Photoshop 7.0 workshop (should be fine with newer versions, but let me know if you find differences.)

First: Introduction: Tools and palettes.

Tools palette
Toolbox Palette This palette contains all of the tools you will use to create, edit, or enhance your image. Some of the tools are hidden behind others, signified by a small arrow in the lower right corner of the tool. The tools are: Marquee tools (Rectangle, Elliptical, Horizontal, Vertical) Move tool Lasso tools (Lasso, Polygonal, Magnetic) Magic Wand Crop tool Slice Tools Air Brush Paintbrush Rubber Stamp tools (Rubber, Pattern) History Brush tools (History, Art History) Eraser, Background Eraser, Magic Eraser Gradients, Paint Bucket Blur, Smudge, & Sharpen tools Photo tools (Dodge, Burn, Sponge) Path Component Selector, Direct Select tools Text tools (Text: Horizontal/Vertical, Outline: Horizontal/ Vertical) Path tools (Pen, Magnetic, Freeform, Add, Subtract, Selection & Convert Points) Rectangle, Round Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, Line, Custom Shape tools Notes and Audio Notation tools Eyedropper, Color Sampler, Measure Tools Navigator tool Zoom tool Foreground color tile Background color tile Default tiles Standard Edit Mode Quick Mask Edit Mode Screen Modes (Standard, Full with menus, Full without menus) Image Ready Toggle

More on other palettes:

Navigator/information

Color/Swatches/Brushes

History/Actions/Tool Presets

Layers/Channels/Paths

Create a new folder on your desktop: Right click > New > folder

Title it something you will remember.

Right click on each of these images and save them to the folder you have just created:

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create this image:

Open Photoshop.

File>New

684 x 486 pixels, resolution 72 pixels/inch, RGB color

Then save this new image as "My Final" and make sure that the "File Type" Is Photoshop Image PSD,PDD; we do this so that we can later use layers.

File>open>"Volcan Picaya"

CTRL+A or Select > All

CTRL+C or Edit > Copy

CTRL+W or File>close

You should now be looking at the photoshop project "My Final"

CTRL+V or Edit>Paste

When you paste this, it should create a new layer. Look at the "Layers" palette on the right. If you cannot find the layers palette, then make sure it is open by going to Window > Layers. Once Layers palette is visible, make sure a new layer has been made.

COPYING DOG HEAD

Open "Carlos" (from the folder you created)

Use the Magic Wand tool (4). Check the Options palette, Magic Wand should be set up for Tolerance of 32, anti-aliase, contigious)

Begin selecting areas around Carlos' head, holding down the Shift key to add to the selection. If you end up selecting any of the area of his head, use CTRL+Z to undo the last selection.

When you have selected as much as you can with the Magic Wand without selecting any of Carlos' head, switch to the Quick Mask mode (27).

Choose the Eraser tool (i.e. not the background eraser or the Magic eraser). Options: Brush, Opacity 100%, choose a brush size that is suited to the task.

Erase all of the pink areas that are surrounding his head and neck, adjusting the brush size as needed, zooming in using the Navigator palette when needed. You can also CTRL+Z when you mess up OR go to the History Palette to revert back to an earlier stage in the document.

Once you feel good about your selesction, leave the quick Mask mode (Standard mode, 26) and note the areas that are selected. Right now everything except Carlos' head is selected; to inverse the selection and select only his head, go to Select> Inverse. Now only his head should be selected. If there are other parts that are selected, you can choose the inverse again, go back to quick mask mode, erase those areas, and then repeat the process above to get back to having only his head selected.

Now copy his head: CTRL+C or Edit>Copy

and switch back to the other window with "My Final" in it.

Paste his head: CTRL+V or Edit>paste

This shoudl produce another layer with a huge floating dog head in it.

CTRL+S or FILE>SAVE

REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE GIANT DOG HEAD

Make sure you have selected the layer with the dog head on it.

Draw a large box around it, selecting it with the Rectangular Marquee tool (1).

