Photoshop Notes

Shape Selection Tools

• Marquee (Elliptical, Rectangular) [M]
• Lasso ("Classic" Lasso, Magnetic Lasso, Polygonal) [L]

Color Selection Tools 

• Magic Wand (Any color you click on will select) [W]
• Quick selection (Click-drag over color sections)

Marquee and lasso are one of the oldest photoshop tools that help change the shapes of the picture. 

Photoshop Intro

Photoshop CS6 NOTES
STEP 1 - MAKE A NEW DOCUMENT 
a.) Press Command+N. b.)Choose size>OK

STEP 2 - COPY A PICTURE (from Google)
a.) Open your Web browser (Google Chrome)
b.) Type your search query (ex. Celebrity)
c.) Set Search Tools to SIZE>LARGE
d.) Click a picture for large preview
e.) Right click and choose COPY IMAGE
f.) In PS, Command+V (to paste)

STEP 3 - Transform Your Picture
[MOVE]
a.) Click the Move Tool (V)
b.) Move the picture layer, by click-dragging.
[ROTATE & SCALE]
c.) Command+T (to Transform), click corners.

STEP 4 - Select & Arrange Layers
a.) Select a layer from the layers panel
b.) Move, rotate, scale accordingly.
c.) To change order of layers, click drag-vertically.

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