Geigh's photoshop CS tutorial *copied from scr*

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Other links for future reference:
http://www.digimods.co.uk/tutorials/tutorials.htm
http://www.clubcivic.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=63
www.photoshopjunkie.com


I will be updating this in the next week. I will be taking my own time to post up and host all of these pics and writeups for you guys.

MOST OF THE FIRST PAGE IS BASICS IF YOU HAVE NEVER USED PHOTOSHOP CS OR PHOTOSHOP
Photoshop CS QuickSteps
by Carole Matthews, Mark Clarkson, Erik B. Poulsen and Doug Sahlin ISBN:0072232315
McGraw-Hill/Osborne © 2004 (221 pages)

This easy-to-use guide provides fast, accessible information about all of Photoshop's powerful features. Quickly learn to retouch photos, work with color, layers, channels and masks, create great looking Web graphics, add special effects, and much more.

Back Cover
We know a picture is worth a thousand words—so we went heavy on pictures and light on words in this easy-to-use guide. Color screenshots and brief instructions show you how to use all of Photoshop’s powerful features in no time. Follow along and learn to retouch photos, work with color, layers, channels, and masks, create great-looking Web graphics, add special effects, and so much more. Each chapter’s “How To” list and color-coded tabs make it easy to flip straight to the tasks you need to do. Written by Photoshop professionals, this book gets you started using Photoshop right away.

About the Authors

Carole Matthews has more than 30 years of computing experience. She has written more than 60 books, including FrontPage 2003: The complete Reference, Office 2000 Answers: Certified Tech Support, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 QuickSteps.

Mark Clarkson is a 10-year Photoshop veteran and the author of four books, including Photoshop Secrets of the Pros.

Erik B. Poulsen, an author and senior Web Developer with Sherman Software Solutions, has more than 16 years of computer experience. He has co-authored and contributed to a number of books including FrontPage 2003: The Complete Reference.

Doug Sahlin is an author, graphic designer, and Web site designer. He uses Photoshop CS as his digital darkroom, and to create and edit images for multimedia presentations and Web sites. Doug has authored 12 books, including How to do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 6.0.

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Most of you can probably skip this step.

Chapter 1: Stepping intoPhotoshop
This chapter introduces you to some of Photoshop’s basic capabilities and its user interface. You will learn to open and close Photoshop, to understand its screens and toolbars, and how to set up the program according to your personal needs. You will learn how to use Photoshop’s Help and find additional help and tutorials online. You will get a glimpse into the tools that Photoshop offers and an introduction to working with color and calibration.
Get Acquainted with Photoshop
Getting acquainted with Photoshop involves starting and closing it; setting preferences, such as how to display the pointer; working with the Photoshop workspace and its menus, palettes, and other components; opening and creating images; and using Photoshop’s interface, including navigating, zooming, and working with palettes.
I assume that you already know how to turn on the computer and load Windows and that Photoshop has been installed on your computer. Once Photoshop is installed, you start it as you would any other program. The quickest way to start it is to simply double-click the Photoshop icon on your desktop. However, the most common way is to use the Start menu.
Start and Close Photoshop
You can start Photoshop with a menu, shortcut, or keyboard combination.
Use the Start Menu to Load Photoshop
To load Photoshop using the Start menu on the Windows task pane:
1. Start your computer and log on to Windows, if necessary.
2. Click Start. The Start menu opens.
3. Select All Programs and click Adobe Photoshop CS.
4. The Photoshop window will open, as shown in Figure 1-1.


Figure 1-1: By default, the Welcome Screen appears every time you start up Photoshop.


When Photoshop first starts, you are greeted by the Welcome Screen, which provides you with quick access to Tips, Tutorials, and tours of Photoshop’s new features. If you don’t want to see the Welcome screen every time Photoshop starts, deselect the check box labeled Show This Dialog At Startup.
Start Photoshop from the Keyboard
1. Press ctrl+esc, or click the Windows Flag key on your keyboard to open the Start menu.
2. Press p to select the All Programs menu, and press right arrow to open it.
3. Press down arrow until Adobe Photoshop CS is selected. Then press enter to start it.
Tip You can still resize a palette in the Palette Well by dragging its lower-right corner.
Create and Use a Shortcut to Start Photoshop
Another way to start Photoshop is to create and use a shortcut icon on your desktop.
1. Press ctrl+esc, or click the Windows Flag key on your keyboard to open the Start menu.
2. Press p to select the All Programs menu, and press right arrow to open it.
3. Press down arrow until Adobe Photoshop CS is selected.
4. Right-click and select Send To, and click Desktop (Create Shortcut).
5. Double-click the shortcut icon on your desktop to start Photoshop.
Note If you ever encounter a problem in the layout of your workspace—for example, a palette gets pushed off screen where you can’t reach it—click Window | Workspace | Reset Palette Locations to restore the workspace to its original layout.
Create and Use a Keyboard Shortcut for Photoshop
Another way to start Photoshop is first to create a keyboard shortcut.
1. Press ctrl+esc, or click the Windows Flag key on your keyboard to open the Start menu.
2. Press p to select the All Programs menu, and press right arrow to open it.
3. Press down arrow until Adobe Photoshop CS is selected. Right-click; then select Properties.
4. Click within the Shortcut Key box, and type or press any letter, number, or function key. Windows then adds alt+ctrl to these letters and numbers.
5. Click OK to create the keyboard shortcut.
6. From anywhere within Windows, press the key combination you defined (e.g., alt+ctrl+p) to start Photoshop.