With the line around the dog head, go to Edit>Transform>Scale. Then scale down the photo. For it to fit over my face, it needs to be around 21% of its original size. You can either size it with your cursor, holding down the SHIFT key to constrain the proportions until you get it to the size you think is right OR you can enter "21" into the boxes on the Option tool bar for "W:" and "H:" Once you have sized the head, click on one of the other tools. A message should appear asking whether you want to accept the transformation. If you do want to accept it, then say yes.

Use the Move Tool (V, 2) to position the dog's head over mine. If you need to make it bigger or smaller to fit, then transform it again.

If you want to put the hat on the dog's head, select the layer with the main photo on it, use the Lasso tool to select the hat; cut and paste it to create a new layer. Place that layer on top of the Dog head layer.

CTRL+S or FILE>SAVE

WRITING THE FANCY WORDS

First, choose a pattern: choose the layer with the main photograph on it, then use the rectangular marquee to select an area of the photo that you think would make a really swell patch for the lettering. Note: since the lettering is going to be in the sky, choosing the sky might not be the best option unless you plan to do some effects. Once you have drawn a small rectangle over the area you want, go to Edit>Define Pattern. Once you have done this, Select>deselect.

Create a new layer for the text to appear on: Layer>New. Make sure you have chosen this new layer.

Now choose the Text tool. Depress your cursor over the Text tool and choose the Horizontal Type Mask tool.

Choose the font and size that you want to use. The text should be a rather thick font since we are filing it up with something else.

Place your cursor in the area of the Picture that you want to write on. Type your message. You can then highlight the text to change the font or size or to warp the text in some way. You can move the location of the text later.

Once you are Finished, choose another tool to return to the Standard mode. The easiest way to move the text is to return to the quick mask mode (toggle Q, 27) and choose the Move Tool (V,2); move the text to the area you want it to appear, then return to the standard mode. You can also move it in the standard mode, but it is hard to read the text in that mode as it is just an outline.

Fill the text with the pattern: in the standard mode, with the outline of the text still selected, Edit>Fill... A box should come up with selections. In the "Pattern" area, choose the pattern you created from the drop down menu. Choose "OK."

CTRL+S or FILE>SAVE

Putting that fantastic sun in the sky.

File>Open>"Sun" (from the folder you created)

Choose the Magnetic Lasso tool (Depress the lasso tool and select the magnetic lasso). Outline the star using the lasso, making end points at each angle and tip of the star until you return to the first point. This should create an outline of the star. If you mess up, Select>deselect, and try again. Otherwise, CTRL+C or EDIT>COPY the star.

Change to the "My Final" window. CTRL+V or EDIT>PASTE. The star will be REALLY big.

To make it fit on the screen, and to allow you to work with it, you will need to enlarge your canvas. Go to IMAGE>CANVAS SIZE--choose 12 inches by 12 inches. "OK." Then go to the Navigator Palette and zoom out.

Now transform the Star in the same way that you did the dog head earlier. Then move it to the place in the photo that you want it to go. You can let it hang out of the photo frame and crop it off later.

Adjust the transparency: in the Layers palette, choose the sun layer and set the opacity at 50%.

Before you Save for the last time, you are welcome to play around with the tools and the image. Like this latest FARK photoshop contest, http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=711757&mode=voteresults you can make a "cheap imitation" of the original image.

Cropping and Saving

Once you are happy with the layout of the photo within the frame, choose the rectangular marquee and draw a rectangle around the photo. Choose IMAGE>CROP.

Now we want to save it as a JPEG. To do this, we will need to flatten the layers. Go to Layer>Flatten Image.

Now we need to save it for the Web: FILE>Save for the web.

You should get an image with several selections and options in the frame around it. Choose the 4-up tab.

For Settings, choose JPEG Med. Then for each of the selections, play with the quality and other settings. Notice the way the photo changes and the way the size of the file changes. Once you have a version of the photo you are happy with (and that isn't extremely large--less than 150KB), choose it, say "Save," give the file a name.

If you want to, open your GMU e-mail and send the file as an attachment to yourself. You can also post it to the WebCt site,

Once you are at that site, log in and go to the group discussions, find the photoshop discussion at the very bottom of the ALL category. Respond to that message and attach your photo to the response. Be sure to include the name of your partner and, perhaps, an explanation of anything you did differently.

Have fun.