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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL: 

THE BASICS FOR BEGINNER

First things, first, we need to open photoshop and at the top corner click file , new and then you will see the options of the canvas that you want, you can also adjust the size and and pixels.

Now we move to the tools. 

So the first is 1.1 MOVE TOOL or (v) in the short cut keys – move tool is used for moving selections or object in the layer.

1.2 LASSO TOOL or (L) in the shortcut keys – Used for selections , there are 3 types of Lasso tools

·         FREEHAND LASSO TOOL- used for freehand selections.

·         POLYGOON LASSO TOOL - used for straight edges selection. 

·         MAGNETIC LASSO TOOL- used for object edges.

1.3 CROP TOOL or (c) in shortcut keys – used for trimming or expands the edges of and image.

1.4 EYEDROPPER TOOL (i) in shortcut keys- used for copying the color from object or image.

1.5 COLOR BUCKET TOOL (g) in shortcut keys- fills similarly colored contagious areas  with  the foreground color.

1.6 BRUSH TOOL or (b) shortcut keys – used for custom brush strokes.

1.7 TEXT TOOL or (t) shortcut keys- used for adding text.

1.8 SELECTION TOOL or MARQUEE TOOL (m) shortcut keys – similar to lasso tool but it varies from different shapes.

1.9 OBJECT SELECTION TOOL (W) for shortcut key- Finds and automatically selects an object inside a defined region.

1.10 FRAME TOOL (k) for shortcut keys – creates place holder frames for image.

1.11 ERASER TOOL (e) for shortcut keys- making things transparent or for erasure purposes.

1.12 ROTATE VIEW TOOL (r) for shortcut keys – used for rotating the view of an image.

1.13 ZOOM TOOL (z) for shortcut keys -magnifies or reduces the view of an image.

That’s about it in the basic essentials in tools. 

You use layers to perform tasks such as compositing multiple images, adding text to an image, or adding vector graphic shapes. You can apply a layer style to add a special effect such as a drop shadow or a glow.

In the image showed the blue highlight shows the options of filtering layers.

The cyan highlight shows the visibility of the layer if you press the EYE SHAPED icon.

The red highlight shows the adjustment of the opacity which is the transparency of a layer.

The yellow highlight shows the adding of the layer the plus icon

The greed highlight is the option if you want to delete a selected layer. 

To the type of layers as you can see in the image the blue highlight shows the type of layers that you can use weather its for normal type, darken type, lighten type, contrast type, inversion/cancelation type and component.

The red highlights will give you the options to add effects or style on the selected layer. 

That’s it for the basic layer information that you need.

Now in brushes there are a lot of freedom which is sometimes overwhelming that is why we are only going to talk about the basics.

The yellow highlights shows the type of brushes you can use you can also download free ones on internet.

The red highlight is the adjustment size of the brush

The green highlight shows the history of the brush you used

The red highlight will able us to adjust the size and hardness of brush.

The blue highlight shows the transparency of the brush

The green highlight controls the flow of your brush meaning you will be able to control how concentrated your ink will be.

The yellow highlight controls the smoothness of your brush you will be able to control how rough the stroke or how smooth it is.

Now there may be a lot of brushes you can use but it doesn’t mean that you will need them all so we will just advice you to use this 3 types of brushes

The hard round pressurized brush- its almost like an airbrush but a little hard tone which will help you control your strokes.

Soft round pressurized brush- it's an AIRBRUSH ITSELF its usually used for light toning

Hard round airbrush- used for line works and solid colors.

Here in color there is also a lot of freedom and a lot of options so we will tackle only the basics. Like what kind of color board you would like to use , you can go with the cube HUE or color wheel.  The easiest way to make the best of the color is to use it with lasso tool or bucket tool.

But sure there a lot ways to make the best out of photoshop and some that maybe our is yet to discover but I hope that our information helped we will see you soon!