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shortcuts
 



    hide palettes

        shift tab
    

    duplicate layer

        crtl + j
    

    colour balance

        cmd + b
    

    reset options

        hit ALT und CANCEL wird zu RESET
    

    toggle guides

        cmd ;
    

    toggle grid

        cmd '





photoshop cs6
 

    remove grey(black) background
    window -> application frame






create animated gif
 

    open photoshop in 32bit mode (rightlick on app and info)
    file -> import -> video frames to layers  





web slideshow
 

    file -> automate -> web photo gallery
    style -> simple
    email: leer
    include subfolders und alles rein!
    options:
        banner: alles leer (auch datum)
        large images:   custom: 900, quality 11, border 0
                        uncheck filename, desc, usw
        thumbnails:     200px
                        columns: 6, rows 26
                        border size: 0
                        uncheck all filename, desc, usw
        custom colors:  background: 000000
                        text: 909090
                        banner und links: 000000







pixelate
 

    filter -> pixelate -> colour halftone






large documents
 

    

    open psb

        use external drive as scratchdisk
        HFS+, fat funktionniert nicht!




    create PDF with large format photos

        downsize to 30'000 x 30'000 pixel (photoshop limit)
        save as EPS
        place in Indesign
    






foto setup for bottles
 

    slightly over expose while shooting
    convert tiff with bibble
    sort colour and white/alu
    
    oben in photoshop
        copy layer
        create mask
        set white background
        8bit






transparenten (!) schatten freistellen
 

    zb von nem ambien occlusion rendering
    schwarzer schattten auf weissem bg
    ganzen layer mit weissem bg kopieren
    dann in channels -> neuen alpha channel erstellen
    invert
    load selection 
    dann in einfach mit schwarz fuellen
    



extract in cs5.5
 

    use the QUICK SELECTTION TOOL
    click refine edge on top menu bar
    or use fluid mask



portrait setup
 

    bibble licht hell mit fuellichtern und kontrast (perfect!)
    dann in photoshop -> 
    warm filter orange (50%) drueberlegen 
            click auf weisse maske und hintergrund mit stift wegzeichen!
    dann luminosity action







cool type stuff
 


    baseline shift

        shift  alt  arrows up/down


    leading (distance between lines)

        crtl  alt  arrows up/down
    

    kerning (distance between letters)

        select text
        crtl  alt  arrows left/right
    

    toggle upper/lower case

        select text
        shift  command  k
    
    


minibridge
 

    oben auf leiste klicken
    dann ganzes ding nach unten an bildschirmwand ziehen
    dann mit doppelklick (oberer bereich) schliessen
    mit einem doppelklick unten wiederholen




light painting, gray layer
 

    select layer with photograph
    alt + click on NEW LAYER in layers palette
    in dialog: mode overlay, then check FILL with Overlay-neutral ...
    click ok
    then use brush with back und white






luminosity selection new
 

    command option 2
    command j               -> highlights, layermode: normal
    command option 2 + invert
    command j               -> shadows, soft light

adjust levels
        shadows:    0.5
        highlights: 1.5
        
    desaturate highlights -30

    oder:
    viveza layer mit luminosity mode
    viveza layer mit lighten drueber!
    



luminosity selection old
 

    white = 100% and grey = 50%
    create 2 copies of layer, name them shadows and highlights
    on shadow layer, create luminosity mask (command - option - 2)
    delete/invert selections for both layers
    shadow layers -> soft light
    highlights layer -> lighten
   
    adjust levels on    highlights: 0.5
                        shadows:    1.5    
    desaturate shadows  -30



dodge and burn
 

    add new layer, fill 50% grey, soft light blending mode
    select brush, press D for default colours
    use black to darken und white to lighten the image
    paint with black/white on gray layer





slices
 

    select slices tool
    doppelklick auf slice, links einstellen
    dann fuer web speichern, jpg, dann in namensgebungsfeld html auswaehlen
    (convert to sRGB raus)


    insert in outlook

        create new message
        insert -> click paperclip
        select html file, click on ARROW next to 'Einfuegen'





scripting in photoshop
 

    copy script to Applications/Presets/Scripts/
    (close/open photoshop)
    file -> scripts -> scriptname





opening prefs in script
 

var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS


// Create a PDF option object
var pdfOpenOptions = new PDFOpenOptions

pdfOpenOptions.antiAlias = true
pdfOpenOptions.height = 1614
pdfOpenOptions.width = 2362
pdfOpenOptions.mode = OpenDocumentMode.RGB
pdfOpenOptions.resolution = 300
pdfOpenOptions.page = 1
pdfOpenOptions.constrainProportions = true



