Photoshop Exercise Files

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The files supplied here are mainly Photoshop (PSD) files, and some are quite large. The photographs are not necessarily at their original resolution – in many cases we have downsampled to produce more manageable file sizes, where this does not interfere with the purpose of the exercise.

These exercises are supplementary to the "Try This" exercises in Digital Media Tools, but relate directly to sections in the Photoshop chapter. Please choose a topic from the list below to see the range of exercises for that section:

• Resolution and resampling
• Making and using selections
• Adjustments and retouching
• Effects and filters
• Erasing and fills
• Animation

Animation

Read the section on animation on pages 179–188 before trying these exercises.

Download the photograph of a geranium flower [PSD:288kB]

Using only this small low-resolution image, make a simple animation. You can either try to duplicate the example described on pages 182–183 and shown on this site – but using different colours – or create an original animation of your own by making a sequence of adjustments to the image to make its appearance change over time. Save the result as an animated GIF and test it in a Web browser.

Download the photograph of a seascape [PSD:5.2MB]

Using only this seascape photograph, see whether you can create an animation similar to the one shown in Figure 4.98 and described on page 188.