Digital Image Editing Design Blog Post 1

Photoshop Basics

Here are some of the key notes I took from week one in Digital Image Editing class.

Create new project - Postcard settings 5” x 7” @ 300 pixels/Inch.

Discussed Artboards

Can have many artboards in one project. Professor very seldom uses.

Crop

• Discussed when to delete pixels or not.
• If you crop outside of your image, you can use Generative Expand to fill in the new area.
• Perspective Crop Tool – you can change the perspective of the image if it was shot at an angle.

• CTRL or CMD E to merge layers.
• CTRL or CMD Z to undo.
• CTRL or CMD with + or - to zoom in or out.
• If you hold the spacebar, the cursor turns into Hand Tool to move around in your image.

Tools

• Turn Tips Off.
• Make sure Auto-Select is turned off (no check mark).
• Make sure Show Transform Controls is turned off (no check mark).
• CTRL or CMD T for Transform.

Upper Row Gear Icon

• Make sure Show layer bounds on hover is turned off (no check mark).
• Make sure Show hover bounds from Layers is turned off (no check mark).
• Leave Expand layer group on click on (check mark).
• You can change your background color if you Right-Click outside of your image.

Tools Shortcut Keys Table

(Default keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Photoshop)

Result	Windows	macOS
Cycle through tools with the same shortcut key	Shift-press shortcut key (if Use Shift Key for Tool Switch preference is selected)	Shift-press shortcut key (if Use Shift Key for Tool Switch preference is selected)
Cycle through hidden tools	Alt-click + tool (except Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, and Convert Point tools)	Option-click + tool (except Add Anchor Point, Delete Anchor Point, and Convert Point tools)
Move tool, Artboard tool	V	V
Rectangular Marquee tool, Elliptical Marquee tool	M	M
Lasso tool, Polygonal Lasso tool, Magnetic Lasso tool	L	L
Object Selection tool, Quick Selection tool, Magic Wand tool	W	W
Crop tool, Perspective Crop tool, Slice tool, Slice Select tool	C	C
Eyedropper tool, Color Sampler tool, Ruler tool, Note tool	I	I
Frame tool	K	K
Spot Healing Brush tool, Healing Brush tool, Patch tool, Red Eye tool	J	J
Brush tool, Pencil tool, Color Replacement tool, Mixer Brush tool	B	B
Clone Stamp tool, Pattern Stamp tool	S	S
History Brush tool, Art History Brush tool	Y	Y
Eraser tool, Background Eraser tool, Magic Eraser tool	E	E
Gradient tool, Paint Bucket tool	G	G
Dodge tool, Burn tool, Sponge tool	O	O
Pen tool, Freeform Pen tool, Curvature Pen tool	P	P
Horizontal Type tool, Vertical Type tool, Type mask tools	T	T
Path Selection tool, Direct Selection tool	A	A
Rectangle tool, Ellipse tool, Polygon tool, Line tool, Custom Shape tool	U	U
Hand tool	H	H
Rotate View tool	R	R
Zoom tool	Z	Z
Default Foreground/Background colors	D	D
Switch Foreground/Background colors	X	X
Toggle Standard/Quick Mask modes	Q	Q
Toggle Preserve Transparency	/ (forward slash)	/ (forward slash)
Decrease Brush Hardness	{	{
Increase Brush Hardness	}	}
Previous Brush	'	'
Next Brush	.	.
First Brush	<	<
Last Brush	>	>

Until next time,

Phil