Lessons 3 · 1 lessons · N. I. Taylaqov (general editor), A. B. Akhmedov, M. D. Pardayeva, A. A. Abdug‘aniyev, U. M. Mirsanov. Informatics and Information Technologies, Grade 11, 1st edition. “Extremum-press”, Tashkent, 2018
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Basics of working in the PhotoShop raster editor. The PhotoShop interface
Textbook: pp. 11–13
GoalDescribes what PhotoShop is for and its history, and recognises the parts of its interface and the sections of the main menu.
New words
PhotoShop: Adobe's best-known raster graphics editor, first released in 1990 · PhotoShopoptions bar: the strip under the menu that shows the settings of the chosen tool · parametrlar paneliworkspace: the area where the open picture is shown and edited · ishchi sohafilter: a ready-made effect that changes a whole picture or a selected part · filtr
Explanation
Editing photographs is very common work: correcting mistakes, removing unwanted objects, making a montage from several pictures, adjusting colour and brightness, adding text and preparing for printing are only some examples. The best-known raster editor for this is Adobe's PhotoShop; its first version came out in 1990. Later versions appeared as PhotoShop CS (Creative Suite, 2000s) and since 2013 as PhotoShop CC (Creative Cloud); today it is sold by subscription. There are also free alternatives such as GIMP and Krita and editors that run in a browser. The PhotoShop window consists of the title bar and main menu, the options bar, the toolbar, the palettes area (now usually called panels), the workspace and the status bar. The main menu has the sections File, Edit, Image, Layer, Type, Select, Filter, View, Window and Help; older versions also had a 3D section. Edit other people's pictures only with permission, and do not present an edited picture as real in order to deceive people.
Worked examples
A picture has flaws: it is dark and slightly tilted. We raise the brightness with Image → Adjustments and fix the tilt with the crop tool. We save the result under a new name with File → Save As.
Changing tools: if Brush is chosen, the options bar shows the brush size and opacity; if Rectangular Marquee is chosen, it shows the selection modes. So the options bar changes for every tool. If a panel is missing, we bring it back from the Window menu.
Class activity
“Interface map”: students print or draw a screenshot and number the six parts (menu, options bar, toolbar, palettes, workspace, status bar), writing one sentence about each one's job.
Practice
1
List the six parts of the PhotoShop interface.
The title bar and main menu, options bar, toolbar, palettes area, workspace and status bar.
2
Which menu section is needed for: a) creating a new layer; b) a blur effect; c) showing a palette on the screen?
a) Layer; b) Filter; c) Window.
3
A picture is dark and tilted. Which two kinds of operations fix it?
Brightness adjustment (Image → Adjustments) and cropping/rotating.
4
Why does the options bar change when you switch tools?
Every tool has its own settings, and the bar shows the current settings of the chosen tool.