Adobe

Photoshop

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 LESSON 04 ADOBE PHOTOSHOP COURSE SYLLABUS

LESSON - 01 Graphic Design History LESSON - 38 Double Light & Neon Effects
LESSON - 02 Types of Graphic Design Jobs LESSON - 39 Caricature Photo Effects
LESSON - 03 10 Places for online Graphic Jobs LESSON - 40 3D Effects
LESSON - 04 About Vector and Raster Graphics LESSON - 41 Video Editing option
LESSON - 05 What is Photoshop ? LESSON - 42 Photoshop Mockups
LESSON - 06 Common uses for Photoshop LESSON - 43 Scanning Techniques
LESSON - 07 Photoshop interface & settings LESSON - 44 File Saving Formats
LESSON - 08 Tools Panel Overview LESSON - 45 Exporting Files to Illustrator
LESSON - 09 Selection Tools with Practicals
LESSON - 10 Navigation Tools with Practicals
LESSON - 11 Painting Tools with Practicals
LESSON - 12 Measuring Tools with Practicals
LESSON - 13 Retouching Tools with Practicals
LESSON - 14 Crop & Slice Tools with Practicals
LESSON - 15 All about Drawing & Type Tools
LESSON - 16 All about Layer Panel
LESSON - 17 All about Layer Styles
LESSON - 18 Blending Modes Techniques
LESSON - 19 All about Action Panel
LESSON - 20 Color Theory & Color Modes
LESSON - 21 Color Balancing Techniques
LESSON - 22 Camera Raw Techniques
LESSON - 23 Working on Filters
LESSON - 24 Liquify & Vanishing Point option
LESSON - 25 Image Resizing Techniques
LESSON - 26 Designing for Digital Printing
LESSON - 27 Designing for Offset Printing
LESSON - 28 Designing for Web
LESSON - 29 How to Cut out Hair
LESSON - 30 Photo Retouching Techniques
Adobe
LESSON - 31 Beauty Retouching Photoshop
LESSON - 32 Repairing Old & Damage Photos
LESSON - 33 Black & White Photo into Color
LESSON - 34 Album Page Designing Online Graphic Class
LESSON - 35 Photo Manipulation Techniques
LESSON - 36 Double Expossing Effects
LESSON - 37 3D Glass Effects
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LESSON 02 ABOUT
TYPES OFVECTOR & RASTER
GRAPHIC DESIGN JOBSGRAPHICS

DIGITAL
PHOTO PRINTING SCREEN
PRINTING PRINTING

OFFSET WEB &

PRINTING MOTION
GRAPHICS

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Publication Design
Logo Design
OFFSET Stationery Design
PRINTING
Packaging Design
Corporate Design

Photo Retouching
PHOTO Album Creation
PRINTING
Photo Manupulation

Banners & Billboards

Vehicle Wraps
DIGITAL Trade Show Displays
PRINTING
Signage
Office Branding

Apparel Design
SCREEN Gift Items
PRINTING
Special effects on paper

WEB & Designing Web Pages

MOTION Developing Graphics for Story’s Characters
GRAPHICS Social Media Designs
WHAT DO GRAPHIC DESIGNERS DO ?
Graphic designers create graphics and layouts for a wide variety of products, including company logos, websites,
clothing, books, games and product user manuals. These professionals must possess a strong knowledge of color
theory, image construction, font types and many other artistic principles to determine the strongest appeal to the
brand's target market. They use a variety of computerized design programs to sketch new designs and incorporate
existing brand details to create innovative designs that appeal to the brand's target demographic.

01. PHOTO EDITOR

Photo editors work with real-life images to adjust, color-correct or combine images to
create the desired final image. Image editing can be as simple as adjusting the
lighting and color balance on a photograph or as drastic as changing garment colors
or adding logo information or banners to the image.

02. APPAREL GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Apparel graphic designers create individual, original images for clothing. They
develop a strong understanding of the brand's customers and ensure their graphics
are cohesive and visually appealing to that audience. They design a variety of images
and font-based graphics for screen printing on shirts, pocket-placed embroidery
designs and any other special designs or prints the brand's design executives want
to include on their clothing.

