The possibilities of Photoshop are endless: with this program you can create luxurious renderings, the desired atmosphere, emphasize the mood of the picture or completely transform it. It is far from always necessary to spend hours or even days on processing one photo - often a few minutes and knowledge of several techniques in Photoshop is enough.
You will learn how:
Getting rid of the "ladders" in the gradient
Often the use of a gradient leaves behind "ladders" - color transitions visible to the naked eye. Many designers have no idea how to get rid of them, although there is a simple and quick way... First, change the image mode from 8-bit to 16-bit in the tab Image / Image... Convert the layer to a smart object, if it is not, you can do this in the tab Filters / Filters... Find the item here Blur / Blur and turn on Surface Blur... Move the sliders to achieve the result that suits you.
If after blurring there are a few sharp transitions, create a new layer with the combination Ctrl keys+ Shift + N, in the window that opens, select the mode Overlap / Overlay and check the box next to the function Fill with Overlay-neutral color... Open the tab Filters / Filters, Choose a section Noise / Noise and turn on the tool Add Noise... In the window that opens, set the value that will help to hide the remaining transitions.
How to make the gradient softer
How to create a sunburst effect
To add the rays of the sun to the image, first you need to select the lightest areas of the picture - it is from there that the sun will shine. The easiest way to do this is with a tool. Color Range.
When the tool window opens, select the mode in the first drop-down list Backlight / Highlights... Then move the parameter slider Dispersion / Fuzziness left and focus on the parameter Range / Range... You need to make sure that the lightest areas of the image are selected.
As soon as you click the "OK" button, the program will select the necessary areas by itself - copy them to a new layer using the command Ctrl + J and convert the layer into a smart object. Go to the tab Filters / Filters, select Blur / Blur and then - Radial Blur... In point Blur Method put Linear / Zoom and set the parameter Quantity / Amount to the maximum. In a small window on the right, the program will show you how the blur will be positioned - it is very important to correctly mark the center, which should coincide with the light source.
To make the rays more saturated, it is enough to duplicate the layer using the command Ctrl + J the required number of times. Select all created layers, right-click on them in the list of layers and select the item Convert to Smart Object... Now all that remains is to add a little blur: go to Blur Gallery and select the tool Field Blur- with its help you can adjust the degree of blurring in different parts of the layer.
If you want to make the image more realistic, try different layer overlay effects; you can also create a mask and remove some rays from the image using the tool Brush Tool... To make the picture even more attractive, you can create a fill layer, set its opacity to about 3-5%, or experiment with the tool Curves.
How to create a sunburst effect in Photoshop
An unusual way to control brightness with Curves
Everyone who works in Photoshop, use the tool Curves, but few people know what the horizontal Curve, but its use is one of the simplest and most convenient techniques in Photoshop.
To test new way using the tool, open any image, create an adjustment layer Hue / Saturation, decrease the parameter Saturation to the minimum and put the layer in blending mode Soft Light / Soft Light... Then create a layer with Curves, apply it to the saturation layer by clicking on it while holding down Alt key, and make a neat horizontal curve. Select the hand icon on the panel Curves and click on the fragment, the brightness of which does not suit you - now you can easily control the light and dark areas of the image with the mouse, without affecting the shades.
The horizontal curve is a convenient way to control brightness without affecting hues
Making the sky richer
Open the desired image in Photoshop and create a new fill layer on top of it. Select a darker shade of the sky as the color. Now make it so that the layer with the color remains only in the sky - turn on the mask and go through the required areas with Brushes / Brush Tool... Then go to Blending Options- we are interested in the settings Blend, if... Move the cursor to the arrow next to the parameter Underlying Layer and click on it while holding down the Alt key - the arrow will be divided into two parts, moving which, you can achieve the desired effect. If you overdid it and the sky is too saturated, you can always change the opacity of the layer.
It's easy to create dramatic effects
How to create the rain effect
Photoshop already has a special function for creating a rain effect, you just need to find it. Go to the tab Window / Window, select item Operations / Actions, and then - Image Effects... In the list that opens, find the tool Light Rain, select it and click the arrow at the bottom of the window. The program will create the effect itself, but you can correct it manually.
