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How to manipulate images and add effects- using photoshop

So far you have used photoshop to create simple square icons.
Now let us learn how to manipulate images and add some effect.

1. If you find an image that you like and it is too big, then resize it by going to Image/Image size. If you want to keep the same proportions, then you must click on constrain proportions on the pop-up table that appear.

2. You can draw, paint and spray your image by clicking on the relevant icons in the tool bar. If you leave your mouse over an icon, a yellow box will appear with the name of the tool. To specify a colour, click on the colour square.

3. After you have done this, you can apply a whole range of effects by going to Filter and selecting blur or render for example. You can have a lot of fun!

4. To add text to your image simply click on the T icon on the tool bar.
A table appears allowing you to specify font, colour, size etc. Click 'ok'.
To move the text, click on the arrow icon (the move tool) on the tool bar.
Then click and drag the text to whatever position you desire.

5. When you are happy, you need to go to to Layer/Flatten Layer.

6. Save your image by going to File/Save As, making sure that the 'type' option highlighted is either jpeg or gif. After you click 'ok', another table will appear asking what quaility you would like to save the image as. For the web medium is fine. The higher the quality, the longer the image will take to download and remember that the web is all about fast downloading times.

To learn about the differences between file types: jpeg and gif, go to theory...