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Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is the de facto standard in professional image editing software. Questions about this program and how to use it belong here.

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What is foreground and background colour in Photoshop?

Press letter D on keyboard for default colors black/white, press X on keyboard to revert default collors, click on color picker and choose color in Color Picker dialog or choose color from Swatches. See related link for detailed explanation with screenshots.

Where do you go in Photoshop to control soft proofing?

first duplicate layer and apply soft light effect from blending options(layers palette-text box where writes Normal,click on arrow and choose Soft Light with top layer selected) if you want to soften edges,duplicate top layer if you want more softness and check if Soft Light is applied on it

What is the file extension for a native file format for Photoshop?

.psd

Photoshop has ties with other Adobe software for media editing, animation, and authoring. The .PSD (Photoshop Document), Photoshop's native format, stores an image with support for most imaging options available in Photoshop. These include layers with masks, color spaces, ICC profiles, transparency, text, alpha channels and spot colors, clipping paths, and duotone settings. This is in contrast to many other file formats (e.g. .EPS or .GIF) that restrict content to provide streamlined, predictable functionality.

How do you add another image in photoshop?

Open both the images. Then choose the move tool, or just hit V, then move the image you want on top to the window with the image you want on the bottom and it will be on top of the other image.

How do you paste an image into a layer in photoshop?

Number of ways.

- If you have a picture open in PS then use the rectangular marquee tool to select the picture you want to copy. Then go click EDIT > Copy.

The picture - open you picture you want to copy this to and once opened click into the picture - go click EDIT > PASTE. Your additional picture will open in a new layer (similar to a picture on picture)

Where do you go to edit photos?

If you are attempting to alter your Profile Picture (your main picture) then you click on the upper right hand icon of your main picture and it will give you the options of: uppload a picture take a picture choose from an album edit thumbnail remove your picture (this is how people show up as question marks) if you want to edit it as in change the tint or something, like you would do in photoshop...then facebook has a new application that you can use without ever leaving the site it is called "Picnik" ; Application: : Picnik ; Developer: : Bitnik, Inc ; Description: : Picnik is the perfect solution for editing your photos without ever leaving Facebook. Crop, rotate, resize. Fix colors, exposure, and red-eye. Get creative with 20 effects like borders, lomo, and sepia. Connects to Flickr and Picasa Web accounts too! ; Users: : 473,863 monthly active users - 304 friends ; Matches: Application Name and Application Description Just type in "picnik" into your search box at the right corner of your screen and it should come up and then all you have to do is download the application and follow the instructions.

How do you crop the photo in Photoshop?

In the bar on the left hand side of the screen, choose the thing that looks like a square with a cross through it. [near the top]

Once you have chosen that, drag the mouse over the area you want cropped.

The part that will be cut off should appear in gray.

Right click and choose "Crop", or "cancel" if you want to cancel your selection.

How do you add a picture in photoshop cs2?

# Add a layer # Paste your graphics into the new layer

What is Adobe photo shop elements?

well, it is a program used to edit photos and images. you can do many things with it. It is a really good program. Adobe Photoshop Elements is the consumer version of the Adobe Photoshop raster image editing product, sold at a fraction (roughly 1/6th) of the cost of the professional product or bundled with related hardware such as scanners and digital cameras. Originally introduced alongside Photoshop version 7, Photoshop Elements targets photography enthusiasts and thus lacks many features that make it useful in a proper print production environment. For example, Photoshop Elements cannot export files in the CMYK color mode, supports a simplified color management system, and excludes detailed soft-proofing. It also either eliminates completely or offers simplified versions of some of the more powerful plug-ins, along with a number of features aimed at non-experts (such as removing the red-eye effect or changing the skin tone in a picture). An example of a redesigned feature would be the Variations correction dialog. ALSO: it started as a program called photo deluxe, then was called photoshop LE (light edition) before becoming photoshop elements

How do you edit text image in Photoshop?