Close Photoshop
1. Click File on the menu bar.
2. Click Exit. You will be prompted to save any unsaved work.
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Set Photoshop Preferences
You can make changes in the way Photoshop works by setting its Preferences. You can change the look of the tool pointers, the color of guidelines, which units of measure you prefer to work in (e.g., inches, centimeters, or pixels) and much more. When you are first learning Photoshop, it is best to leave the default preferences intact. When you understand the implications, however, this is where you make changes.
1. On the menu bar, click Edit, select Preferences and then General Preferences. The Photoshop Preferences dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 1-2.

Figure 1-2: The General page is the first of many pages of Photoshop preferences.
2. Click Next and Previous to cycle through Photoshop’s nine pages of preferences. You will see these choices:
o General
o File Handling
o Display And Cursors
o Transparency And Gamut
o Units And Rulers
o Guides, Grid And Slices
o Plug-ins And Scratch disks
o Memory And Image Cache
o File Browser
All of the Preferences can be left at their defaults for now.
Change Cursor Preferences
One preference that I do prefer to change is the display of the tool cursors. By default, Photoshop shows each tool cursor as an icon, indicating what tool is active. I prefer to use a cursor that shows the size and shape of the active tool.
1. From the menu, click Edit and select Preferences and then Display And Cursors.
2. Click Next until the Display And Cursors page appears.
3. Under Painting Cursors, click the Brush Size button. This shows an outline of the size and shape of the current brush.
4. Under Other Cursors, click the Precise button.
5. Click OK to close the dialog box.

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Use the Photoshop Workspace
The Photoshop workspace appears in Figure 1-3. Yours will look slightly different, depending on what tools, documents, and windows you have open. Any of the items can be closed or moved about on the screen. In Windows, the empty workspace is filled with gray.

Figure 1-3: The Photoshop workspace looks something like this.
Tip The Status bar, shown in Figure 1-4, gives useful information about your currently selected document and tool. If the Status Bar does not appear at the very bottom of your Photoshop workspace, turn it on by choosing Window, and then selecting Status Bar.

Figure 1-4: The Status bar gives useful information about the current document and tool.
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Open and Create Images in Photoshop
Opening a file in Photoshop works the same way as opening a file in almost any Windows program.
Open an Image from the Menu Bar
To open a file in Photoshop from the Menu bar:
1. With Photoshop running and visible, click File and then Open. The Open dialog box is displayed, as shown in Figure 1-5.

Figure 1-5: The Open dialog box shows a thumbnail of selected files.
2. Use standard Windows navigation techniques to find the folder containing your image.
3. Select the file name. A thumbnail of the image appears at the bottom of the dialog box.
4. Click Open or double-click the file’s name to open the file in Photoshop.
Tip If you hover the pointer over a file name in the Open dialog box, a Tool Tip will appear, giving that file’s dimension, size, and type.
Note Press ctrl while you click to select multiple files; or press shift while you click to select a range of files; then click Open to open multiple files in Photoshop.
Open an Image with the File Browser
Photoshop’s File Browser is a powerful way to browse, manage, and open your files. To open a file with the File Browser:
1. With Photoshop running and visible, click the File Browser button at the right of the Options bar next to the palette well. The File Browser window opens, as shown in Figure 1-6.

Figure 1-6: The Photoshop File Browser is a powerful tool in finding and opening files.
2. Use the Folders pane of the window to navigate to a folder containing images. Thumbnails of all images in the folder will appear in the thumbnails pane.
3. Click any thumbnail to select that file. A preview appears in the preview pane.
4. Double-click a thumbnail to open the file in Photoshop.
You’ll see more about using the File Browser in Chapter 2.
Create a New Image from a Preset
Photoshop allows you to easily create an image from a list of preset sizes and resolutions. To create a new, blank image in Photoshop:
1. From the Menu bar, click File and then New. The New dialog is displayed.
2. Type in a name for the new blank image.
3. Click the Preset drop-down list box, and choose a preset image size, such as 640x480, as shown in Figure 1-7.

Figure 1-7: You can choose a preset image size.
4. Click OK to create a new image.
Specify the Width and Height by typing the values in pixels, inches, centimeter, millimeters, point, picas, or columns.
Likewise, you can type in a resolution. The default for web images is 72 pixels/inch; 300 pixels/inch is the default for print images.
The background can be white, transparent, or set to the current background color.
Leave the color mode in either RGB (for color images) or Grayscale (for black and white images). We’ll examine some of the other color modes in later chapters.

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Any and all images that were in the tutorial are broken links. This is all I could put up. Just wanted to have a sort of 'back-up' for whatever reason, because this is/was a great tutorial.

Other links from members there have referred:


http://www.good-tutorials.com
http://www.fotofects.com