03. LOGO DESIGNER

Logo designers develop visually compelling graphics or symbols to represent a
company, product, brand or service. They research the target demographic to gain a
strong understanding of what symbols they find appealing and memorable. This
designer then chooses distinct colors and shapes that relate to and establish the
brand identity of the company or product. Logo designers must also be aware of
other designs in the marketplace so they are not copying or recreating a trademarked
logo.

04. PACKAGING DESIGNER

Packaging designers—or production designers—develop the box, container and
labels on a product to protect the product during shipping and communicate
important features to the customer. They use CAD software to write product details in
an appropriate font, add graphics to explain the functions and show what the product
looks like or how to use it. They often design the package as a marketing tool as well,
so they partner with marketing and product design specialists to convey the
important product details to the customer.

05. WEB DESIGNER

Web designers assist in developing websites by creating individual web pages,
designing page layouts and developing graphics for the website. They are also
responsible for designing the navigation menus, drop-down options and the
website's structure. They may have coding and programming skills, which would
allow them to completely develop the website on their own. Web designers partner
with the website's brand or marketing team to determine what content is included on
each page and where to place graphics, as well as to ensure continuity as
consumers browse the website.
06. MULTIMEDIA DESIGNER
Multimedia designers create complex animated images and videos using art and
computerized animation programs. They plan out the animation by sketching,
creating scale models and developing computerized graphics to build the story. They
are responsible for developing the graphics for the story's characters, background
scenes and props.

07. ADVERTISING DESIGNER

Advertising designers use graphic design, sketching and photography to create
visually compelling marketing materials for a brand or company. They create
billboards, magazine advertisements, website advertisements and any other
requested promotional materials. They sketch or use CAD software to develop an
initial concept based on marketing and public relations strategies. They may create a
few variations of a concept to present to the advertising leadership, and they listen to
the leadership's feedback to perfect the final design.

08. PUBLICATION DESIGNER

Publication designers develop the layout, visual appearance and graphics for a range
of printed publications. Companies that create annual reports, research papers,
books, catalogs and user manuals use internal or freelance publication designers to
add images and graphics to the written information. These images help make the
data easier to read and can elaborate on written topics by showing a graph or
step-by-step instructions to complete a task in a manual. The designer is responsible
for developing the images and graphs and incorporating them into the publication in
a visually appealing manner.

09. ART DIRECTOR

The art director is a high-level executive responsible for guiding the design team's
vision, directing the theme concept and overseeing all design artwork. They can work
in a variety of industries including fashion, print publications, advertising, television or
consumer products. The director may be employed by the brand or as a freelancer,
but they always work closely with the client or sales team to understand their artistic
vision.

10. USER INTERFACE (UI) DESIGNER

The user interface designer is responsible for ensuring every webpage or operational
step of the final product follows the user experience (UX) designer's intent. They
typically have basic coding skills and are able to develop the designer's vision by
working with software programming experts. UI designers make webpages,
advertisements and electronic programming easy for the consumer to interact with.
They must ensure that the UX design is feasible and well-executed.

11. USER EXPERIENCE (UX) DESIGNER

UX designers make products, services and websites enjoyable and accessible for
users. They consider the intended end-use of the product and how the product feels
to the consumer to ensure it is a user-friendly product or service. UX designers most
commonly work in web design to make websites visually pleasing and easy for
customers to navigate. They also work with other technology-based products,
including software, gaming systems, computers and automobiles to develop visual
aesthetics and graphics. UX designers ensure the product has a logical flow from
one step to the next. They test the product under normal usage and resolve any
inconsistencies in the appearance or flow.
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LESSON 03 ABOUT
10 VECTOR
PLACES TO FIND & RASTER
ONLINE GRAPHICS
GRAPHIC JOBS

This portal was launched as Elance O-desk and later rebranded as Upwork. The
portal also offers other kinds of jobs in addition to graphic designing and website
designing. The portals work on a bidding process, and the job seekers are provided
with a specific amount of credits. Extra credits can be purchased, and it will be refilled
on a constant basis.

