Photoshop

Practical Lesson: Photoshop
Today we started working with Photoshop and learned the first basics which were how to cut things out and how to put other things in. Another thing we learned was how to work with Layers and to understand that you only get used to Photoshop if you practice using it and play around with it.
We started of opening the Adobe Photoshop and getting an image in it by taking one from the Internet or one our teacher Matt McIvor gave us. Then we opened the file and cut things out with the Rectangular Marquee Tool, then edit and copy it, and then paste it to make it “movable” through the Layers.
We learned three different way of cutting things out. First by simply drawing out the subject we wanted to cut out. Secondly by using the magnetic colour tool which follows the colours in the picture which is useful if you just want to cut out a black coat for example. Third, by using the Polygonal Tool where you can cut things out more detailed by making a circle or a figure out of lines.
Another important point was how to work with the Layers. The picture you are working with is usually in the background layer and this is where you see the complete picture. If you cut something out it opens another layer where only the object which was cut out still exists. You can only work on the whole picture if you are on the background layer.
Last we learned about Pixels. Pictures are pixels which are made out of little boxes you can see if you zoom a lot. There need to be 72 pixels per inch to make it good-looking on a TV screen. The Computer Pixels if you do a movie need to fit to the PC which has 720*576. All TV’s have a different size, but they all pixel the same size.