Photoshop post-processing basic skills

Photoshop post-processing basic skills

1, open Photoshop, you can see that the interface is divided into several parts, the top is the menu, the left side is the toolbar, when we put the mouse on each tool for two seconds, the above will appear text description, select a tool, the menu under the property bar will appear the tool of some settings options, the interface to the right of different palette, These panels can be closed or opened through the "menu-window". The middle is the workspace, which is where the open files are displayed.

2, on the toolbar most of the tool icon hold down the left mouse button, two seconds later will appear extended menu, you can choose similar types of other tools. PS most of the tools and functions can be implemented through the shortcut keys, remember these shortcuts can improve a lot of work efficiency, such as "Ctrl+z" is the undo operation.

3, through the menu "file-open" to open a photo, or in the Explorer directly to drag a photo to the workspace, our dream PS trip even if the beginning, there will be many surprises waiting for us. Most of the photos we took were more than 6 million pixels, such a large picture if uploaded to the online display, size too large capacity, we can through the menu "image-Image size" to reduce the photo, in the width and height of the panel to set a long edge of 600-800 pixels more suitable for online display, After shrinking we can choose "file-Save As ... , the picture format is set to 8-10 for the compression ratio in the jpg,jpg option, or you can use the file-save format for Web and devices ... "In the pop-up panel you can set the picture format to JPEG, the quality is about 70-80, the left side can preview the compressed photo effect."

4, for the basic photo adjustment, the most commonly used is the "image-adjust" menu, the most commonly used to adjust the picture of the color, curve, color balance. Brightness/contrast, hue/saturation, optional color, and so on. The menu also has automatic color levels, automatic contrast, automatic color three options, PS will automatically help you calculate the overall photo exposure and color contrast, sometimes have a good effect, but these three options on the picture's quality damage is very large, so generally do not recommend use, unless you are really lazy, or in a hurry.

5, usually, we can first through the "color scale" to adjust the exposure of the photo, in the middle of the Black Mountain is the picture of the distribution of light and shade, you can move the following small slider at any time to observe the original image, small black slider for the dark, white on behalf of the Ming, the middle of the gray slider to represent the middle, black and white slider to the middle of the passage can

6, the adjustment of the curve, also can achieve the effect of controlling the exposure, relative to the adjustment of the color level, curve is a line to express the image of the light and shade distribution, the upper right corner of the Ming, the lower right corner of the dark, you can click on this line to set one or several nodes, the line to bend, in general, is the "s" shape will have a good adjustment effect. Whether the curve or color, in addition to the whole picture adjustment, but also to the three primary colors of "red, green, blue" separate adjustment, if the "red" and "blue" are doing a "s" shape adjustment, can get imitation temoerature color effect.

7, the following image for the shooting of the original, in the curve of the red and blue Channel to do the following adjustments:

8, can get similar temoerature effect, the following figure

9, "Adjustment" menu "shadow/Highlight", "exposure" two menus, is specifically for the photo adjustment set, you can effectively improve the latitude and contrast of photos.

10, layer--ps in the most important concept. PS Layer concept, in fact, like a photo with a transparent cellophane, can be on each layer of the separate operation, without affecting the photo. Layer of the palette as above, can be said to be the most frequently used in PS palette, if not found, you can in the "window-layer" to open this palette (shortcut key F7).

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