99Designs is one of the online platforms where designers can participate in

designing competitions, so that clients can spot their work and approach them for
work. Many prominent companies have built their “design brigade” with the help of
this website.

Fiverr is yet another marketplace which connects the service providers with the
potential projects. Similar to Peopleperhour, Freelance graphic designers can create
a task or a service which can be promoted in the Fiverr website as well as in the social
media pages. The portal offers the option to create different categories of the same
service as basic, standard and urgent.

Freelancer is a job portal which hosts different websites for both international and
national levels. The portal allows a specific number of bids for every freelance which
can be used for submitting a proposal. The bids are renewed on a monthly basis. The
freelance graphic designers are expected to enter their educational qualification,
professional experience as well as their portfolio in the portal.

Peopleperhour is a job platform which connects job seekers and companies across the
globe. The portal works in two ways, and the project is awarded to the freelance graphic
designers through a bidding process. The job seekers can post hourlies of their services
which are accessed by the clients. The clients can also display the job requirements
which are notified to the designers by email, and it is updated on the portal.

Behance is the most popular and known website from where you can get great
designers. Every company prefers designers who have online portfolios of their
designing work; and Behance offers a huge range of designers with online portfolios.

DesignCrowd is an online logo design service and marketplace for website design
contests and almost any other type of graphic design you can think of.
Businesses/people that need a design can use DesignCrowd to run a Design
Contest and get the best design possible or run a Freelance Graphic Design Job to
save money.

Designhill, an Indian based company has established a position for themselves in the
global market through their unique systems. This portal is exclusive for graphic
design jobs, and a team of experts guides the freelance designers.The portal has five
different methods for offering projects to freelance graphic designers.

Shutterstock is a leading global provider of high-quality licensed images, videos, and

music. ... Content creators contribute their work to Shutterstock, where end users buy
and use it in a diverse array of creative personal and business projects. It's a
two-sided marketplace that empowers the world's storytellers.

Guru is another website that features jobs in a variety of categories. However, like
many freelance job boards, most of the work offered is in the areas of web design,
software development, design, art, and multimedia. Employers offering jobs may pay
by the hour or ask a fixed price for their entire project.
 LESSON 04 ABOUTVECTOR
ABOUT VECTOR & RASTER
& RASTER GRAPHICS
GRAPHICS

VECTOR VS RASTER
Before starting to learn Adobe Illustrator, it’s important to know the main differences between raster files and
vector files.

GRAPHIC
DESIGN

VECTOR GRAPHICS RASTER GRAPHICS

Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Indesign Corel Photo Paint
Corel Draw
Micromedia Freehand
Quark Express
Pixel
1 Inch

Rows

Columns
1 Inch
 VECTOR RASTER

THE VECTOR VIEW THE RASTER VIEW

- Precision - Shading / Gradients
- Scalable without - Texture
Resolution Loss - Photographic Detail
- Lines are Sharp at any Size
- Smaller file size
- Good for drawing illustrations
- Can be animated

- Limiting Shading/Gradient - Size Limitation

- Less detail (Resolution restrictions)
(Graphic, Not Photographic) - Less Precision
- Slower processing in
Larger sizes.
(File size depends on
Image Size & Pixels)
 LESSON 05
04 ABOUT
WHAT VECTOR & RASTER
IS PHOTOSHOP ? GRAPHICS

Adobe
Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is software that is extensively used for raster image editing, graphic design and digital
art. It makes use of layering to allow for depth and flexibility in the design and editing process, as well as
provide powerful editing tools, that when combined, are capable of just about anything.

Adobe Photoshop was originally developed in 1987 by Thomas and John Knoll, and then Adobe Systems
Inc. bought the license to distribute in 1988. Thomas, then in school for his PhD at the University of
Michigan, wrote a program on his Macintosh Plus that basically displayed images on a screen and called
it Display. His brother John, an employee at industrial Light & Magic, convinced him to make it into a full
program. They began to collaborate on it and eventually called it Photoshop, since ImagePro was already
taken. They made a short-term deal with Barneyscan, a scanner manufacturer, to distribute copies of the
program with a slide scanner they were selling; Photoshop shipped 200 copies this way.

