PHOTOSHOP CS3

Welcome to Adobe® Photoshop® CS3, breaking new ground as the benchmark of digital imaging excellence. This latest version of the digital imaging standard introduces new levels of power, precision and control, with an exciting combination of revolutionary new features and next-generation enhancements. Photoshop CS3 software pushes the boundaries of digital photography, helps you turn your dreams into designs faster and more easily than ever before, and helps you organize and process images in a fraction of the time.

This chapter briefly discusses the basics of Photoshop CS3. Mostly This discussion is provided for the newby, but I add also some tips and tricks that will definitely help a lot Photoshop veterans. Do not miss the end of this chapter for I'll show you some of the secrets of Photoshop.

Activate Photoshop 1.1
To activate Photoshop,  click Start> All Programs > Adobe
Photoshop CS3.

Know your Photoshop version 1.2
Adobe Photoshop CS3 issued two versions, standard and extended.
To find out which version you are currently using, click Help > About Photoshop. In the dialog box that appears will look version of Photoshop
you use.

1.3 Know the Work Area
Photoshop CS3 display changed to be more dynamic. Under
Photoshop CS3 is the standard view.

1.4 New Tool in CS3
Photoshop CS3 has two new tool, Quick Selection tool and
Count tool.
Quick selection tool is the development of a magic wand tool. Function
choose an area automatically.
Tool count will add a numeric mark into images.
Steps to use this tool is described in Section 1.17.

1.5 Setting the Work Area
1. Click the Workspace
2. Choose one type of work area available
TIP: If you are familiar with the old Photoshop work area, you should try the type of Legacy.

1.6 What's New in CS3
1. Click the Workspace > What 窭 冱 New in CS3
2. If the warning box appears click Yes
3. New command in CS3 will be marked with a light blue color

Display Mode 1.7
1. Click the icon
2. Select one sucked mode
3. This is a view for each mode.

TIP: To go to any mode press F.

1.8 Changing the Background Color
1. Maximize the window image
2. Right-click the background
3. Choose one of the available colors, gray, black, or Custom to define themselves.
4. The following display workspace with a different background color, gray, black, and yellow

1.9 Making Your Own Shortcuts
1. Click the Windows > Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus
2. Select the command does not have a shortcut, such as Trim from the Image menu.
3. Press the keyboard key combination that is free, such as Ctrl + Shift + A
4. Click on OK

1:10 Coloring Specific Commands
1. Click  Workspace> Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus
2. Choose Menus tab 3. Select the command that will be colored
4. Choose a color that will be used 5. Click OK 6. The command will be covered with color

1:11 Analyzing the Histogram Image
1.  click Window> Histogram
2. In all parts of your image histogram, left to right, full.
3. If only the left side of the histogram is filled, meaning that the image has no part dark (shadow).
4. This image is too dark, no light areas (highlights). Familiar with Adobe Photoshop CS3

1:12 Setting Toolbox
1. Click
2. Toolbox will turn into two columns
3. Click and drag to move the position

1:13 Setting Palette
1. Click to shrink pallet
2. Click the icon to display the palette
3. Or select the name of the palette from the Window menu

1:14 Setting the Layers Palette
1. Right-click an empty area in the Layers palette
2. Select the thumbnail size, small, medium, or large
3. This palette display with large thumbnail size

1:15 Giving Note in Figure
1. Activate the tool notes
2. Click on the image to jot down notes
3. Double click on above image record to open Adobe Photoshop CS3 Know

1:16 Giving figures in Figure
1. Activate the tool count
2. Click on images to write numbers
3. Click to change the color of the numbers
4. Click to clear the numbers

NOTE: Count Tool is only available in Photoshop CS3 Extended.

1:17 Setting Foreground and Background Colors
1. Open the Color palette
2. Click the Foreground color box
3. Click the color palette on the bottom
4. Click the box background color
5. Can also choose the color by moving the slider
6. This is a warning that the selected color can not be printed by the printer. Click this box to select the color of the nearest safe

NOTE: By default the slider using RGB color mode and the bottom of the palette CMYK.

Familiar with Adobe Photoshop CS3
1:18 Taking the Color of Picture
1. Open an image
2. Activate the eyedropper tool
3. Click the color in the picture
4. Colors will be stored in the foreground
5. Hold down Alt and click on the color in the picture
6. Colors will be saved in the background

1:19 Adobe Red Pill
1. Hold Ctrl 2.  click Help> About Photoshop 3. Dialog box appears Adobe Red Pill

1:20 Merlin Lives!
1. Open the Layers palette 2. Hold Alt and click 3. Pallete select Option 4. Click to Begone kill Merlin