Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4- P4

Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4- P4: Learning Adobe Photoshop is essential to success in digital media industries.Photoshop is a gateway into several related technologies. From digital image acquisitionand processing to typography and compositing, Photoshop is often your fi rstintroduction. If you can master this program, you can go on to success with severalother technologies. With this in mind, it is important to learn Photoshop with oneeye on the present and the other on the future.
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Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4- P4This page intentionally left blankPainting andDrawing ToolsPhotoshop has a very rich set of painting and drawing tools. Thesetools have been in Photoshop since its fi rst release, yet they haveevolved greatly over time. The painting and drawing tools havemany uses. To name a few: 6• Fine artists can paint entire works into Photoshop with its realistic painting system. Using software can be an affordable alternative to traditional methods, which require more space and supplies.• Comic book colorists can use Photoshop to paint the color into the inked drawings.• FX designers can create background paintings for movie special effects work. In fact, the co-creator of Photoshop, John Knoll, is a lead visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic, the group behind the Star Wars franchise and many other well-known fi lms.• Commercial photographers can touch up and enhance photos using digital tools instead of a traditional airbrush. Nearly every photo you see in a fashion or entertainment magazine has undergone some digital touch-up in Photoshop to paint out imperfections.These tools appear simple at fi rst, and in fact they are. After all,the technology behind a paintbrush is pretty straightforward.It’s the skill of the user holding the tool that determines results.A thorough understanding of the painting and drawing toolscan come in handy while working in many areas of Photoshop.Whether you use Photoshop for image touch-up or to create origi-nal images from scratch, be certain to master these tools.80 Chapter 6 Painting and Drawing Tools Working with Color Working with painting and drawing tools requires you to use color. Photoshop offers several flexible ways to choose colors. You can sample a color from an open image, choose a color from a library, or mix a new color by entering numerical values. Which method you use depends on a mixture of personal choice and the job at hand. Let’s explore the different options. Adobe Color Picker The Adobe Color Picker is a consistent way to choose colors while using any Adobe software program. Both Macintosh and Windows systems have their own color pickers, but its best to stick with the standardized Adobe Color Picker be- cause it is more full-featured and cross-platform. You can choose a color from a spectrum or numerically. Use the Adobe Color Picker to set the Foreground color, Background color, and text color. Additionally, you can use the colors for gradients, fi lters, or layer styles. Double-click a color swatch (such as in the toolbox) to open the Color Picker. In the Adobe Color Picker, you can select colors based on: • Hue, Saturation, Brightness (HSB) color values • Red, Green, Blue (RGB) color values • Lab color values • Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (or Black) (CMYK) color values • Hexadecimal color value Color Libraries In some cases, designers need to access specific colors—those that come from a particular color and brand of ink. This is most often to match colors used by a specific company. For example, McDon- ald’s always uses the same red on all its printed materials (PMS 485). This helps create a specific look or identity by branding based on color. Working with Color 81A designer can keep color consistent by speci-fying Pantone colors. The Pantone MatchingSystem (PMS) is the most widely accepted colorstandard in the ...