip the super hero around so that he's looking
in the same general direction as the boy. To do that,
I'll simply go up to the Edit menu at the top of the
screen, choose Transform, and then choose Flip
Horizontal:

26. When I do that, Photoshop flips the super hero around for me so that
both he and the boy are looking towards the right:

27. Step 6: Fill The Shadow Image With Black
Since we want to use the selected image we just dragged into the document as a
shadow, we need to fill it with black. To do that, make sure you have black as your
Foreground color by pressing the letter D on your keyboard, which resets your
Foreground color to black and your Background color to white, as we can see in the
two color swatches near the bottom of the Tools palette (the top left swatch is the
Foreground color and the bottom right one is the Background color):

28. Then use the keyboard shortcut
Shift+Alt+Backspace (Win) /
Shift+Option+Delete to fill the person or
object with black:
If we had simply pressed
"Alt+Backspace" (Win) /
"Option+Delete" (Mac), we would
have filled the entire layer with
black, but by adding the "Shift" key
in there as well, we were able to fill
only the person or object on the
layer (the "contents" of the layer)
with black. The rest of the layer
remained untouched.

29. Step 7: Drag The Shadow Image Between The Background Layer and "Layer 1"
We have the image we want to use as our shadow inside the original photo and we've filled it with
black. So far, so good, except of course for one small problem. The shadow is currently in front of the
boy. I need it to appear behind him. This is where layers come in.
To move the shadow behind the boy, all I need to do is drag the shadow's layer below the boy's layer
in the Layers palette. If I look in my Layers palette, I can see that I now have three layers - the
original Background layer on the bottom, the copy of the boy from the original photo on "Layer 1",
and the shadow image at the very top on "Layer 2":

30. The reason the shadow appears in front of the boy in the document is because its layer is above
the boy's layer, blocking the boy from view wherever the two layers overlap. To fix that, all I
need to do is click on "Layer 2" in the Layers palette and drag it down below the boy on "Layer
1", which will place it directly between "Layer 1" and the Background layer (Photoshop won't
allow you to drag any layers below the Background layer, since it wouldn't make much sense to
have something behind the background). Click on "Layer 2" and drag it down until you see a black
horizontal line appear between "Layer 1" and the Background layer. Release your mouse button
when that line appears and Photoshop will move "Layer 2" below "Layer 1":

31. Now that the shadow's layer is below the boy's
layer in the Layers palette, if we look back in the
image, we can see that the shadow now appears
behind the boy:

32. Step 8: Move And Resize The Shadow With Free Transform
With "Layer 2" still selected in the Layers palette (the currently selected layer is
highlighted in blue), press Ctrl+T (Win) / Command+T (Mac) to bring up Photoshop's
Free Transform box and handles around the shadow and move it into position by
clicking anywhere inside the Free Transform box (anywhere except the small target
icon in the center) and dragging the shadow into place with your mouse. You can resize
the shadow by dragging any of the handles.

33. Step 9: Apply The Gaussian Blur Filter To The Shadow
Now that our shadow is in place, there's only a couple of problems remaining.
One is that the edges of the shadow are much too sharp, and the other is
that the shadow is too dark and intense. Both of these issues are easily fixed,
so let's work on the edges first. With "Layer 2" still selected in the Layers
palette, go up to the Filter menu at the top of the screen, choose Blur, and
then choose Gaussian Blur.

34. Click OK when you're done to exit out of the dialog box. Here's my
image after softening the edges of the shadow with Gaussian Blur:

35. Step 10: Lower The Opacity Of The Shadow
Finally, to reduce the intensity of the
shadow, simply go up to the Opacity
option in the top right corner of the
Layers palette and lower the opacity of
"Layer 2". I'm going to lower mine down to
about 35%:
And with that, you're done!
Here, after lowering the opacity
of my shadow, is my final
"Telling Stories With Shadows"
result: