Week 6: PS Filters, Adjustment Layers

This Week’s Work

TUESDAY

Homework: PS Filters

Photoshop filters are basically little mini-programs that will manipulate your image in some way. Photoshop comes with quite a number of filters (over 100). We won’t be able to cover all the filters and the myriad uses they can be put to in this lesson. We will introduce you to several of the more useful filters and have you practice using them.

• Intro to Photoshop Filters
• Sharpen and Blur

THURSDAY

1. Photoshop Selections

Download the demo files so we can look at the Object Selection Tool:

• demo files

2. Photoshop Adjustment Layers

Photoshop is known for its editing tools. We can modify and adjust images to look like almost anything. However, because it is pixel-based it has the potential to destroy or permanently alter the originals. Over the years Adobe has continued to improve Photoshop so that we can edit our images in nondestructive ways. Adjustment layers are a big piece of this.

• Demo Files

Review: in case you missed Thursday’s class

Work through the following 3 pages (including videos) to learn about Adjustment Layers. If you have Photoshop running at home, you can try them out. Otherwise just read and watch the videos.

• Adjustment Layers Overview
• Adjustment Layers: Luminosity
• Adjustment Layers: Color

Lab Time

• Lab 5