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General Notes

1. Masking
- better than eraser
- not actually deleting parts, the image is just hidden by a "mask"
- meaning you can bring the "deleted" parts back
- the link icon links the mask and image together

2. Colouring
- hue and saturation is very general
- making a new layer and changing the blending mode to colour is more precise
- now colour the picture with the paintbrush with a desired colour
- this way you can get a colour by using the eyedropper tool and changing a picture with a desired colour

Levels

Shadows are at far left
Highlights are at far right
Midtones are in middle

Tweak to make picture look good

Manual Drop shadow Tut.

1. Write your name with the text tool
2. Rasterize
3. Duplicate
4. Lock the transparency of the duplicated layer
5. Edit > Fill > Black
6. Unlock transparency
7. Move the duplicated layer underneath the original so it looks like it's not there
8. Filter > Gaussian Blur
9. Move the text if necessary
10. Change opacity for a better look

More Notes

Colour adjustment layers are good
- bottom right (ying yang)

Copy layer by dragging into new layer symbol

Name layers for extra marks!

Shortcut Notes

Adding to a selection: SHIFT
Subtracting from a selection: ALT
Grabber Tool: Space
Magnification +: Space plus CTRL
Magnification -: Space plus ALT
Deselect: CTRL plus D
Hide selection: CTRL plus H.............View-> Show

You can save/load selections ;)

Elements and Principles of Design- Colour

The use of colour here brings the viewers attention to the yellow part of the flower.