#target Photoshop
app.bringToFront;
var inFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Please select folder to process");
if(inFolder != null){
var fileList = inFolder.getFiles(/\.(pdf)$/i);
var outfolder = new Folder(decodeURI(inFolder) + "/Edited");
if (outfolder.exists == false) outfolder.create();
for(var a = 0 ;a < fileList.length; a){
if(fileList[a] instanceof File){
var doc= open(fileList[a],pdfOpenOptions);
var docname = fileList[a].name.slice(0,-4);
}
}
};

// restore unit settings
app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits



automation
 

    make sure file extension is set!
    sonst kann man nicht unter gleichem dateinamen speichern




conversion from RGB Render to CMYK
 

   
    keep original pictures in RGB space!
    make all changes in RGB space
    only at the end convert to cmyk

    edit -> convert to profile
    select Working CMYK - ISO Coated v2 (ECI)
    
    (view -> gamut warning)


    conversion options

        Relative Colorimetric
        uncheck all (Blackpoint Conversion, flatten usw)
        



create metal texture
 

    new doc: 800x600px
    bg to 50% grey
    Filter> Noise> Add Noise (Select Uniform and checkmark Monochromatic)
    Filter> Blur> Motion Blur

    crop edges away~!

    Filter> Render> Lighting Effects (open ps in 32bit mode, "get info")















Nik viveza
 

    create points with shift  cmd  a
    save
    (dann layer settings luminosity wenn zuviel farbe) 




vertus fluid mask plugin
 

    (ist replacement fuer freistellen liquid tool!)
    bei install, activate PS plugin! then register manually!!
    dann in PS:
    
    filter -> vertus -> fluid mask
    
    select brush tool (rot und rechte seite in toolbar) und brush over bg
    
    nun vordergrund gruen machen, fill with green oder faster:
        image -> autofill with keep

    use mask opacity slide (below) to see edges more clearly
    dann create blends with blue colour, for hair!
        use 4th icon (right) to diffuse edge and blend)


    preview cutout

        click camera icon und drag square!

    dann click on cutout button (in toolbox 2faces icon)

    http://www.graphic-design-employment.com/remove-background-from-image.html

    file -> save and apply



    beste kanten

        mehr farbe reinhaun cmd+u (stoppen wenn noise)
        dann bei gradationskurve auf mittelteil stellen (grade linie)
        dann nochmal gradation und kurve nach unten legen!
        dann saturation reintun






cycling through fonts
 

    in photoshop select font field and up/down arrows
    (this feature doesn't exist in illustrator)





add grunge brushes
 

    click on brush tool
    click on brushes arrow
    load brushes

    oder einfach doppelclick auf das .abr




start up error photoshop
 

    could not initialize Photoshop because the disk is nor available
    (happened after selecting a scratch disk!)
    hold command  option  shift while startup photoshop
    delete settings




planet 360 pano
 


    bild kopfueber drehen!

    image size: high uebernehmen fuer width!
    damit es nen square wird

    filter -> distort -> polar coordinates






extract in cs5.5
 

    use the QUICK SELECTTION TOOL
    click refine edge on top menu bar




portrait setup
 

    bibble licht hell mit fuellichtern und kontrast (perfect!)
    dann in photoshop -> 
    warm filter orange (50%) drueberlegen 
            click auf weisse maske und hintergrund mit stift wegzeichen!
    dann luminosity action









cool type stuff
 


    baseline shift

        shift  alt  arrows up/down


    leading (distance between lines)

        crtl  alt  arrows up/down
    

    kerning (distance between letters)

        select text
        crtl  alt  arrows left/right
    

    toggle upper/lower case

        select text
        shift  command  k
    
    


minibridge
 

    oben auf leiste klicken
    dann ganzes ding nach unten an bildschirmwand ziehen
    dann mit doppelklick (oberer bereich) schliessen
    mit einem doppelklick unten wiederholen




light painting, gray layer
 

    select layer with photograph
    alt + click on NEW LAYER in layers palette
    in dialog: mode overlay, then check FILL with Overlay-neutral ...
    click ok
    then use brush with back und white





luminosity selection new
 

    command option 2
    command j               -> highlights, layermode: normal
    command option 2 + invert
    command j               -> shadows, soft light

