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Adobe Photoshop 7.0

Adobe Photoshop 6.0/7.0 is one of the best popular graphics (image) designing package developed by Adobe Corporation, U.S.A. It is an improved version of 5.0/5.5, 6.0/7.0, CS. The application file name is photoshop.exe (7.0). and the extension of this program is .psd. Photoshop the world standard image editing solution application with a wealth of tools and commands for working on digital images or bitmaps. With the help of this program you can create cover design, modify picture with different color management, different effects. There are utilities for retouching, color, correcting, composting and more. There are also over 90 functional and creative filters that can be applied to entire images, or selected areas within images. Photoshop delivers powerful, industry-standard image-editing tools for professional designers who want to produce sophisticated graphics for print and the web. The combination of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Image Ready provides a comprehensive environment for designing both print and web graphics.

Pixels and Resolution

A pixel is the smallest element in a bitmap image such as a scan. We can see it on a zoom image. The combination of pixel makes up the image. When working in Photoshop, you are editing pixels, changing their color, shade and brightness.

Resolution

A key factor when working on bitmap images is resolution. Which is measured in pixel per inch(ppi).

When working on images that will eventually be printed on a printing press, you need to work on high-resolution or the world web need only be 72 ppi, which is effectively the screen resolution. Normal resolution is 72 pixels. If you work on high resolution image it take more space(bytes) on your computer. 1-BY-1 inch image with a resolution of 72 ppi contains a total of 5184 pixels.

RGB and CMYK color

There are two colors RGB and CMYK working with Adobe Photoshop. RGB (Red, Green, Blue) and CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black) color. RGB is used by scanners and digital cameras. These three color produce millions of different colors.

If you add 100% that means 255 value is RGB box then you can get white color.

If you add 0 value in red, green and blue box you get black color.

If you add 255 value in red and green box you get yellow color.

If you add 255 value in red and blue box you get magenta color.

If you add 255 value in red and blue box you get cyan color.

To get Red, Green or Blue box type the 0 value in two box and one color box must be 255.

CMYK is used by printing presses.

How is open Photoshop 6.0/7.0

F Click at start menu.

F Click at run command.

F Type Photoshop in 6.0 and type Photoshop in 7.0 version.

F Click at ok or press enter.

F Click at start menu.

F Click at programs.

F Click at Adobe Photoshop.

NOTES:

Set screen area minimum 800 X 600 pixels and high color (16 bit) from setting of display properties.

Using File Formats in Photoshop:

Photoshop supports more than a dozen different file formats by default, some of the common file formats your might use:

.psd: Default file format of Adobe Photoshop.

.jpg or jpeg: Joint Photographic Experts Group File format often used for scanned image of web graphics.

.bmp: Windows bitmap.

.gif: Graphics Interchange Format ( A Compact file format often used for Web Graphics)

.tif: (Tagged Image File) A common format for scanned images.

.pdf: The adobe Acrobat file transfer format.

Photo CD: A format originally developed by Kodak.

PICT: A Macintosh graphics format.

Creating a new image window

F Click at new command from file menu. OR

o Press Ctrl+N from keyboard. OR

o Hold down Ctrl and double click.

F Define a name in Name box.

F Choose preset size e.g. A4, Letter etc.

F Enter the value in Width & Height boxes in inches.

F Enter the value in Resolution box in pixels/inches, Normal resolution is 72.

F Choose any Mode i.e. Bitmap, Grayscale, RGB, CMYK etc.

o Choose bitmap to create a black and white images.

o Choose grayscale to access only gray values.

o Choose RGB & CMYK color to access to the full range of 16 million colors.

F Choose Contents White, Background or Transparent.

White: Fills the image with a default white background.

Background Color: Fills the image with the background color currently selected in the Photoshop Toolbox.

Transparent: Gives the image whit the background color, so that when you use the image in a document or web page, the page background and the page elements can show through the image file.

F Finally click at ok button.

Note: Use Transparent background, make the required drawings and save with GIF server format with Transparency option.

Reset Palette Location:

It shows all the palettes of Photoshop.

Window menu > work space > Rest Palette Location

Opening a file

F Double click on the blank area (dark grayed area) of program window.

F Go to file menu and click at open.

F Choose required file name and click at open.

Or (only on 7.0)

F Go to file menu.

F Click on browse button.