GRAPHIC DESIGN – PHOTOSHOP AND FLASHInstructor: Qumber Hussain Start: 1 Sep 2009 End: 1 Oct 2009Days/Time: Tue & Thur 1000 – 1300

3 SEPTEMBER 2009 – LESSON 2

Course Overview

You will be learning Photoshop in the first 5 classes and Flash in the remaining

5

Classes will be every Tuesday andThursday from 10am to 1pm

Today

We’ll be going through all selection tools. Quick overview of the UI again Detail introduction to the selection tools Using the selection tools on various images Creating compilations of selected images Quick mask mode The crop and rotation tool Assignment at the end.

Detailed look

We will be testing the selection tools on some images available at teaching.qumber.net.

We will be using the marquee tools to work on prepared images and then compiling them in a new document.

We will then begin using quick selection/wand tool with the lasso tools to compile a newspaper ad.

We will also look at how to use quick mask mode the crop and rotation tools, filters and layer blend modes.

Selection Tools

Marquee tools

Lasso(Polygonal/Magnetic) tools

Quick selection/Magic wand tool

Marquee Tools

The Photoshop marquee tool, a relatively simple feature, is essential for several tasks. At the most basic level, the tool is used to select areas of an image, which can then be copied, cut or cropped.

There are four types of marquee tools: Rectangular Elliptical Single row Single column

Lasso Tools

The lasso tool creates a custom, free-hand selection. It is usually used to cut out, or select specific sections of a pre-existing picture.

There are three types of lasso tool: Lasso Polygonal lasso Magnetic lasso

Magic/Quick selection tools

Clicking with the magic wand tool creates a selection on the image. The selection depends on the tolerance setting located on the options bar as well as the contiguous check box.

The quick selection tool is used to ‘paint’ a selection on an image either to delete the background or to isolate an object from its background.

Assignment 1

Download the first assignment from teaching.qumber.net.

This is due next lesson.

Contact

You can get in touch at this address:

For lecture slides, assignments and exercise files visit

For other course information visit

qumber@helpyourstudy.com

http://teaching.qumber.net

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