John eventually did a demonstration to Apple and Russell Brown, who was then art director at Adobe.
Adobe decided to purchase the license to distribute in 1988. Photoshop 1.0 was released on February
19, 1990 and was exclusive for Macintosh. Each Photoshop release improved upon the last, and it quickly
became the standard in digital photo editing.

Photoshop is specifically designed to allow users to create and edit raster images in multiple layers.
These overlays or layers can support transparency and can also act as masks or filters that can alter
underlying images in the layers below them. Shadows and other effects such as alpha compositing can
be applied. It is also possible of apply several color models to these layers – CMYK, RGB, Spot Color,
and Duotone and Lap color space.

The default file extension for a work in progress is called .PSD (Photoshop Document). A PSD file has a
maximum of 30,000 pixels for width and height and a file length limit of 2 gigabytes. Another type of
Photoshop file is .PSB (Photoshop Big) – it is a large document format and extends the PSD’s maximum
height and width limit to 300,000 pixels and also extends the length limit to around 4 exabytes
 LESSON 06
04 ABOUT VECTOR
COMMON USES FOR&ADOBE
RASTER GRAPHICS
PHOTOSHOP

01. Edit Photos With Photoshop

02. Create a Digital Painting With Photoshop

03. Use Photoshop for Graphic Design

03. Use Photoshop for Web Design

05. Make GIFs in Photoshop

06. Use Photos for Video Editing

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LESSON 07 ABOUT VECTOR
PHOTOSHOP & RASTER
INTERFACE GRAPHICS
& SETTINGS

MENU BAR

OPTION BAR

TOOLBAR PANNELS PANNEL GROUPS

SWITCHING BETWEEN PANELS GROUP

TOOLBAR’S HIDDEN TOOLS

MORE PANELS IN PHOTOSHOP

NAVIGATION (ZOOM / HAND) SCREEN MODES RULERS / GUIDS

A. SELECTION, CROPPING, AND MEASURING TOOLS.

B. RETOUCHING AND PAINTING TOOLS.
C. DRAWING AND TYPE TOOLS.
D. NAVIGATION TOOLS.
E. FOREGROUND/BACKGROUND AND QUICK MASK.

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LESSON 08 TOOLS PANNEL OVERVIEW
LESSON 09
04 ABOUT VECTOR
SELECTION & RASTER
TOOLS WITH GRAPHICS
PRACTICALS

MOVE TOOL (V)

The Move Tool is used to move layers, selections and guids within a Photoshop document.
Enable “Auto-Select” to automatically select the layer or group you click on.

ARTBOARD TOOL (V)

The Artboard Tool (new in Photoshop CC) allows you to easily design multiple web or
UX (user experience) layouts for different devices or screen sizes.

RECTANGULAR MARQUEE TOOL (M)

The Rectangular Marquee Tool draws rectangular selection outlines.
Press and hold Shift as you drag to draw a square selection.

ELLIPTICAL MARQUEE TOOL (M)

The Elliptical Marquee Tool draws elliptical selection outlines. Press and hold shift to draw a selection
in a perfect circle’

SINGLE ROW MARQUEE TOOL

The Single Row Marquee Tool in Photoshop selects a single row of pixels in the image from left to right.

SINGLE COLUMN MARQUEE TOOL

Use the Single Column Marquee Tool to select a single column of pixels from top to bottom.

LASSO TOOL (L)

With the Lasso Tool, you can draw a freeform selection outline around an object.

POLYGONAL LASSO TOOL (L)

Click around an object with the Polygonal Lasso Tool to surround it with a polygonal,
straight-edged selection outline.

MAGNETIC LASSO TOOL (L)

The Magnetic Lasso Tool snaps the selection outline to the edges of the object as you move your mouse
cursor arroud it.
QUICK SELECTION TOOL (W)
The Quick Selection Tool lets you easily select an object simply by painting over it with a brush.
Enable “Auto-Enhance” in the Options Bar for better quality selections.

