Photoshop Madness

So, here's another challenge that's presented itself to me- Adobe Photoshop.

I used to use Photoshop a lot to make posters, etc, and as a substitute for Illustrator when I didn't have it on my machine, but now we've got to learn how to use it properly as part of my Multimedia course. As I'm beginning to realize, using Photoshop isn't as easy as it seems.

This is what I learnt in my first Photoshop class:

• Photoshop is for raster images (images that use pixels, and where you can't manipulate the points), Illustrator is for vector images (images where the points can be manipulated on a plane). I always thought of Illustrator as the drawing programme, and Photoshop as the editing programme. Looks like I wasn't half wrong!
• TAB gets rid of excess windows, F lays your picture against different coloured backgrounds so that it's easier to work with!
• How to resize images to a ratio. Select the crop tool and change height and width (we used 3:4)- no matter how large you make the box, it'll still be within your chosen ratio!
• That in the toolbox, tools are grouped according to their function. Handy guide above.
• How to make an image into the face of a CD. It's actually a longer and trickier process than can be imagined, but I'll post how it's done later!

And a lot more, but that's all for today!