Select Type tool from toolbox on the left side of screen (press letter T or Shift + T) then click and when blinking insertion point appears start typing, that's for point text where you must manually press Enter to switch to new line. To add paragraph text select type tool then click and drag to draw rectangle. Blinking insertion point will appear inside rectangle and you can type text which will aromatically switch to new line when reach end of text box.

What is the use of smudge tool?

smudge tool is a tool that adds the effect of a smudge. it is useful for blending or smoothing out colors and can make a softer look.

Who has invented corel draw?

Michel Bouillon and Pat Beirne, read related links below

How do you cut using Photoshop?

There are many ways to select the part of the picture you want to cut out. Once you do select the area you can hit copy from the edit menu and paste onto another photo you want to in Photoshop.

What are the function of tool post?

This is the place to close on the lathe cutting tool.

How do you change a color photo to Black and white and leave one color?

One of the most effective ways to do this would be with the use of Layers.

If you have the Original photo in colour you would open the colour version of that image in Photoshop.

Select the section you wish to keep in colour - This can be done in a series of ways and is down to personal preference. You can use the Polygonal Lasso Tool, the Pen Tool (Draw around selection. BACK-click and 'Create selection'. Magic Wand Tool or the Marquee tools.

Once you have the Selection selected, Copy and Paste the selection into a new Layer. Make sure you have the layer below highlighted now (The background Layer). Image>Adjustments>Desaturate. This'll cause the background Photo to now be in black and white, you can also adjust the contrast of the Layer by going to Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast...

At this stage you should have a black and white Photo with the selection (In the layer above) that you wanted in colour. You can experiment with different tools to fade the colour into the black and white so that the edges of the top Layer aren't sharp edges.

Different tools you can use to blur out the colour into the black and white around the edges are - the smudge tool set to a low Opacity, the Blur tool or the Eraser toolwith a blurred brush or/and low opacity.

Woolah. Done.

What is the serial number for adobe master collection cs5 mac?

Copy and paste "Find a serial number - Adobe" into your search engine and hit enter on your keyboard. Click on the "Find a serial number - Adobe" link in the search results, it will take you to an Adobe support page that will help you get your serial number.

What are the advantages of using psd?

This PSD file format becomes very popular in recent years.. A web designer can easily change colors to an image , add or remove image layers .. PSDs are really helpful for slicing the images very easily..

What is a pixel in photoshop?

A pixel is the smallest visual element on a video display screen (i.e. computer terminal or television set). The word "pixel" comes from "pix" (for picture) plus "el" (for element). A video screen contains thousands of pixels, each of which is made up of one or more dots, or a cluster of dots. You may also want to hear that a pixel is made of red, green and blue sub pixels. A signal is also nearby telling the pixel what to do, and also 3 sub pixels make a pixel. Pixels create colors you see every day. The shape of a pixel is rectangle.

How do you open fonts with photoshop?

For a font to be available in applications you must have the font file in your system fonts folder. On a Mac running OSX the Library folder contains a font folder. The best option is to use a font management application like Suitcase or ATM. Software like this lets you activate and deactivate any font stored on your hard drive. It also eliminates the issue of too many fonts open (100's) which can slow down your computer.

How do you increase scale in Photoshop?

Go to the Edit drop down at the top of the screen, then go to Transform- Scale. Box will pop up around the picture- adjust the size with your mouse from the corners. To retain the proportions of the picture hold shift down on your keyboard while adjusting the size.

Who made photoshop?

In Photoshop go to help and select about Photoshop - you should be able to see the names of all the people that helped to create the program - wait a few seconds and it should scroll and you will see more than a hundred people involved in its creation - very complex project with many corporations and individual's contributions.

Photoshop got its start with a father and his two sons Glenn, John and Thomas knoll, who were some photo dark room enthusiast, who started writing bits of code to help display and edit photos on some of the the first mac computers - they started adding the bits of code together, finally bundling them and finding the first buyer in 1988, Barney Scan who bundled the first program we know as Photoshop with their scanners - they sold 200 copies - the final version of Photoshop v.01 was licensed to adobe in 1990 after 10 months of development.

How do you get the layers pallete to show up in adobe photoshop?

Press F7 on keyboard or go to Window menu and choose Layers.