All About Cakes!!: March 2011

Thursday 17 March 2011

Week 4 - Masks and Channels

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:
• Refine a selection using a quick mask.
• Save a selection as a channel mask.
• View a mask using the Channels palette.
• Load a saved mask and apply effects.
• Paint in a mask to modify a selection.
• Make an intricate selection using the Extract command.
• Create and use a gradient mask.

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Monday 14 March 2011

Week 3 - Layer Basics

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:
• Organize your artwork on layers.
• Create a new layer.
• View and hide layers.
• Select layers.
• Remove artwork on layers.
• Reorder layers to change the placement of artwork in the image.
• Apply modes to layers to vary the effect of artwork on the layer.
• Link layers to affect them simultaneously.
• Apply a gradient to a layer.
• Add text and layer effects to a layer.
• Save a copy of the file with the layers flattened.

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Week 3 - Photo Retouching

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:
• Choose the correct resolution for a scanned photograph.
• Crop an image to final size.
• Adjust the tonal range of an image.
• Remove a color cast from an image using an adjustment layer.
• Use the Replace Color command to change the hue and saturation of a selected color in
a photograph.
• Adjust the saturation and brightness of isolated areas of an image using the sponge and
dodge tools.
• Use the clone stamp tool to eliminate an unwanted object from an image.
• Replace parts of an image with another image.
• Apply the Unsharp Mask filter to finish the photo-retouching process.
• Save an Adobe Photoshop file in a format that can be used by a page-layout program.