Friday POST Sept 14

    

1. 6 shortcuts SPECIFIC to Photoshop and describe what they do.

[1] E - Eraser, eraser anything on the layer

[2] Ctrl + J - Duplicate the active layer into a new layer

[3] Ctrl + D - Deselect all pins

[4] Space bar  - Switch to hand tool

[6] } / { - increase / decrease brush hardness

2. Remove everything but the octopus in the following image. Describe how you  did it. What are the shortcuts for the tools you used?

[1] Open the picture of octopus in Photoshop and unlock the layer first.

[2] Use Quick Select Tool (used shortcut key ''W'') and select most part of picture except the octopus.(Use Ctrl+Alt+Z to undo when you select the octopus mistakenly.)

[3] Use eraser (shortcut key ''E'') to erase the part I selected with Quick selection tool.

[4] Erase the detailed part of trees around the octopus with the eraser whose brush size is between 1-2. (Use Spacebar+Ctrl+Click to zoom in when you are doing detailed work)

[5] Use Perspective Crop Tool (shortcut key ''C'') to take off unnecessary part of picture.

3. Find a tutorial on YouTube of some interesting Special Effect (that is not too simple >10 minutes) in Photoshop.