Objectives You will have mastered the material in this chapter when you can
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BTW Scale to Fit A special feature of the Print dialog box is the ability to scale the output. The Scale to Fit media check box will adjust the size of the image to fit the output medium or page size. Additionally, you can scale by a percentage. Any entered value that is less than 100% will cause a bounding box to display for free transform scaling. [END BTW]
• Click File on the menu bar and then click Print to display the Print dialog box (Figure 2-72). Figure 2-72 2 • In the Print dialog box, click the Print box arrow to display its list (Figure 2-73). Figure 2-73 3 • Click Adobe PDF in the list to select it. • Click the Print paper in landscape orientation button to change the orientation (Figure 2-74).
• Click the Print button to display your printer’s Print dialog box, and then click its Print button to display Photoshop’s Save PDF File As dialog box (Figure 2-75). [Q] Why is this dialog box different from the other Save dialog boxes? [END Q] [A] The Save PDF File As dialog box is generated by the operating system – in this case Windows Vista – rather than by Adobe Photoshop. The dialog box inherits its characteristics, including folder navigation, from the operating system. [END A] Figure 2-75 5 • In the File name text box, type Peppers PDF to rename the file. Do not press the enter key. • If the location of your flash drive does not display in the Save in box, click Computer in the Favorite Links section to display a list of available drives and then scroll until UDISK 2.0 (F:), or the location of your flash drive, appears in the list of available drives.
• Click the Save button in the Save PDF File As dialog box to save the PDF document on the USB flash drive with the file name, Peppers PDF. Other Ways 1. Press ctrl+p, click Document box arrow, click Adobe PDF, click Print 2. On File menu, click Save As, click Format box arrow, click Photoshop PDF (*.PDF, *.PDP) [END Other Ways] To View the PDF File After a few moments, your system should open the PDF file automatically and display a button on the Windows Vista taskbar. If a PDF reader is not installed on your system, you might encounter a dialog box informing you that your system cannot open the file. In that case, click the OK button and skip the following step. 1 • When your system displays the Peppers PDF button on the task bar, click it to display the PDF version of the photo. Scroll as necessary to view the entire advertisement (Figure 2-77). Figure 2-77 To Close the PDF File 1 Click the Close button in the Peppers PDF window. If necessary, click the Adobe Photoshop button on the Windows Vista taskbar, to return to Photoshop. Closing a Photo Recall that when you are finished editing a photo, you should close it. Closing a photo helps save system resources. You can close a photo after you have saved it and continue working in Photoshop, as the following steps illustrate. To Close a Photo without Closing Photoshop 1 With the Peppers Edited document window selected, click the Close button on the document window title bar to close it. 2 If Photoshop displays a dialog box, click the No button to ignore the changes since the last time you saved the photo. Keyboard Shortcuts As you will recall, a keyboard shortcut, or shortcut key, is a way to activate menu or tool commands using the keyboard rather than the mouse. For example, pressing the l key on the keyboard immediately selects the current lasso tool without having to move your mouse away from working in the image. Shortcuts with two keystrokes are common as well, such as the use of ctrl+a to select an entire image. Shortcuts are useful when you do not want to take the time to traverse the menu system, or when you are making precise edits and selections with the mouse and do not want to go back to any of the panels to change tools or settings. A Quick Reference Summary describing Photoshop’s keyboard shortcuts is included in the back of the book. While many keyboard shortcuts already exist in Photoshop, there might be times when additional shortcuts would be useful. For instance, the Single Row and Single Column Marquee tools have no shortcut key. If those are tools that you use frequently, adding the m keyboard shortcut might be helpful. Photoshop allows users to create, customize, and save keyboard shortcuts in one of three areas: menus, panels, and tools. When you create keyboard shortcuts, you can add them to Photoshop’s default settings, save them in a personalized set for retrieval in future editing sessions, or delete them from your system.
