COLORS PRIMARY COLORSAre red, blue and

yellowSECONDARY COLORS Are made by mixing

primary colors

COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

OPPOSITE ON THE COLOR

WHEEL AND USED TO CREATE

CONTRAST

ANALOGOUS COLORS

Side by side on the color wheel

GAMUTThe complete

range or scope of

something(all the colors )

ADOBE BRIDGEUsed to change an image

format from one program to another within the site of

adobe programs

PS DW

Br

DITHERINGScatters different

colored pixels in an image to

make it appear as

though there are

intermediate colors in

images with a limited color

palette

SEVEN ELEMENTSOF DESIGN

SHAPELINEVALUE

COLOR SPACE

TEXTURE SIZE

UNITY (HARMONY)Is a principle of

design where the feeling that everything in

the work of art works together

BALANCE

Is a principle of design that involves the

distribution of visual weight and interest

REPETITIONIs a principle

of design that

involves a pattern in

elements to create

movement and interest

NEGATIVE SPACE

Is also WHITE spaceAn area not occupied by shapes of forms

DEMOGRAPHIC

a particular section of

the population

(children or business people)

CHARACTER PALETTE

Found under the window menuFontSizeColorScale

GUIDESUnder view on the menu barNew guide

HorizontalVertical

Clear guidesClick on the ruler and drag out

RULER

View on the menu bar, click on rulerOrganize space to eliminate the negative (white) space

Set guides

MAGIC WAND

A tool makes a selection of contiguous color

EYE DROPPER A tool that allows you to select colors to get an exact or specific color from the image you are working on

Also known as the color picker

AUTO TONE

Image Auto toneAutomatically adjust the black and white balance

TOOLS

Rectangular Marquee draws squares/rectangles.

Elliptical Marquee draws circle/ovals.

The red eye tool is found under the band aid tool

TOOLS

Quick Selection tool allows us to paint an area.

Magic wand tool selects continuous area.

Select/ Deselect

To select all in your canvas go to select > All

To get rid of the “dancing” or “marching” ants in Photoshop on a mac go to Select > Deselect (Command+D)

Layer Styles

Click on the style palette next to the color and swatches on the right of your screen.

You can add a new layer style by selecting the layer and clicking on the icon in the layer style palette. (next to the trash can)

Characters

To change the scale of the text go to window > character.

Leading is the space between the lines.

Scaling characters are percentages.

Soft Proof

To proof your image go to view> proof colors or view> proof setup> working CMYK

Soft proofing your image allows you to see what an image will look like when its printed.

Soft Proof

CS4, you can soft proof something by clicking on View>Soft Proof

In CS5/CS6 you can soft proof something by clicking on View> Proof Setup> Working CMYK.

IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS

To convert an Image to Black & White click Image>Adjustments>Black & White

To lighten/darken an image>adjustments>Brightness and Contrast

Hue/Saturation

Increase hue/saturation go to image>adjustment>hue/saturation

Hue is the color Saturation is how much color

UNSHARP MASKSharpen the edges by going to

FILTER>Sharpen>UNSHARP maskThis is nondestructive (will not

change/alter/damage an image)Change the Amount, radius,

threshold ONLY if you are given amounts to change

THIS AND THATPDF stands for portable

document format, good to submit to clients, BUT NOT for websites

CONTACT SHEET—File>Automate>Contact Sheet

Graphic Types to be used for the Web—JPEG (JPG) GIF, PNG

Web Graphics

The three graphic types that can be used for the we are JPG (jpeg)—photos, images, (gradients,

fading out) GIF—lines, large solid area of color, logos,

cartoons (can only be transparent on a matte color)

PNG—true alpha transparency (see through)