Photoshop Tutorial

The purpose of photoshop is to manipulate images. This is one of the most popularly used programs of designers.

• Work in 8x8 canvas size with a dpi of 300 (Print uses 300 or higher) Web uses 72 dpi. Save as a Photoshop file.
• Next take a still picture from your youtube video. Hold Shift + Command + 4 drag the mouse across the picture. Make sure the resolution is the same for the clip.
• Width at 1.75 inches. Image -> Crop -> bring into portrait. 
• Add text under the clip. Set the text to Helvetica at a font size of about 10 or 11. BOLD.
• The text for example could be the director or a main actor. In my case it could be Bowser. Place that word under the picture. Then place your single word somewhere else and make the font bigger and different (serif or san serif...nothing too difficult to read).
• The word should be centered generally and a larger pt. size. 
• Lighten or Darker whatever parts of the picture...color correction.
• Turn the background into the layer so it can be manipulated.
• Use Brightness/Contrast or Image -> Adjust -> Curves
• Light tones = Highlights
• Dark tones = Shadows
• Middle tones = Mid tones
• You can make the portrait warmer by going to color balance.
• RGB (red, green, blue) can be countered with they're opposites CMY (Cyan, magenta, yellow).
• When you select a portion of the picture to darken, it is called burning. Use the Burn Tool! (Dodge tool is the opposite, the sponge increases or decreases the color intensity).
• Set the burn % to under 10 so that it does not burn too fast. Build up the tone change.
• Detail in the shadows is important. Perhaps bring darker hair out by using the Dodge/Highlight option.
• Render, Lighting Effects, Omni (or experiment with others).