To create a new keyboard shortcut, Photoshop provides a dialog box interface, accessible from the Edit menu. Using that dialog box, you can select one of the three shortcut areas. Then, you can choose a shortcut key or combination of keys. To avoid conflicting duplications, Photoshop immediately warns you if you have chosen a keyboard shortcut used somewhere else in the program. In the following steps, you will create a shortcut to display the History panel. While that command is accessible on the Window menu, a shortcut would save time when you need to view or edit the states in the History panel. Because the shortcut emulates the command from the menu, the same shortcut would show or hide the panel.
• Click Edit on the menu bar to display the Edit menu (Figure 2-78). Figure 2-78 2 • Click Keyboard Shortcuts to display the Keyboard Shortcuts and Menus dialog box. • If necessary, click the Keyboard Shortcuts tab to display its settings. • If the Set box does not display Photoshop Defaults, click the Set box arrow and then click Photoshop Defaults in the list. • If the Shortcuts For box does not display Application Menus, click the Shortcuts For box arrow and then click Application Menus in the list (Figure 2-79).
• In the Application Menu Command list, scroll down and then double-click Window to display the list of Window menu commands. • Scroll down to display History under the Windows menu commands, and then click History to display a shortcut key box (Figure 2-80). [Q] What are the buttons at the top of the dialog box used for? [END Q] [A] The Save all changes to the current set of shortcuts button allows you to name the set for retrieval in future sessions. The Create a new set based on the current set of shortcuts button allows you to create a copy of the current keyboard shortcut settings. The Delete the current set of shortcuts button deletes the set. [END A]
Figure 2-80 4 • Press the f12 key to enter the shortcut keystroke (Figure 2-81). [Q] Which keys can I use when creating a shortcut? [END Q] [A] For menu commands, your shortcut keystrokes must include the ctrl key or a function key. When creating shortcuts for tools, you must use a single alphabetic character. [END A] [Q] How can I find out which shortcuts keys still are available? [END Q] [A] When you click the Summarize button, Photoshop creates a Web page with all of the keyboard shortcuts in the set. You can save that file on your system. [END A] Figure 2-81 5 • Because Photoshop warns you that the F12 key is being used as a shortcut for a different command, press ctrl+, to enter a new shortcut. • Click the Accept buttons to set the shortcut key (Figure 2-82). [Q] What do the other buttons do? [END Q] [A] The Undo button cancels the most recent setting, and after it is clicked, the button changes to the Redo button. The Use Default button restores a deleted Photoshop shortcut. The Add Shortcut button allows you to add a second shortcut to the same command. The Delete Shortcut button deletes the selected shortcut. [END A]
• Click the OK button to close the dialog box. Other Ways 1. Press alt+shift+ctrl+k, edit settings, click OK [END Other Ways]
The next steps test the new keyboard shortcut. 1 • Click the Workspace switcher on the Application bar and then click Essentials to reset the workspace. • Click Window on the menu bar to verify that the shortcut key has been assigned (Figure 2-83).
• Click the workspace away from the Window menu to hide the menu. • Press ctrl+, to test the shortcut key and display the History panel (Figure 2-84). [Q] Will the new shortcut be saved forever? [END Q] [A] The new shortcut will be saved on your system in the Photoshop Defaults (modified) set. That set will be in effect the next time you start Photoshop. If you wish to remove it, you can edit that specific shortcut, or delete the set by clicking the Delete the current set of shortcuts button (Figure 2-82). [END A]
It is a good idea, especially in a lab situation to reset the keyboard shortcuts to their default settings. The following steps restore the default shortcut keys. 1 Click Edit on the menu bar and then click Keyboard shortcuts. 2 Click the Set box arrow and then click Photoshop Defaults to select it. 3 When Photoshop displays a message asking if you want to save your changes, click the No button. 4 In the Keyboards Shortcuts and Menus dialog box, click the OK button to close the dialog box. To Quit Photoshop Using a Shortcut Key The following steps show how to quit Photoshop and return control to Windows. 1 Press ctrl+q to quit Photoshop. Chapter Summary In this chapter, you learned how to use selection tools including the marquee tools, the lasso tools, the Quick Selection Tool, and the Magic Wand tool. You worked with the Subtract from selection command, the Refine Edge dialog box, and the Grow command to edit the selection border. Once the selection was complete, you then learned many of the transformation commands including scaling and rotating. You used the Move tool to move and copy selections. Each of the tools and commands had its own options bar with settings to control how the tool or command worked. You learned about the History panel and its states. Finally, you learned how to create and test a new keyboard shortcut. The items listed below include all the new Photoshop skills you have learned in this chapter:
