LET'S MEET THE PHOTOSHOP TOOLBAR (part one)

In this class, you will be using the program Adobe Photoshop
to change photos, draw, and other cool things.

Before we start, however, we have to learn the Photoshop Toolbar
and what all the tools do.
Later on this year, we will be learning other
Adobe software, such as Flash and InDesign.

All Adobe software uses similar toolbars,
so once you learn the Photoshop toolbar,
you will find the other programs A LOT easier to learn!

If you don’t finish a lesson in one class period,
you should save your photo to the Desktop
and Upload to Google Drive so you can use it next time!

The first thing you need to do is open Photoshop!
You will find an icon at the bottom of your screen that looks like the symbol below.
CLICK IT!

You will see a screen like this:

Let’s check out what these tools do!

Move Tool  
The Move Tool is used for moving things on the screen.
You can move text, layers, selected areas, and other stuff.

BUT, you can't move anything until you have a picture to work with!

Open Google and search for an image (any image, as long as it’s school appropriate!)

Click on the image.

Hold down the CONTROL key and click on the image in the black section on the right.

Choose COPY IMAGE.

Go back to Photoshop and on the top menu, choose FILE>NEW
(anytime you see a command in the assignment that has a > like FILE>NEW,
it’s talking about the menu at the top of the screen!).

Click OK. Then choose EDIT>PASTE.

OK, Awesome! You can try all these tools on this picture.
There’s ways to fix mistakes, but I will talk about those later. Let try some tools!

The Marquee Tools

The Rectangular Marquee Tool is used for making rectangular selections and
the Elliptical Marquee tool is used for making elliptical (circular) selections.

The Lasso Tools

(Lasso, Polygonal, and Magnetic Lasso Tool)

The Lasso Tool is used for selecting a certain part of a picture.

The Polygonal Lasso tool is a little more exact 
(I use this all the time!),
allowing you to create a selections formed by straight lines.

The Magnetic Lasso Tool works by snapping to the edges of the objects, depending on the color.

NOTE: If the colors of the object and background are similar,
the magnetic lasso might not be able to figure out the difference!

Go ahead and try the different Lasso Tools on your image.

The Quick Selection and Magic Wand Tools

The Quick Selection tool uses color as a selector.
Not recommended for precise selections.

The Magic Wand Tool is a nice little tool.
If you click somewhere in the image it will select all pixels
in that area that have colors close to the colors you clicked.

NOTE: To deselect a selection, click COMMAND + D.
You will use this a lot!

Crop Tool

The Crop Tool allows you to crop your images to the desired size. Just like pictures on your phone.
Click, drag, press Enter and you just cropped your image.

Eyedropper Tool

If you click with this tool anywhere on the image you will set the Foreground color
to the color below the Eyedropper Cursor.

A quick way to use the Eyedropper tool while having
the Brush Tool selected it is to press the Option/Alt key.
You will be using this tool a lot in future projects!

Go ahead, hold down the mouse button, and click on some spots on your picture to see how
the Eyedropper chooses the color that you mouse over.

Look at the bottom square of the toolbar (called the FOREGROUND COLOR) to see the color that you picked.

ASSIGNMENT ONE:

1. Make sure you have a part of your picture selected using the Magic Wand.

2. Use the Eyedropper Tool to pick a different color from your selection.

3. Go to EDIT>FILL on the top menu and make sure FOREGROUND COLOR is selected.

4. 

5. Click OK

6. The color should change to the color you picked!

7. Save your final picture to the Desktop. Choose FILE>SAVE AS and choose DESKTOP.
   Call it what you want and click OK.
   Make sure the end of your file name is .PSD

That’s the end of part one of the toolbar!

From your program, go to FILE>SAVE AS and choose DESKTOP,
then drag from the DESKTOP to GOOGLE DRIVE and the Correct Class Folder.

Save your final file in Google Classroom.
Just add the file from Google Drive.

GOOD JOB ON PART ONE!