1. How to use Photoshop Design and Technology

2. How to use Photoshop 2. Select Clipboard - choose A4 and then OK and a new page should open To open the program Photoshop on your computer. 1. Click File, select New and a menu option titled New opens in the middle of the screen.

3. How to use Photoshop You can change the appearance of different layers by clicking the Normal tab. A sub- menu as shown below appears. This slide refers to the layers and opacity menus in Photoshop. Every image you place on the page becomes a layer. Therefore if you want to move that layer, you need to select it! By changing the Opacity, the layer will become transparent. You will then be able to see underneath it.

4. How to use Photoshop When you open the Filter menu there are a range of different effects that you can use to add interest to your designs. Here are some of the effects you can have fun playing with: When you open the filter menu’s you get another sub-menu allowing you to change and manipulate these effects further. Here are some examples of different filters Hue/Saturation Ripple Chrome

5. How to use Photoshop - colour manipulation Brightness/contrastChanging the Hue/Saturation, click on colorize and begin playing DesaturateInvertpolarisedthreshold These images have been created by using the effects in the Image menu.

6. How to use Photoshop Task: Using these images or any other images you have selected, begin to test some of the effects within Photoshop. The next slide shows how layers of images can be manipulated.

7. How to use Photoshop – manipulating layers Desaturate flowers add flowers Add box to allow the focus on text Make the flowers transparent

8. How to use Photoshop Don’t forget the most important thing in a calendar is the numbers and months. What do you think of the following placement or sizes of fonts in the following calendars? Dates too small ? Dates too big? Dates too similar to background?Dates too contrasted?