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Basic Photoshop Skills Guide

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Understand the basic skills and tools in Photoshop

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The Magic Wand

Task 1 - Photoshop Tools (Part 1)

Navigate to where you

1 2 saved your images and
select the egg box.

Click Open.

Open Photoshop, then

go File then Open (Ctrl
+ O).

Repeat step 1 and step 2,

3 this time selecting the 4
John Travolta image.

Again click Open.

Select the Rectangular
Marquee tool (M) &
draw a box around the
entire image.

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The Magic Wand

Task 1 - Photoshop Tools (Part 2)

5 6

Select Edit, then Copy Select the Egg Box tab.

(Ctrl + C).

Now you have two

7 8 layers.

Select Edit, then Paste

(Ctrl + V).

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The Magic Wand

Task 1 - Photoshop Tools (Part 3)

9 10

Select the Magic Wand Set the tolerance to 30

Tool (W). (Click and and click on the grey
hold the 4th button down background of the John
if it is not visible) Travolta image.

11 12

You should now see

Press the Delete key to your Egg Box. Click
remove the grey Select > Deselect (Ctrl
background. + D).

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Transform Tools
Task 2 - Photoshop Tools

1 2

Make sure you tick

Select the Move Tool Show Transform
(V). Controls.

3 4
Resize and rotate the
John Travolta image to
a size and position that
suits you. Use the shift
key to keep the aspect Reselect the Move
ratio. Tool (v) then click
Apply.

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Polygonal Lasso Tool

Task 3 - Photoshop Tools (Part 1)
Your
1 image 2
should
have 2
layers. To
hide John, Zoom into the Egg Box.
click the Use the Alt key and use
eye. the middle mouse
wheel.

Draw around the parts

3 4 of the box that will be in
front of the head. (Note:
We need to make it
colour used for demo)
look like the head is
inside the egg box. We
are going to use the
Polygonal Lasso Tool
(L). Select it.

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Polygonal Lasso Tool

Task 3 - Photoshop Tools (Part 2)

5 6
Select Edit, then Copy
(Ctrl + C).
Select Edit, then Paste
Into (Shift + Ctrl + V).
This pastes the selection
into the exact same
position as where it
started.

Move the head layer

7 8 below the part of the
box.

Unhide the John layer.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Understand the basic skills and tools in Photoshop