adjust levels
        shadows:    0.5
        highlights: 1.5
        
    desaturate highlights -30
    


luminosity selection old
 

    white = 100% and grey = 50%
    create 2 copies of layer, name them shadows and highlights
    on shadow layer, create luminosity mask (command - option - 2)
    delete/invert selections for both layers
    shadow layers -> soft light
    highlights layer -> lighten
   
    adjust levels on    highlights: 0.5
                        shadows:    1.5    
    desaturate shadows  -30



dodge and burn
 

    add new layer, fill 50% grey, soft light blending mode
    select brush, press D for default colours
    use black to darken und white to lighten the image
    paint with black/white on gray layer
    
   

ptgui nadir und zenith
 

    6 bilder schiessen  nadir  zenith
    ptgui starten in adanced modus wechseln
    align images
    wenn fehler bei zuwenig ueberlappung, click yes
    panorama editor (blaues icon in mitte) 
        -> modus auf einzelbilder wechseln (erstes icon)
        -> nadir und zenith bilder verschieben
    tab "image parameter" -> change blend priority von nadir und zenith to 30
    tab optimizer -> run
    tab create panorama -> create!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvv667LQWr0&feature=related (ptgui howto)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkXGvqwMfjg (nadir bereinigen)






paste alpha into layer mask
 

    create b&w image -> mode -> convert to b&w
    select layer (which should get the mask)
    click add layer mask
    select layer mask -> go to channels -> paste into layermaks








slices
 

    select slices tool
    doppelklick auf slice, links einstellen
    dann fuer web speichern, jpg, dann in namensgebungsfeld html auswaehlen
    (convert to sRGB raus)


    insert in outlook

        create new message
        insert -> click paperclip
        select html file, click on ARROW next to 'Einfuegen'





scripting in photoshop
 

    copy script to Applications/Presets/Scripts/
    (close/open photoshop)
    file -> scripts -> scriptname





opening prefs in script
 

var originalRulerUnits = app.preferences.rulerUnits
app.preferences.rulerUnits = Units.PIXELS


// Create a PDF option object
var pdfOpenOptions = new PDFOpenOptions

pdfOpenOptions.antiAlias = true
pdfOpenOptions.height = 1614
pdfOpenOptions.width = 2362
pdfOpenOptions.mode = OpenDocumentMode.RGB
pdfOpenOptions.resolution = 300
pdfOpenOptions.page = 1
pdfOpenOptions.constrainProportions = true



#target Photoshop
app.bringToFront;
var inFolder = Folder.selectDialog("Please select folder to process");
if(inFolder != null){
var fileList = inFolder.getFiles(/\.(pdf)$/i);
var outfolder = new Folder(decodeURI(inFolder) + "/Edited");
if (outfolder.exists == false) outfolder.create();
for(var a = 0 ;a < fileList.length; a){
if(fileList[a] instanceof File){
var doc= open(fileList[a],pdfOpenOptions);
var docname = fileList[a].name.slice(0,-4);
}
}
};

// restore unit settings
app.preferences.rulerUnits = originalRulerUnits



automation
 

    make sure file extension is set!
    sonst kann man nicht unter gleichem dateinamen speichern




conversion from RGB Render to CMYK
 

   
    keep original pictures in RGB space!
    make all changes in RGB space
    only at the end convert to cmyk

    edit -> convert to profile
    select Working CMYK - ISO Coated v2 (ECI)
    
    (view -> gamut warning)


    conversion options

        Relative Colorimetric
        uncheck all (Blackpoint Conversion, flatten usw)
        



create metal texture
 

    new doc: 800x600px
    bg to 50% grey
    Filter> Noise> Add Noise (Select Uniform and checkmark Monochromatic)
    Filter> Blur> Motion Blur

    crop edges away~!

    Filter> Render> Lighting Effects (open ps in 32bit mode, "get info")








tonemapping
 

    take 3 exposures with bracketing
    generate HDR with photomatix and apply tonemapping
    then click TONE COMPRESSOR
    adjust levels in ps






create snow 
 

  - create selection with lasso tool (0 feather)
  - create new alpha channel, press D to reset colours
  - while still in alpha channel, select paint bucket and fill with white, deselect!
  - Filter -> Blur -> Guassian Blur (Radius: 3px)
  - Image -> Adjustments -> Levels, make it look sharp
  - create new layer, load alpha channel selection
  - Layer -> Layer-Style -> Bevel Emboss
  
    http://www.tutorialwiz.com/snow_on_text/


photoshop initialize error 
 

    Solution: Ignore the volume's ownership.
    
