Unit 1 - Photoshop Basics
Lesson 1:
Background 1. Color swatches 2. Color picker 3. Paint bucket 4. Polygonal lasso 5. Gradient tool 6. Deselect Lesson 2:
Foreground 7. Make a new layer 8. Edit –fill—color 9. Layer style blending options palette –texture Lesson 3:
Globe 10. Move tool (v) 11. Transform size with aspect ratio 12. Curve/slant object with transform 13. Text tool 14. Link layers Lesson 4:
Trees 15. Nudge 16. Transform keeping aspect ratio 17. Duplicate layer 18. Create layer groups Lesson 5:
Building –yellow 19. Threshold 20. Magic Wand 21. Select –similar 22. Hue/saturation 23. Layer order |
Lesson 6:
Building –orange 24. Hue/saturation –colorize 25. Drop shadow Lesson 7:
Hands 26. Photo Booth 27. Magnetic Lasso 28. Transform – flip horizontal Lesson 8:
Paper airplane 29. Levels 30. Layer Mask Lesson 9:
Clouds 31. Paint Brush 32. Define brush preset (making your own brush) Lesson 10:
Orange swirls 33. Pen tool 34. Path to selection Lesson 11:
Laptop computers w/ screen saver 35. Transform –distort 36. Layer style blending options palette – bevel & emboss |
Lesson 12:
Star 37. Magic Wand & Quick Selection Lesson 13:
Star Rays 38. Changing tonal value Lesson 14:
Pen with flower and vine 39. Liquefy filter Lesson 15:
Aqua swirl design 40. Paint brush 41. Brush size and hardness 42. Default color swatches 43. Transform – Warp Lesson 16:
Front Sign 44. Rectangular marquee tool 45. Text tool 46. Edit –transform—tilt Lesson 17:
Self 47. Quick Mask Mode 48. De-saturate/Black and White 49. History brush 50. Notes Tool Lesson 18:
Duplicate document from current state 51. History Palette |
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Lesson #10Lesson #11Lessons #12 & 13Lesson #14Lesson #15Lesson #16Lesson #17Lesson #18 |

autobiography_poster_rubric.pdf |