The rain effect can be created in a couple of minutes
Changing the time of day in a minute
First, create an adjustment layer. Color Lookup, in the tool settings find the file NightFromDay.CUBE- the image will already change colors. Then create a new adjustment layer Gradient Map... Among the gradients you need to find Blue1 / Blue1 or create the one you need yourself. After the gradient layer is created, change its Blending Mode to Soft Light... It remains only to correct the image using the tool Curves.
A professional image editor is usually used to work with photographs. Adobe photoshop ... This is a rather complex program, and learning all the intricacies of working with it will take long time, but for simple and effective processing of your photos you only need to master a few basic techniques. Let's take a look at the data tricks work with photos.
Dodge Tool / Burn Tool
The main function of this tool is to lighten or darken certain areas of the image. In other words, this tool "paints" darkening or lightening. There are only two main instrument settings.
Range
This tool can be applied to dark, light and neutral areas of your photo. If you want to lighten dark areas when processing a portrait, then set the mode « Shadows " v « DodgeTool " and apply the tool to the desired area, lightening only the dark areas. In this case, the light areas are not affected.
« Exposure "(Impact strength)
When processing photos, it is important correct installation force of impact. Not worth applying « DodgeTool " 100% - Try applying 7-10% for shadows and 10-20% for neutral areas. In this case, the use of the force of impact is selected individually for each image.
Application area Dodge / Burn very broad. With its help, you can lighten the iris of the eyes, focusing the viewer's attention on the eyes. The tool is also used to darken the line of the shape of the face, especially in male portraits, to add volume and contrast to the lines of the cheekbones and chin, which makes the male face more strong and rigid. To brighten backlight areas with Dodge Tool will make your photos look livelier and more contrast.
Clone stamp
This tool can be called the most effective remedy retouching images. The main function of the tool is to copy a specific area of the image. It can be used to retouch wrinkles in a photo, replacing them with copies of areas with smooth skin. The main parameters of the tool include the following:
« Mode "(Mode)
The operating modes of the stamp are very diverse. For example, the mode "Lighten" will only replace the darker areas of the image, and the « Darken " vice versa. Several experiments should be performed with each mode to determine how each mode works.
« Opacity "(Opacity)
This mode allows you to set the transparency or opacity of your retouching (100% - opaque, 0% - completely transparent). For photo retouching, use 10 - 30% to avoid obvious retouching.
This tool is actively used for retouching wrinkles, puffiness and bruises under the eyes. With it, you can even simply remove unwanted objects from your photo.
Black & White
You can find this wonderful tool by clicking « Image–>Adjustments ", or simply by creating an adjustment layer ( Adjustment layer).
The main function of this tool is to correctly convert a color image to black and white. At the same time, you can change the black and white image of each color, giving your photos originality and unforgettable beauty.
This tool also gives a unique opportunity getting very interesting solution and for color photography. After applying the mode " B&W", Just turn on layer mode "Overlay" and by controlling transparency and color modes “ B&W», Create your own unique photo. And the inclusion of a check mark "Tint" makes it possible to tint the image in the desired color.
Shadow /Highlights
This tool is also on the tab Image-> Adjustments and is designed to darken overexposed areas and draw light from shadows. It also does a great job of creating a sense of greater depth in the photo.
By the way, here's how it is created in!
We've looked at how to install photopop and change the interface language. Today we will consider the main commands, without which full-fledged work with this program is impossible.
How do I get started with Adobe Photoshop?
Launch photoshop
To start working with Adobe Photoshop, like any other program, you must first start ( the launch icon is almost always on the desktop ).
Start Photoshop
Open Image
To change photos in Photoshop, you need to open them in it. To do this, go to the menu File -> Open (or press the key combination Ctrl + O) and in the window that opens, select the desired picture (in my case, this is the photo.jpg picture from the archive at the end of the article).
Open the picture
Changing the scale
Sometimes the photos are too big (they don't fit completely on the screen), and sometimes they are too small (you can't see anything).
In such cases, the tool and its "additional buttons" on the toolbar (under the main menu) help a lot. I think it's obvious which button is enlarging the image and which one is decreasing.
Zoom in on the photo several times and see how its quality has changed. You can see the "bricks" of which are built bitmaps- pixels.
You can also enlarge (reduce) photos using View menu or keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + and Ctrl- respectively. These are just a few of the many ways to zoom in Photoshop.