    1. Quit Photoshop.
    2. In the Finder, open the secondary hard disk that you set the scratch disk to.
    3. Choose File > Get Info.
    4. Select "Ignore ownership on this volume."
    5. Close Get Info.
    6. Reopen Photoshop. 




color processing 
 

  - 3  different processings in bibble: b&w afx, bleach bypass, cross processing
  - in photoshop: b&w afx is first layer, then bleach (luminance) and on top cross proc (colour).




video 
 


  - file open funktionniert nicht!
  - anstelle file -> import benutzen
  - fuer export h.264 auswaehlen


montage techniken
 



 passanten aus bild entfernen 


  - files -> scripts -> load files into stack
  - ebenen sichbar schalten, alle markieren mit shift
  - edit -> auto-align layers, auto settings
  - option click auf maske (invertiert)
  - stoerende objekte auf den ebenenmasken wegmalen





 selections, masks 





 select lichter/schatten 


  - ebene 2mal dublizieren
  - bild->modus->lab-farbe
  - obersten layer wählen -> kanäle -> crtl+click auf lab-helligkeit
    zurück zur 1sten ebene und ebenenmaske hinzufügen
  - das gleiche für den 2ten layer, nur die auswahl umkehren
  - getrennt gradation ändern crtl+m



 verlauf erstellen 


  - auf quick mask mode (in toolbox) klicken, dann auf gradient und verlauf erstellen
  - dann selection umkehren und adjustmentlayer erstellen


 detailed selections with quick mask 


  - select object/area
  - click auf quick mask mode
  - select brushtool (b) to paint, eraser to erase, make sure FG&BG is black/white, command+i to invert
  - leave quick mask mode by clicking it again
  - channels -> alpha channel to save selection


 layer mask 


  - make selection
  - doppelklick auf bg layer -> layer 0
  - add vector mask (layers palette)
  - command + i to invert


 extract objects with path tool 


  - select path tool (2te box oben waehlen: not shape layers!)
  - draw path, correct with command key, angle with option key
  - go to paths palette (next to layers and channels)
  - click unten auf load path as selection



 extract from filter menu 


  - draw fine selection, an haaren groeberen pinsel waehlen
  - dann mit cleanup tool verfeinern (hold down alt)
  - mit edgetouchup tool kanten nachziehen


 extract from filter menu &amp; quick selection 


  - make detailed selection with quick selection tool
  - go to select -> modify -> border 40
  - quick mask mode (q) to delete unwanted selection (am rand zb), 
  - command + i to invert (edge should be red)
  - save selection in alpha channel
  - filter -> extract -> pick alpha channel with saved selection
  - blau fuellen, auf preview klicken
  - flaechen bereinigen und kanten glaetten


 extract hair, trees with channels 


  - select channel with highest contrast
  - dublicate this channel
  - commmand + a (select all)
  - copy and paste (unsichtbarer kopiervorgang!!)
  - edit -> fade, select multiply/screen/overlay as mode
  - command + click and copy
  - doppelklick auf bglayer, klick auf ebenen maske, command + i
  - gradationskurven fuer mehr kontrast in der maske!
  - mit dem brush (color replacement tool) farbe dem hintergrund anpassen
  - dann levels auch noch anpassen!!
  


 auswahl ueber farbbereich 


  - select -> color range
  - set fuzziness to 125
  - select +pipette and add background values
  - move fuzziness down slowly to about 20 and keep adding points
  - press q to enter quick mask mode and refine selection
  - save selection as alpha channel
  - add layer mask
  - ev kanten leicht weichzeichnen mit blur tool


 auswahl ueber farbbereich 


  - kopie von objekt erstellen, mit levels vom hintergrund abheben
  - select -> color range
  - "highlights"
  - wenn selection erfolgreich, dann auf original layer wechseln





 farbkorrekturen 




 fast tone mapping 


  - convert image to 32 bit
  - convert back to 16 bit
  - choose "local adaption" as method
  - radius 30px, threshold 2, adjust curve!





