Saturday, October 20, 2007

Keyboard Shotcuts Part3

Image Menu
Action/Windows/Mac
Adjust Levels/Ctrl+L/Cmd+L
Adjust Auto Levels/Ctrl+Shift+L/Cmd+Shift+L
Adjust Auto Contrast/Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L/Cmd+Option+Shift+L
Adjust Curves/Ctrl+M/Cmd+M
Adjust Color Balance/Ctrl+B/Cmd+B
Adjust Hue/Saturation/Ctrl+U/Cmd+U
Desaturate/Ctrl+Shift+U/Cmd+Shift+U
Extract/Ctrl+Alt+X/Cmd+Option+X
Invert/Ctrl+I/Cmd+I

Friday, October 19, 2007

What is in the Photoshop interface?


Adobe Photoshop is a powerful tool for editing photographs and graphics. The first step in learning Photoshop is to familiarize yourself with the Photoshop interface, which consists of five basic components:

1) Menu Bar — contains all of Photoshop’s available options
2) Toolbox — has various tools for editing the image
3) Options Bar — set the options for the currently selected tool
4) Palettes — various panes to control different aspects of the project. Includes layers, channels, paths, history, etc.
5) Image Area — the currently open image Each component is labeled as posted: