Thích ứng môi trường của PS3 cho người mới học

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Photoshop Workarea Tour (1)

http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop-cs3/workarea1.swf

§ 1. Run Photoshop. You will see this work area. Look around. You can see traditional pull-down menu at the top and a few palette windows located all over the main window. Now we have to learn how to customize our workspace. With the potential of using many tools on a single project, it becomes a requirement to know how to display, hide, and arrange the workarea elements.
§ 2. Look at the palettes to your right. By default, they are parked to 2 docks. Only "Navigator", "Color" and "Layers" are expanded; all the other palettes are shown as captions and icons. To open a hidden palette, click its tab or pictogram. If you can't find a palette in your workarea, just select it in the "Window" menu. For example, pull down "Window > Clone Source" to display this palette.
§ 3. On your keyboard, press [TAB] key - all the palettes disappear. Now bring your cursor to the left or right window edge to show the hidden palettes. As soon as you withdraw the cursor the palettes vanish. Tap the [TAB] key once again to get all the hidden palettes back. Bear this trick in mind, because you will use it often while working with large images.
§ 4. To get more free space, the second palette dock is minimized to icons. If you have a spacious display, expand the dock to have all the functions at hand.
§ 5. On the contrary, if you never use some feature, feel free to close the unnecessary palette by clicking its "x" button.
§ 6. Have you noticed that the palettes are grouped to sets? Pull a palette by its tab and bundle it with some other palette set. Or drag it outside the dock to get it free-floating over your workarea.

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Photoshop Workarea Tour (2)

http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop-cs3/workarea2.swf
So, adjust the workarea layout in some way. For example, close all the palettes you suspect to be useless and collapse all the others to icons. Suppose, now it perfectly fits your taste, habits, or a specific kind of job. Now let's save this workspace for later use.
§ 7. Pull down "Window > Save Workspace". In the "Save Workspace" dialog, enter more or less descriptive name (well, let' it be "My Space") and click "Save". Done!
§ 8. Again, re-arrange your palettes in some way or just load a preset workspace* as it is shown in the movie.
*Photoshop comes to you with a number of preset workspaces tuned to different industries and tasks. Users running Photoshop for the first time may feel some relief with the "Basic" workspace (fewer menu items). Those missing "ol' good" Photoshop interface will probably enjoy the "Legacy" (most similar to CS2 palette layout). Most presets though just color specific menu items and alter keyboard shortcuts without changing palette locations.
§ 9. From the program menu, select "Window > Workspace > My Space" to get back the saved workarea.
§ 10. Now let's restore the palettes to their default positions. From the pull down menu, select "Window > Workspace > Default Workspace" to accomplish this.

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Opening Images in Photoshop

http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop-cs3/open.swf

Before we start with image editing, let's learn to manage graphic files. First of all, open a few pictures using the following ways.
§ 1. Pull down "File > Open" to display the "Open" dialog box* that is pretty much a standard system file box with a preview area at the bottom. Another nice feature is the Favorites button in the upper right corner. Add our sample folder to your favorites; chances that you will use it often. Then select one or more image files (hold down [Ctrl] key while selecting multiple items) and click "Open".
*Alternatively, you may call this dialog by double-clicking in an empty area or using [Ctrl + O] keyboard shortcut.
§ 2. Select a recently opened image in "File > Open Recent" menu.
§ 3. Pill down "File > Browse" to launch the "Bridge" (image browser), find an image on your computer and double-click its thumbnail.
§ 4. If you open multiple files, they open in separate document windows. Please note that only one - active - document can be edited at any given moment. Before editing an image make sure to select appropriate document window.
§ 5. At the bottom of the "Open" dialog, press "Use Adobe Dialog" button to switch to an alternative view. The Adobe dialog offers some additional sorting, organizing, and navigating options.

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Viewing & Navigating Images (1)

http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop-cs3/view.swf
Easy viewing is very important component of correct editing, especially while dealing with larger images. To view the whole picture we have to zoom out, to view minor details we are to zoom in; to see a picture as it really is, we have to use the actual size.
§ 1. In an open document window, notice the initial zoom value.
§ 2. In the Toolbox, click "magnifying glass" button to activate the Zoom Tool.
§ 3. By default, the tool "zooms in". Click on the image to magnify the view. Notice the new zoom value. Click several more times. Now the image may appear jagged, but this is just the sizing function and not a problem with your image. Please keep in mind that you magnify the view and not the image itself.
§ 4. Click the "Zoom Out" button in the Options bar or hold down [Alt] key to switch the tool's operating mode. Then click on the image to reduce its view.
§ 5. With a significant zoom value, you can discern minor details but you can't see the entire image, because it is too large. To explore the hidden parts of the image go to the Navigator palette ("Window > Navigator").
§ 6. In the center of the Navigator you can see your image thumbnail; its visible portion - the document window area - is marked with a red rectangle. Drag the rectangle across the thumbnail and notice the image in the document window updating.