 tone mapping with 3 exposures 


  - 3 different exposures needed!
  - files -> scripts -> load files into stack
  - layer order: over.jpg, under.jpg, neutral.jpg
  - select over.jpg, layer -> layer mask -> reveal all
  - Image menu and select Apply Image, checkmark Invert
  - select under.jpg, layer -> layer Mask -> Reveal All
  - Image menu and select Apply Image, uncheck Invert
  






 general stuff 

 
  image -> adjustments -> color balance
  image -> adjustments -> selective color 
                          fuer gruenere baeume, auf gelb order gruen tab wechseln und magenta rausnehmen
                          fuer dunkleres blau, bei cyan und blau schwarz erhoehen
  image -> adjustments -> hue/saturation (select from dropdown)
                          bereich von dropdown wahlen, 
                          genaue farbe mit pipette im bild waehlen, 
                          + & - um bereich einzugrenzen!!
                          command + L (levels), optionen, pick midtones soft color!, snap neutral midtones!


 replace color 

  - inside brush tool, select color replacement tool 
  - pick color with alt + color (like the stamptool), select hue and adjust size/hardness/tolerance


 blauen farbstich entfernen 


  - select blue channel, create selection with apple + click auf blue layer
  - back to layers palette, click adjustment layer icon -> photo filter (70%), layermode screen, opacity 70%


 bild selectiv aufhellen, abdunkeln (zb himmel) 


  - ebene kopieren, layermodus screen (aufhellen), multiply  abdunkeln
  - ebenenmaske erstellen und bereiche schwarz malen, anstatt eraser tool
  
oder 

  - image -> adjustments -> shadow/highlight


oder fuer einzelne bereiche/hightlights/shadows
 


  - abdunkeln: neue weisse ebene (command-delete) erstellen mit modus: color burn (farbig nachbelichten), und mit schwarz malen
  - aufhellen: neue schwarze ebene, mit modus color dodge und mit weiss malen
  



 smart objects, smart filter, adjustment layers 


  - layer -> smart objects -> convert to smart object (oder einfach rechtsclick auf das objekt)
  - use adjustment layers to keep filesize down, layer -> create clipping mask to affect only object below!
smart filter:
  - filter -> convert for smart filters
  - dann filter anwenden (zb smart sharpen)


 panos stichen 


  - file -> automate -> photomerge



 Displacement layer for LOGO on t-shirt 


      duplicate bottom layer with t-shirt
      move layer to top
      toplayer: image -> adjust -> desaturate
                copy all -> new doc
                save as displaced.psd
                close
      select type layer
      filter -> distort -> displace
      activate top b&w layer
      hold option key, click in between top layers! 
        shadow map!
      multiply or color burn
      



 simplify photo for logo 1 


      image  -> adjustments -> desaturate
      image  -> adjustments -> levels     
                               57, 1, 73 (3 arrows)
      filter -> artistic    -> cutout
                               2,3,2
                               play with simplicity and fidelity!
                               


 simplify photo for logo 2 


  1. object freistellen!
  2. filter -> artistic -> cutout
  3. image -> adjustments -> grayscale
  4. image -> adjustments -> treshold



 prepare photo for painting 


  1. separate foreground/background by selection -> curves!
  2. filter -> artistic -> palette knife
  3. image -> adjustments -> posterize (8)
  4. filter -> pixelate -> crystallize





 find middle/center of any object 

      apple + r (show rulers)
      apple + t (transform)
      drag a guidline towards the center and it will snap

 turn off "Show all menu items" 
      edit -> menus -> default



 sharpen 


    possibility 1: 


    click on smart layer -> filter, sharpen, unsharp mask (100,1,1)\\
    luminosity as blending mode (concentrates the filter on the tonal values)

    possibility 2: 


    smart layer -> filter -> smart sharpen

    (check advanced)

    sharpen: 125%
    shadows, highlights: 20%

    mode: luminosity (set with filter under layer)







Shortcuts 
 

    Zoom 
       apple +/-/0		            Zoom in/out/fit
       option  space  mousewheel	Zoom in/out

    Navigation 
       spacebar			Hand Tool

    View 
       tab				hide palettes


    New Layer 
       shift option command + n	create new layer






Tools 
 


    Rotate Horizont 

       Ruler Tool -> 'draw the line along the horizont' -> Image -> Rotate Canvas-> Arbitrary

       

    Brush Tool in Color mode 

       Brush Tool -> mode -> color

    objekt freistellen mit weissem Hintergrund 

     select -> color range

    cursor kleiner/groesser 

     [ -> groesser
     ] -> kleiner

    switch through tools 
    shift + L





Settings 
 


    Color Settings 

    sRGB because of WEB!!!

    View > Proof Setup > Monitor RGB