Change the scale
When working with Adobe Photoshop, you also need to be able to quickly set the image real size... There are many ways to do this as well. Here are a few of them:
Resize the image to its actual size
How to ask an image size that will be printed, I think you yourself have already guessed. But, just in case, a couple of ways:
- Button "Print size" on the toolbar;
- Using the View menu 🙂
Set the image size to be printed
Customizing the Photoshop interface
When working with computer programs each user customizes their interface for himself: removes (adds) toolbars, changes their location, etc. How to do it?
For this purpose there are Window and View menus
... Let's try to remove all the tools.
It's simple: in the Window menu, uncheck all the boxes.
Remove all panels and tools from the window
The window has become "bare" and now it is certainly not clear what can be done with the image.
Display:
- tools (a "strip" with various buttons - usually located at the left border of the window),
- parameters (a panel for setting up tools and changing their properties - located under the main menu),
- layers (all work in Photoshop is based on working with layers - in a couple of lessons we'll look at what it is and what it is eaten with),
- a navigator (this is to see a thumbnail of your image as it looks after the changes),
- and styles (and this is already ready-made templates to change the look of text or other objects in your creation).
These all settings can be found in the Window menu... Rulers can also be of great help. You can find and display them in the View menu .Display the tools necessary for work and place them in places convenient for you
What are color models?
Consider now color models, that is, methods and principles of constructing color using quantitative characteristics.
I think everyone knows that you can make any other shade out of the three basic colors, for example, yellow + red = orange, red + blue = purple, etc.
The same principle is used to display colors in Photoshop. That is, figuratively speaking, several basic colors are taken and "mixed" in different proportions - this is how other colors and their shades are obtained.
The main color models in Photoshop are RGB and CMYK.
What does RGB mean?
RGB (Red-red, Green-green, Blue-blue) - this is color model, which is used as the main one in all computer systems... For RGB mode in Photoshop, all image editing functions are available. And if you are preparing an image for display on a computer (for a website, presentation, game, etc.), then this is the mode that you need to use.
What is CMYK?
CMYK (Cyan Cyan, Magenta Magenta, Yelloy Yellow, Key- "key") - this model describes real printing inks. Cyan, magenta and yellow inks make up the printing triad, but when they are mixed it is impossible to get the perfect black color, therefore, the main ink was added to the number of basic printing inks - black (I think those who have printers know that printing requires three colored and black paint 🙂). This model is used only in the printing industry, therefore, the transition to it must be made immediately before the print itself, and it is desirable to edit the image in RGB mode.
To change the mode in Adobe Photoshop, go to the menu Image → Mode → Select the desired mode .
Change display modes and see if the look of the photo changes.
How to make a photo in black and white?
In the same way as in the previous step, you can make a photo in black and white – Grayscale mode (but this, if you are already sure that you do not need color inks, or the printer has run out of a color cartridge - there are other ways to experiment with color, since this mode deletes color data and cannot be restored later, even if return RGB mode).
Change the display modes to Grayscale.
What is Image Resolution?
Another characteristic of the image is resolution - the number of dots (pixels) per inch.
Accordingly, the higher the resolution, the larger the file size. But does the picture quality improve as the resolution is increased?
This is not entirely true.
Depending on the purpose of preparing images, they can be divided into several groups:
- for displaying (presentation, web page, animation, video)- it is considered correct to prepare such images with a resolution of 72 ppi or 96 ppi;
- when printing on a printer its resolution is taken into account - the number of dots per inch that it can display (laser and inkjet printers have a resolution from 600 to 1200 dpi). The ratio between the technical resolution of the printer and the image resolution is 4 times different. That is, if the technical resolution of the printer is 800 dpi, then the image when printed will have a resolution of 200 ppi.
Accordingly, for printing on a printer, you need to prepare images with a resolution of 150-300 ppi. - for printing in a typography the image must have a resolution of 300 ppi.
That is, when creating an image (File -> New) you must specify the title, image dimensions, resolution, color mode and select a background color.
Create new document for printing, standard photo size (portrait orientation) and with transparent background
How to open two windows at the same time in Photoshop?
You now have two windows open... To see them at the same time, use the menu Window -> Arrange -> Mosaic. Tool "Moving" “Drag” the picture onto a new (empty) document and place it in the right place (for this you need to “grab” the picture with the mouse and drag it to the right place, and only then release the mouse).