MAGIC WAND TOOL (W)

Photoshop’s Magic Wand Tool selects areas of similar color with a single click.
The “Tolerance” value in the Options Bar sets the range of colors that will be selected.

SELECTION TOOLS SHORTCUTS

Magic Wand Tool - Hit the letter “W” on your keyboard

Add to Selection - Hold Shift key while using a selection tool
Marquee Selection Tool - Hit the letter “M” on your keyboard
Deselect - Ctrl + D
Lasso Tool - Hit the letter “L” on your keyboard
Pen Tool - Hit the letter “P” on your keyboard
Load Pen Path Selection - Once you have a closed path, hit Ctrl + Enter to load the selection
Create Bezier Curve - With the pen tool selected (letter P) click to add an anchor point,
then click and drag to add another
LESSON 10
04 ABOUT VECTOR
NAVIGATION TOOLS& RASTER GRAPHICS

HAND TOOL ( H ) ROTATE VIEW TOOL ( R ) ZOOM TOOL ( Z )

The Hand tool moves The Rotate View tool The Zoom tool magnifies and
an image within its window. non-destructively rotates reduces the view of an image.
the canvas.

LESSON 11
04 ABOUT VECTOR
PAINTING TOOLS & RASTER GRAPHICS

BRUSH TOOL ( B ) PENCIL TOOL ( B ) COLOR REPLACEMENT TOOL ( B )

The Brush tool paints The Pencil tool paints The Color Replacement tool
brush strokes. hard-edged strokes. replaces a selected color
with a new color.

MIXER BRUSH TOOL ( B ) HISTORY BRUSH TOOL ( Y ) ART HISTORY BRUSH TOOL ( Y )
Simulates realistic painting paints a copy of the paints with stylized strokes that
techniques such as blending selected state or snapshot simulate the look of different
canvas colors and varying into the current image paint styles, using a selected
paint wetness. window. state or snapshot.

GRADIENT TOOL ( G ) PAINT BUCKET TOOL ( G ) 3D MATERIAL DROP TOOL ( G )

create straight-line, radial, The Paint Bucket tool fills lets you sample a material from
angle, reflected, and diamond similarly colored areas with one area and then drop it into
blends between colors. the foreground color. another area of your model,
mesh or 3D layer.
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LESSON 12 ABOUT VECTOR
MEASURING TOOLS & RASTER GRAPHICS

EYEDROPPER TOOL ( I ) 3D MATERIAL COLOR SAMPLER TOOL ( I )

The Eyedropper tool EYEDROPPER TOOL ( I ) displays color values
samples colors in sample material from a for up to four areas.
an image. 3D model in Photoshop

RULER TOOL ( I ) NOTE TOOL ( I ) COUNT TOOL ( I )

The Ruler tool measures The Note tool makes notes The Count tool counts
distances, locations, that can be attached to objects in an image.
and angles. an image.

LESSON 13
04 ABOUT VECTOR
RETOUCHING TOOLS& RASTER GRAPHICS

SPOT HEALING HEALING BRUSH TOOL ( J ) PATCH TOOL ( J )

BRUSH TOOL ( J ) paints with a sample or repairs imperfections in a
removes blemishes and pattern to repair selected area of an image using
objects. imperfections in a image. a sample or pattern.

CONTENT-AWARE TOOL ( J ) RED EYE TOOL ( J ) CLONE STAMP TOOL ( S )

select and move part of removes the red reflection paints with a sample of
an image to a different area. caused by a flash. an image.
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LESSON 13 ABOUT VECTOR
RETOUCHING TOOLS& RASTER GRAPHICS

PATTERN STAMP TOOL ( S ) ERASER TOOL ( E ) BACKGROUND ERASER

The Pattern Stamp tool erases solid-colored areas TOOL ( E )
paints with part of to transparency with erases areas to
an image as a pattern. a single click. transparency by dragging.