LEARN IT ONLINE Test your knowledge of chapter content and key terms. Instructions: To complete the Learn It Online exercises, start your browser, click the Address bar, and then enter the Web address scsite.com/pscs4/learn. When the Photoshop CS4 Learn It Online page is displayed, follow the instructions in the exercises below. Each exercise has instructions for printing your results, either for your own records or for submission to your instructor. Chapter Reinforcement TF, MC, and SA Below Photoshop Chapter 2, click the Chapter Reinforcement link. Print the quiz by clicking Print on the File menu for each page. Answer each question. Flash Cards Below Photoshop Chapter 2, click the Flash Cards link and read the instructions. Type 20 (or a number specified by your instructor) in the Number of playing cards text box, type your name in the Enter your Name text box, and then click the Flip Card button. When the flash card is displayed, read the question and then click the ANSWER box arrow to select an answer. Flip through Flash Cards. If your score is 15 (75%) correct or greater, click Print on the File menu to print your results. If your score is less than 15 (75%) correct, then redo this exercise by clicking the Replay button. Practice Test Below Photoshop Chapter 2, click the Practice Test link. Answer each question, enter your first and last name at the bottom of the page, and then click the Grade Test button. When the graded practice test is displayed on your screen, click Print on the File menu to print a hard copy. Continue to take practice tests until you score 80% or better. Who Wants to Be a Computer Genius? Below Photoshop Chapter 2, click the Computer Genius link. Read the instructions, enter your first and last name at the bottom of the page, and then click the PLAY button. When your score is displayed, click the PRINT RESULTS link to print a hard copy. Wheel of Terms Below Photoshop Chapter 2, click the Wheel of Terms link. Read the instructions, and then enter your first and last name and your school name. Click the PLAY button. When your score is displayed, right-click the score and then click Print on the shortcut menu to print a hard copy. Crossword Puzzle Challenge Below Photoshop Chapter 2, click the Crossword Puzzle Challenge link. Read the instructions, and then enter your first and last name. Click the SUBMIT button. Work the crossword puzzle. When you are finished, click the Submit button. When the crossword puzzle is redisplayed, click the Print Puzzle button to print a hard copy. Tips and Tricks Below Photoshop Chapter 2, click the Tips and Tricks link. Click a topic that pertains to Chapter 2. Right-click the information and then click Print on the shortcut menu. Construct a brief example of what the information relates to in Photoshop to confirm you understand how to use the tip or trick. Expanding Your Horizons Below Photoshop Chapter 2, click the Expanding Your Horizons link. Click a topic that pertains to Chapter 2. Print the information. Construct a brief example of what the information relates to in Photoshop to confirm you understand the contents of the article. Search Sleuth Below Photoshop Chapter 2, click the Search Sleuth link. To search for a term that pertains to this chapter, select a term below the Chapter 2 title and then use the Google search engine at google.com (or any major search engine) to display and print two Web pages that present information on the term. Photoshop Online Training Below Photoshop Chapter 2, click the Photoshop Online Training link. When your browser displays the Web page, click one of the Photoshop tutorials that covers one or more of the objectives listed at the beginning of the chapter on page PS xx. Print the first page of the tutorial before stepping through it. Expanding Your Horizons Below Photoshop Chapter 2, click the Expanding Your Horizons link. Click a topic that pertains to Chapter 2. Print the information. Construct a brief example of what the information relates to in Photoshop to confirm you understand the contents of the article. Search Sleuth Below Photoshop Chapter 2, click the Search Sleuth link. To search for a term that pertains to this chapter, select a term below the Chapter 2 title and then use the Google search engine at google.com (or any major search engine) to display and print two Web pages that present information on the term. Photoshop Online Training Below Photoshop Chapter 2, click the Photoshop Online Training link. When your browser displays the Web page, click one of the Photoshop tutorials that covers one or more of the objectives listed at the beginning of the chapter on page PS xx. Print the first page of the tutorial before stepping through it. APPLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE Reinforce the skills and apply the concepts you learned in this chapter. [this assignment will be written by the design contractor] FIGURE 2-85 EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE Extend the skills you learned in this chapter and experiment with new skills. You might need to use Help to complete the assignment. [this assignment will be written by the design contractor]