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Viewing & Navigating Images (2)

http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop-cs3/navigate.swf

§ 7. Maximize the image window, by clicking its "rectangle" button. (Make sure you are clicking the document window gadget and not the window gadget for the program itself.) Now the image view fills all the workarea, however we can't see the entire image, because it is still too large.
§ 8. Another way to navigate large and magnified images is the Hand Tool. Activate it by clicking the "hand" button on the Toolbox.
§ 9. Drag the image with the Hand Tool to bring the hidden areas into the view. Again, keep in mind that you move the view only and not the image content.
§ 10. In the Options bar, click the "Actual Pixels" button* to view the image as it actually is at 100% zoom.
NB Always estimate the sharpness of an image at 100% zoom.
§ 11. Click the "Fit Screen" button* in the Options bar. Now the image view is resized as to better fit your workarea.
*These buttons are only available while the Hand or Zoom tool being selected. At any other time you can access "Fit On Screen" command using [Ctrl+0] (Zero) keyboard shortcut; to choose Actual Pixels view, press [Ctrl+Alt+0].
§ 12. In the "maximized" mode, you can't see the inactive images. To display a hidden image, either select it from the "Window" menu, or choose the standard viewing mode.

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Painting Basics (1)

http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop-cs3/paint.swf

Let's look at the Toolbox once again. As you can see it is full of some (supposedly useful) instruments. Let's try some of them.
§ 1. Open an image file [Ctrl+O] from our sample folder.
§ 2. From the Toolbox, select the Brush Tool.
§ 3. In the Options bar, define brush tip size as it is shown in the movie.
§ 4. In the Swatches palette, click a color you want to paint with.
§ 5. Paint over your image.
§ 6. Open the Brush Preset picker and harden your brush - for sharp-edged strokes - or soften it for gradual color transitions.

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Painting Basics (2)

http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop-cs3/paint2.swf

§ 8. In the Options bar, expand the "Mode" menu and select "Color" item. Now the Brush only alters the color of objects without affecting the luminosity.
§ 9. When finished, reset the "Normal" painting mode and 100% stroke opacity for the future work. Settings are saved even after you quit Photoshop, so when you restart the program, your layout and menu choices will be as they were when you quit the program.
NB The Options bar allows you to adjust any tool as your choices update based on the tool you have selected.
§ 10. Activate (select from the Toolbox) the Eraser Tool. In the Options bar, adjust the brush tip size and other options.
§ 11. Test the Eraser out.
§ 12. Click the "x" button on the image window to close the document. The program will ask you if you would like to save the image.
Click "No" to leave the image as it was.
§ 7. There are some more controls for the Brush Tool in the Options bar. For example, you can reduce the "Opacity" value. Now the Brush paints with transparent strokes allowing seeing the previous content.

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Choosing Color in Photoshop

http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop-cs3/color.swf

We already know how to choose a color using the Swatches palette. Unfortunately, the range of choice in it is very narrow. So, what about the other colors? It may be a very simple task if you can find the required color on your picture.
§ 1. Open an image to your choice.
§ 2. From the Toolbox, select the Eyedropper Tool.
§ 3. Find a color on the image that you'd like to paint with and click it with the Eyedropper. Now look at the Foreground Color box (the upper square at the bottom of the Toolbox) - its color has been changed. So, we may activate the Brush Tool and paint with the selected color.
§ 4. While working with the Brush or some other painting tool, you may temporarily activate the Eyedropper by holding down [Alt] key. Once the required color is selected, release the [Alt] key and continue painting.
§ 5. Very often, however, we are not completely satisfied with the colors either presented in the Swatches palette or defined with the Eyedropper. Click on the Foreground Color box to call the Color Picker.
§ 6. Click within the color field to define the most suitable color. If you can't see the required color in the color field, select "H", "S", "B", "R", or some other radio button to change the color field scheme. Then, if necessary, fine-tune the color hue (radio button H), saturation (S), amount of red constituent (R), etc. by moving the vertical slider. There is a number of ways to define a color with this tool; the movie shows only one example. When satisfied, click OK to apply your choice.
§ 7. Similarly, you can customize color in the Color palette. By default, it presents RGB (Red-Green-Blue) sliders. However, you may switch to HSB (Hue-Saturation-Brightness), CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black), or any other color model available in the palette menu.

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Retouching with Clone Stamp

http://simplephotoshop.com/photoshop-cs3/clone.swf

Now, when you already know how to activate and use the Brush, Paint Bucket and Eraser, let's proceed to the Clone Stamp.
§ 1. Open an image from our sample folder.
§ 2. From the Toolbox, choose the Clone Stamp Tool.
§ 3. In the Options bar, set the tool's tip size and hardness as we did it for the Brush Tool.
§ 4. Point the cursor at the image area you want to paint with, hold down [Alt] key, then mouse-click. You have just selected the source point for cloning.
§ 5. Paint with the copied pixels.
§ 6. The "Aligned" gadget in the Options bar (checked by default) forces the source point to follow your mouse, even after you complete a stroke. In other words, every new stroke continues the image started by the first stroke.
§ 7. Deselecting the "Aligned" option starts the sample point back to its original location every time you release the mouse button. That is, every new stroke re-starts cloning your image from the source point.