MAGIC ERASER TOOL ( E ) BLUR TOOL SHARPEN TOOL

erases solid-colored areas The Blur tool blurs hard The Sharpen tool sharpens
to transparency with edges in an image. soft edges in an image.
a single click.

SMUDGE TOOL DODGE TOOL ( O ) BURN TOOL ( O )

The Smudge tool smudges The Dodge tool lightens The Burn tool darkens areas
data in an image. areas in an image. in an image.

SPONGE TOOL ( O )
The Sponge tool changes
the color saturation
of an area.
LESSON 14
04 ABOUT
CROP VECTOR
& SLICE &
TOOLS RASTER GRAPHICS

CROP TOOL ( C ) PERSPECTIVE CROP TOOL ( C ) SLICE TOOL ( C )

The Crop tool trims images. to both crop an image and The Slice tool creates
fix common distortion or slices.
perspective problems.

MAGIC ERASER TOOL ( E ) FRAME TOOL ( K )

The Slice Select tool lets you place images
selects slices. into rectangular or
elliptical shapes.
 LESSON 15
04 ABOUT VECTOR
DRAWING & RASTER
& TYPE TOOLS GRAPHICS

PEN TOOL ( P ) PATH SELECTION TOOL ( A ) THE SHAPE TOOLS AND

The pen tools let you draw make shape or segment LINE TOOL
smooth-edged paths. selections showing anchor draw shapes and lines
points, direction lines, in a normal layer or
and direction points. a shape layer.

CUSTOM SHAPE TOOL ( U ) TYPE TOOL ( T ) TYPE MASK TOOL ( T )

makes customized shapes The type tools create The type mask tools
selected from a type on an image. create a selection
custom shape list. in the shape of type.

A. Alignment and justification

B. Left indent
A. Font Family B. Font Size C. Vertical Scale C. First line left indent
D. Set Tsume option E. Tracking D. Space before paragraph
F. Baseline Shift G. Language H. Font Style E. Hyphenation F. Right indent
I. Leading J. Horizontal Scale K. Kerning G. Space after paragraph
 LESSON 16
04 ABOUTPANEL
LAYERS VECTOR & RASTER GRAPHICS
WHAT IS LAYER PANEL ?
The Layers panel is where we handle all of our layer-related tasks, from adding and deleting layers to adding layer
masks and adjustment layers, changing layer blend modes, turning layers on and off in the document, renaming
layers, grouping layers, and anything else that has anything to do with layers. Since it's one of the most
commonly-used panels in all of Photoshop, Adobe set things up so that the Layers panel opens automatically for
us each time we launch the program.

If the Layers panel is not appearing on

your screen, you can access it (along with any of
Photoshop's other panels) by going up to the
Window menu in the Menu Bar along the top of
the screen and choosing Layers. A checkmark
to the left of a panel's name means the panel is
currently open somewhere on the screen:

01. THE NAME TAB

02. THE LAYER ROW

03. THE PREVIEW THUMBNAIL 04. THE LAYER NAME

05. ADDING A NEW LAYER

06. MOVING LAYERS

07. THE ACTIVE LAYER 08. DELETING A LAYER

09. COPYING A LAYER

10. THE LAYER VISIBILITY ICON 11. RENAMING A LAYER

12. ADDING A LAYER MASK

13. ADDING FILL OR ADJUSTMENT LAYERS

14. CHANGING A LAYER'S BLEND MODE
15. GROUPING LAYERS
16. LAYER STYLES

17. LOCKING LAYERS

18. THE LAYER SEARCH BAR

19. CHANGING THE THUMBNAIL IMAGE SIZE

20. THE ESSENTIAL LAYERS SHORTCUTS

* You can show or hide the Layers panel by pressing the F7 key on your keyboard.
* A better way to create a new layer is to press and hold the Alt (Win) / Option (Mac) key
on your keyboard as you click the New Layer icon
* To create a new layer from your keyboard, press Shift+Ctrl+N (Win) / Shift+Command+N (Mac).
* If you don't care about the layer's name,
press Shift+Ctrl+Alt+N (Win) / Shift+Command+Option+N (Mac) on your keyboard.
* To quickly make a copy of a layer, or to copy a selection to a new layer,
press Ctrl+J (Win) / Command+J (Mac).
* To select all layers at once, press Ctrl+Alt+A (Win) / Command+Option+A (Mac).
* To instantly jump the selected layer straight to the top of the layer stack,
press Shift+Ctrl+] (Win) / Shift+Command+] (Mac).
* To select the contents of a layer, press and hold your Ctrl (Win) / Command (Mac) key and
click directly on the layer's preview thumbnail in the Layers panel.
* Then, with the layers selected, press Ctrl+G (Win) / Command+G (Mac) on your keyboard.
Photoshop will create a new layer group and place your selected layers inside it.
To ungroup the layers, press Shift+Ctrl+G (Win) / Shift+Command+G (Mac):
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04 ABOUT
LAYER VECTOR
STYLES & RASTER GRAPHICS
WHAT IS A LAYER STYLE ?
A layer style is simply one or more layer effects and blending options applied to a layer. Layer effects are things like
drop shadows, stroke, and color overlays.

THE LAYER MENU THE LAYERS PANEL

ADDING MORE EFFECTS IN THE LAYER STYLE DIALOG BOX

LAYER STYLE DIALOG BOX OVERVIEW

You can edit styles applied to a layer or create new styles using the Layer Style dialog box.

YOU CAN CREATE CUSTOM STYLES USING ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING EFFECTS:

Drop Shadow : Adds a shadow that falls behind the contents on the layer.
Inner Shadow : Adds a shadow that falls just inside the edges of the layer's content,
giving the layer a recessed appearance.
Outer Glow and Inner Glow :
Add glows that emanate from the outside or inside edges of the layer's content.
Bevel and Emboss : Add various combinations of highlights and shadows to a layer.
Satin : Applies interior shading that creates a satiny finish.
Color, Gradient, and Pattern Overlay : Fills the layer's content with a color, gradient, or pattern.
Stroke : Outlines the object on the current layer using color, a gradient, or a pattern.
It is particularly useful on hard-edged shapes such as type.
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04 ABOUT VECTOR
BLENDING MODES & RASTER GRAPHICS
One of the fastest ways to get amazing looking images is by using Blending modes. Each blending mode changes
the way that a layer reacts with the layer underneath it. You get a small inkling of this by adjusting the opacity of a
layer. Using blending modes opens up an entirely new world. These are like sunglasses for your layers that can
become x-ray specs and a whole lot more. There is a scientific explanation of each blending mode in the help menu
of Photoshop. Don’t get too caught up in the definitions. What matters is how it looks and the best way to determine
this is to experiment.

Blending modes are not just present in Layers. You can also find them with the painting tools, the layer styles, smart
filters and other places in Photoshop.

THE BLENDING MODES ARE SEPARATED INTO SIX GROUPS

Normal : No special blending takes place, only opacity effects these

Darken : The result darkens the image. White is invisible on the Blend layer.
Lighten : The result lightens the image. Black is invisible on the Blend Layer.
Contrast : Increases Contrast. 50% gray is invisible on the blend layer.
Comparative : Difference between images is apparent
Color : Works on different color qualities
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04 ABOUT
ALL VECTOR
ABOUT ACTION & RASTER
PANEL GRAPHICS
An action is a series of tasks that you play back on a
single file or a batch of files—menu commands, panel
options, tool actions, and so on. For example, you can
create an action that changes the size of an image,
applies an effect to the image, and then saves the file in
the desired format.

Actions can include steps that let you perform tasks that
cannot be recorded (for example, using a painting tool).
Actions can also include modal controls that let you
enter values in a dialog box while playing an action.

In Photoshop, actions are the basis for droplets, which

are small applications that automatically process all
files that are dragged onto their icon.

Photoshop and Illustrator come with predefined actions

installed that help you perform common tasks. You can
use these actions as is, customize them to meet your
needs, or create new actions. Actions are stored in sets
to help you organize them.

You can record, edit, customize, and batch-process

actions, and you can manage groups of actions by
working with action sets.