Transfer the picture to your new file and place it in the right place.
Save the picture in Adobe Photoshop
To save the image, you need in the save window ( menu File → Save As ... or Ctrl + S ) specify the desired name, file type (.jpg, .png, .gif, etc.) and save location. If you are going to edit this image again, then you need to save it in Photoshop format .psd.
Save your "new" picture in two formats .png and .psd under the name "Lesson 1" (two files)
Adobe Photoshop cs5 has a panel with which you can quickly customize the appearance of the window: scale, add / remove rulers, guides, arrange windows, etc. - I think it's very convenient.
This concludes the lesson. 🙂
In the next lesson, we'll look at how to select areas of images and work with selections.
1. Press Tab to hide the toolbar and palettes, Shift + Tab will hide only the palettes.
2. Double click on the gray background will open a dialog box for opening a file.
3. Press Alt + Ctrl + A to select all layers.
4. Caps Lock will change your cursor to a clearer cross.
5. Press the F key and you can choose one of three different modes screen to make the work area larger.
6. To draw a straight line with a brush or pencil, make one click at the start point, then hold down Shift + Click at the end point.
7. Pressing Ctrl will turn any tool into a Move Tool (Move), while holding it.
8. Pressing Space (Space) will turn any tool into a Hand Tool (Hand), while holding it.
9. Pressing Ctrl and "+" or "-" increases and decreases the scale of the image.
10. If you use the Eyedropper Tool (Eyedropper) with pressed Alt - this will take a color swatch for the background color.
11. Use Ctrl + Alt + Z and Ctrl + Shift + Z to undo and redo a series of actions.
12. The size of the canvas can be easily enlarged using the Crop Tool, drag it outside the canvas and click OK.
13. Ctrl + J will create a copy of the current layer.
14. Ctrl + Shift + E will merge all visible layers into one, Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E will merge a copy of the visible layers into one new layer.
15. Ctrl + D to deselect, Ctrl + Shift + D to return the selection.
16. Shift and "+" or Shift and "-" will change the blending mode of the layer to: Normal, Dissolve, Multiply, Screen, Overlay, etc.
17. If the Brush tool is selected, the transparency of the tool can be changed by clicking on the corresponding number on the keyboard.
18. Hold Alt and click on the eye icon next to the layer thumbnail on the layers palette to hide all other layers except the current one.
19. Select the layer, hold Alt and click on the border between the top and the current layer to create a Cliping Mask.
20. Hold Alt and click on the "Create a new layer" button on the layers panel to open a dialog box with settings for the new layer.
21. Hold Alt and click on the "Create a new channel" button in the channels panel to create an alpha channel.
22. The Move Tool has an option of auto-selection of the layer “Auto Select Layer” in the settings, depending on the place of the click.
23. Working with the Grid, drag the upper left corner where the scales for the Grid are located, and the origin for them will be at the point where you release the mouse button. Double click in the upper corner will reset the reference point to its original position.
24. Having created a path using the Pen Tool, you can hide / show it again using the Ctrl + Shift + H combination.
25. Ctrl + Tab will switch you between different image windows.
26. Holding Shift + Alt the object will be transformed proportionally from the center.
27. If you have the Move Tool selected and you want to copy something, just hold down Alt and drag the image. Holding Shift + Alt the object can be easily moved along the Grid lines.
28. If you want to align the horizon or uneven edges after scanning, then take the Ruler Tool (Ruler), draw a line along your curve, then go to Image> Image Rotation> Arbitrary, photoshop will substitute the rotation angle values by itself, it remains to click OK and the image rotated.
29. Press Ctrl + R to display the Rules panel.
30. Ctr + E will merge the current layer with the underlying one.
31. If the Brush Tool is selected, you can control the brush diameter using the buttons "[" and "]".
32. Double click on the Zoom Tool will return the image scale to 100%, and on the Hand Tool will stretch the image onto the screen area.