[this assignment will be written by the design contractor] FIGURE 2-87 IN THE LAB Design and/or create a publication using the guidelines, concepts, and skills presented in this chapter. Labs are listed in order of increasing difficulty. 1: Using the Keyboard with the Magic Wand Tool Problem: As e-cards gain popularity, the need for good graphics also has increased. A small e-commerce site has hired you as its photo specialist to assist with images and photos used in the greeting cards provided online. Your first assignment is to provide a clean image for a card whose greeting will read, “I’m off my rocker! I forget your birthday!” A photographer has submitted a photo of a rocker, but the layout artist needs the background removed and the rocker scaled to approximately half of its original size. The layout artist has requested a PDF of your final product. You decide to practice using the function keys to perform most of the editing tasks. The edited photo is displayed in Figure 2-88. FIGURE 2-88 Instructions: 1. Start Photoshop. Set the default workspace and reset all tools. 2. Press ctrl+o to open the Lab 2-1 Rocker file from the Chapter02 folder on the DVD that accompanies this book, or from a location specified by your instructor. 3. Press shift+ctrl+s to display the Save As dialog box. Save the file on your storage device with the name, Lab 2-1 Rocker Edited. 4. If the photo does not display at 16.67% magnification, press ctrl+plus sign (+) or ctrl+ hyphen (-) to zoom in or out as necessary. 5. On the Window menu, click Navigator to display the Navigator panel. 6, To remove the wallpaper: a. Press the W key to choose the Magic Wand tool. If the Quick Selection tool is the active tool, press shift+w to select the Magic Wand tool. b. On the options bar, click the Contiguous box so it does not display a check mark. c. Click the blue wallpaper and then press ctrl+x to remove it. 7. To remove the floor: a. On the options bar, click the Contiguous box so it displays a check mark. b. Click the floor. shift+click other parts of the floor to add to the selection. c. Use the Navigator panel to zoom as necessary, or if your computer’s mouse has a wheel, alt+wheel back and forth to zoom. shift+click the floor, until the entire floor is selected, and then press ctrl+x to remove it. 8. To remove the baseboard: a. Repeat step 10 for the baseboard. b. If you make an error or some areas are deleted by mistake, Click Window on the menu bar, and then click History to display the History panel. Press ctrl+alt+z to step backward through the states in the History panel, or click the first state in the History panel and begin again with Step 6. 9. Using the Magic Wand tool, shift+click any remaining part of the photo that is not the rocker. 10. To select only the rocker: a. On the Magic Wand tool options bar, click the New selection button and then click to remove the check mark in the Contiguous box. Click the white area of the photo. b. Press shift+ctrl+i to select the inverse. The rocker now should be selected. 11. To scale the rocker: a. Press ctrl+t to free transform the rocker selection. Drag the W scrubby slider to 50%. Drag the H scrubby slider to 50%. b. Press the enter key to commit the transformations. c. Press ctrl+d to deselect, if necessary. 12. Press ctrl+s to save the file with the same name. If Photoshop displays a Photoshop Format Options dialog box, click the OK button. 13. To create the PDF file: a. Press ctrl+p to display the Print dialog box, and then choose Adobe PDF in the Printer box list. Click the Print button in the Adobe Print dialog box and then click the Print button in your printer’s Print dialog box. b. When the Save PDF file as dialog box is displayed, browse to your USB flash drive location and then click the Save button. c. When the Adobe Acrobat window is displayed, view the file and then press ctrl+q to close the window. 14. Click the Photoshop button on the Windows taskbar, if necessary. Close the document window by pressing ctrl+w. If Photoshop displays a dialog box asking you to save again, click the No button. 15. Quit Photoshop by pressing ctrl+q. 16. Send the PDF file as an e-mail attachment to your instructor, or follow your instructor’s directions for submitting the lab assignment.
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