How to use Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop os a graphic and picture editing tool. It enables the user to after, manipulate and create images either from existing photos or found images. We used the programme, Photoshop CS2 and became more used to the various tools needed in order to change images.


Tools and their uses:
*Marquee tool- this allows the user to select a certain area of the photo that they would like to edit; there is the rectangluar marquee tool, eliptical marquee tool, the single row marquee tool and the double row marquee tool that can be used and depending on the certain shape, is the shape that covers the specific area. We usually used the rectangle shaped one as it was simple and easy to use.


*Move tool-this allows you to move the selected area of your image anywhere on the screen


*Lasso tool-this allows you to cut around a certain image and if you use it while holding down the shift key then it would go in a straight line. At first, I found this tool quite hard but after a while, if I continued clicking and took my time it became much easier and as a result my cut was a lot cleaner.


*The clone stamp tool-this allows you to copy areas of the image. You have to hold down the alt key while clicking on the area that you wish to copy. This is a very useful tool to use especially if you want to cover up certain parts of the image, for example we used it while we were editing the Cloverfield poster and so used the clone stamp tool to cover the text and makes it seem as though it is only water and a city.

*Spot-healing brush-this allows you to cover up any parts of the picture, especially if it is of a person and they have a scar/acne that is not wanted for the poster; it is regularly used in magazines to edit models and actors in order for the viewer to not notice their flaws.


*Dodge tool-this allows you to brighten up a certain area of the image and is regularly used in posters to highlight certain aspects or people that are usually related to the main plot and the story.


*Burn tool-this allows you to make a certain area of the image darker, and is used to enhance shadow or to show that the movie is 'darker'


*Sponge tool-this allows you to turn a coloured image turn black & white


*Hand tool-this allows you to move around the image


If you move an image from one picture to another picture, select the image and in order to make it look more realistic, you have to adjust the colour and scale of the image. In order to change the size, go to:
-Edit
-Transform
-Scale
and each corner of the selected area will have points that you can move to change the size of it, in order to scale the whole image as a whole, use the shift button.
If you want to adjust the colour of the image go to:
-Image
-Adjustments
-Hue/Saturation or Desaturation
The Hue/Saturation allows you to adjust the hue, saturation and light intensity of the image.
The Desaturation choice loses all the colour of the selected image and can be used to show that it is older than modern times.


During one of the lessons we had to edit a Cloverfield movie poster by taking something from another image and making it appear as though it is walking in the water.