33. Change the active layer with Alt + [or].
34. Move the active layer up or down using Ctrl + [or].
35. To hide the Grid guides, press Ctrl + H.
36. Press X to switch the foreground and background colors in places.
37. Press D to reset the foreground and background colors to their default colors: black and white.
38. Press F5 to display the Brushes palette.
39. Ctrl + click on the layer thumbnail in the layers panel will create a selection of the layer's contents.
40. If you want to see the contents of the layer mask, then hold down Alt and click on the layer mask.
41. Alt + click on the layer mask creation icon will create a black mask.
42. For better organization of layers - group the selected ones by pressing Ctrl + G.
43. Ctrl + Shift + N will create a new file, displaying a dialog box; Ctrl + Shift + Alt + N will create a new layer in the working file.
44. When the Brush Tool is active, the [and] keys increase and decrease the diameter of the brush, and Shift + [or] change the hardness of the brush.
45. Press Alt to make the Burning Tool perform the function of the Dodge Tool, and vice versa.
46. When you create text, hitting Enter creates new line to finish writing, press Ctrl + Enter or Enter on the numeric keypad.
47. You can move the layer to any other open image in Photoshop, thus. a copy of the layer will be created. Hold down Shift while dragging and the content of the layer will be pasted clearly in the center.
48. After applying the filter, its effect can be softened using the Fade function by pressing Shift + Ctrl + F.
49. You can copy the layer mask by dragging it with pressed Alt to another layer.
50. From the vertical Grid you can easily get a horizontal one by selecting the Move Tool, hold down Alt and click on the guide itself. And vice versa.
From the series "Pfff, I knew that for a long time!"
In fact, these are rather useful tools and techniques that help in working on projects in CG, identity and the web that you might not know about.
Let's start with some useful tricks in Photoshop, and let's go!
1 - Content-aware fill
Edit> Fill or Shift + Backspace
A convenient tool for removing objects from the image, taking into account the content, just select the object with the help of the lasso, click Shift + Backspace and OK.
2 - Blending Options
fx> Blending Options
It happens that normal modes overlays are not suitable for the task, in this case it will help you to twist the sliders in the layer blending properties. Hold down the key Alt pull the triangles depending on what you want to get.
3 - Defringe
Layer> Matting> Defringe
A tool for processing the edges of an image. A simple trick to get rid of light or dark edges in a layer. This command recolours the pixels on the border of the selection to match the color of pixels located at a certain distance within the area to help fit the object better.
4 - Rubber Band
Top control panel> Rubber Band
Surely many do not know that there is such a check mark in the pentule settings, try it, you will like it :)
5 - Normal noise
Filter> Camera RAW Filter or Shift + Cmd (Ctrl) + A
The standard noise filter is often not suitable for compositing, it is too "digital" and has no settings, so it is better to use Grain v Camera RAW Filter, the settings of which allow you to change the grain size and its sharpness. This often helps in final post-production to give the image an optical naturalness.
6 - Nik Collection by Google
An excellent plugin for Photoshop with various effects and presets, there is point editing. It's not without trash, of course, but there are also some good tools. For example, in Analog efex pro there is a section Classic Camera, where you can simulate the optical distortion of the camera, there is a fairly correct Boke effect, blur at the corners and other tools that will help make the picture more realistic and lively. And in Color Efex Pro there is handy tools enhance the contrast and detail of images (Tonal Contrast, Pro Contrast, Detail Extractor).
7 - Chromatic aberration
Filter> Lens Correction or Shift + Cmd (Ctrl) + R
If it is customary to remove chromatic aberrations in the photo, then when composing, especially scenes using 3D, these distortions, on the contrary, make the picture more natural, bringing raw renders to life. Just keep yourself in control, do not abuse it :)
8 - View a specific layer
Alt + left mouse button while on a layer
Sometimes you need to look at the original of a specific layer, so as not to copy it on top of all layers, just hover over the eye icon next to the layer and hold down the key Alt click on left mouse button, pressing it again returns to its original state.
9 - Crop taking into account the content
Crop Tool> Top Control Panel> Content-Aware
Beginning with Photoshop versions CC (2015.5) it became possible to make a crop taking into account the content, to do this, click C key and check the box Content-Aware in the top control panel. By the way, in the same panel there is a wonderful tool Straighten, which helps to align the horizon, just draw a line along the object and the algorithm will do everything.
10 - Fast export of layers
Right mouse button on selected layers> Export As ...
To save several layers at once in separate files simply highlight them and clicking right mouse button, select Export As... and in the window that appears, you can change the size, select the required format and
