Adobe Photoshop Commands.

In this lesson, we are going to start to learn Adobe Photoshop Commands. Each command has its own functionality. We will learn the following Photoshop commands.

Merging two Layers, Filter (for giving special effects), Change Color, Eye Color, Digital Look, Skin tones, Depth of Field, Brush Tool, Lens Flare, Curve, To set eyes, Enhance Photos, Overlays, Changing in gradient.

 Adobe Photoshop Commands.

1- Merging two layers.

• Open two images.
• Make to both images maximized.
• Like: Below Images.

• Drag 2nd image to 1st image.
• Select eraser tool (E) with blur option
• Use brackets from a keyboard [ and ] for resizing.
• Layer Menu.
• Merge down.

2- Filter (To apply Special Effects on Image).

• Open image.
• Zoom it.
• Select any part of the image with marquee selection.
• Filter.
• Distort.
• Select any effect.

3- Change color.

• Open Image for changing color (vehicle image).
• 
• Image.
• Adjustments.
• Replace color.
• Go to the image and click with the mouse on the image.
• Select that area of the image which you want to change.
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4-Eye Color.

• Open Picture.
• 
• Click on Edit quick mask mode from the toolbar.
• Zooming on the eye with zoom tool.
• Select brush tool.
• Apply color on both eyes.
• Again, click on edit quick mask mode from toolbar/or click on standard mode.
• View Menu.
• Actual pixels.
• Select Menu.
• Inverse.
• Image Menu.
• Adjustments.
• Hue/Saturation View.
• Uncheck (Extra & selection edges (view).
• Again, change the color (from Hue/Saturation command).
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5-Digital Look.

• Open Image.
• Select any part of the image with marquee selection tool.
• 
• Filter.
• Pixelate.
• Mosaic.
• 
• Make setting.
• Ok.

6-Skin tones.

• Open Image.
• 
• Image.
• Adjustments.
• color balance.               (Preview)
• 

The default is Midtones (good).

Only skin you can select from your image on your wish.

• Select Menu.
• Color range.
• Click on the skin.
• Ok.
• Image Menu.
• Adjustments.
• Color balance.
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• Note: – Uncheck extra & selection edges (from View show).

7-Depth of Field.

• Open pix.
• 
• Select gradient tool.
• Edit in Quick mask mode.
• Pressing shift key+mouse to drag it top to bottom.
• 
• 
• Zoom in.
• Select Eraser tool 65  and apply erase on the body of On man (object).
• 
• Zoom out the little bit.
• Standard mode.
• 
• Select Menu.
• Inverse.
• Filter Menu.
• Blur.
• Lens Blur.
• 
• Gaussian Blur.
• Select.
• Deselect.

8-Brush Tool.

• Open file.
• 
• Select Brush tool.
• Apply on the object.
• If you will right click on the image.
• Brush options will be displayed.
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• Options bar of brush you can see below the menu bar
• 
• Preference.
• Edit.
• Displays and cursors.
• A window will be opened.
• Select any option ok.
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Right, click on the screen.

select option of the brush.

Caps lock on +

Caps lock off 0

9-Lens Flare.

• Open picture.
• Filter.
• Render.
• Lens flare.

We can control brightness also lens type.

You can keep light where you want. (sun).

Lens type: – (following) select any options.

10-Curve.

• Open picture.
• Image.
• Adjustments.
• Curves.
• 

Make the setting.

11-Enhance Photos.

• Open picture.
• Image.
• Adjustments.
• Levels. (level can allow controlling tones of the image.)
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• Ok.

12-To set eyes: – (which are not clear from Digital camera).

• Open picture.
• 
• Zoom in on eyes which are showing light.
• Make a new layer.
• Brush tool.
• Black foreground color.
• Brush size set.
• Painting on eyes.
• 
• Double click on the fore color.
• Get white color.
• with size as you want.
• Just click mid of eyes.
• Zoom out.
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If you want to brightness on the picture.

• Image Menu.
• Adjustments.
• Brightness/contrast (make setting).

13-Overlays.

• Open picture
• Go to layer option.
• Hold down+alt key and click option.
• Solid Color Overlay from the mode.

•  Ok.
• Adobe photos shop brings color picker automatically.
• 
• Select color.
• Ok.

14- Changing in gradient.

• Open picture.
• Go to layer option.
• Press Alt key and click option.
• Gradient.
• Overlay.
• 
• Adobe photos shop brings Gradient option automatically.
• 
• Select color.
• Ok.
• Double click on gradient layer from layer panel.
• Get ay Gradient.
• Make the setting.

Lesson 2 Adobe Photoshop Commands.

In Lesson 2 we will learn Replace sky, Under Exposed Photos, Coloring to Black & while Picture, To cut object from Background, Sharpening.

 15-Replace Sky.

• Open picture where you want to apply sky. (as I have opened below image).

• Select polygon lasso tool or lasso tool.
• Select sky from that picture, where is availability of sky on  image.

• Open that image whose sky you want to copy.

• Edit.
• Select all.
• Copy.
• Go back previous picture (where you want to paste sky).
• Edit.
• Paste into.
•  Edit.
• Free transform (for setting the sky image).

16- Under Exposed Photos ( just little bit Dark).

• Open picture

• Image
• Adjustments
• Levels
• 
• Give light to increase numbers of input levels. (make setting)

2^nd or another way.

Open picture

• Image
• Adjustments
• Shadow/highlights
• 
• Open picture
• Image
• Adjustments
• Brightness/Contrast

Preview

17-Coloring to Black & while Picture.

• Open black & while picture.

• Click on quick mask mode.
• Zoom out that area of picture, where you want to apply color.
• Select brush tool with size 11.
• Apply color with brush on that area, where you want color.

• Click on standard mode.
• Zoom out picture
• Select
• Inverse

• Image
• Adjustments
• Hue/saturation
• View
• Uncheck extras

• Select
• Deselect.

Note:- click on color size option.

18- To Cut an Object from Background.

Open picture.

Zooming in.

Select pen tool.

The select object from the image without background.

Right-click selected image.

Make selection.

Feather radius 1.

Ok.

Click on brush tool.

Select background image color.

Apply on the image (which you want to cut).

Select.

Deselect.

19-Sharpening:

 Open image.

Filter.

Sharpen.

Use the unsharpened mask.

Use: Radius.

Threshold.

Ok.

20- Create a Small Image for Web.

Open Image.

Image.

Image size.

Preview of Photo.