HOW TO USE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TO MAKE VISUALS FOR YOUR SCREENCAST- OVERVIEW

Why use Adobe Photoshop? Hardware and Software Uploading Your Slides into Adobe Photoshop Tools in Adobe Photoshop

Paintbrush Eye Drop Tool Zoom Eraser Layers

Preparing Each Slide in Adobe Photoshop for Recording in Camtasia

Next: Why Use Adobe Photoshop?

WHY USE ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

Easily Creates Visuals on Slides in Your Set for Your Screencast

Allows You to Write on the Slide

Important Points Does NOT Record Your Video. Camtasia Does

That. Cannot Edit Your Video. Camtasia Does That.

Next: Hardware and Software

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR PHOTOSHOP

Digital Tablet and Tablet Pen

PowerPoint

Adobe Photoshop CS6 or Adobe Photoshop Elements 11

Future Supplies (To Be Discussed Later) To record, You Will Need Camtasia and a Microphone

Next: How to Upload Your PowerPoint Into Photoshop

HOW TO UPLOAD YOUR POWERPOINT INTO PHOTOSHOP

Open Your PowerPoint Slide Set in PowerPoint

In PowerPoint go to File> Save As

Save Your PowerPoint as a PDF in a Location You Can Access Later

Opening Photoshop for the First Time

How to Open PDFs in Photoshop

Next: Tools in Photoshop Overview

TOOLS IN PHOTOSHOP- AN OVERVEIW

4 Main Tools for Screencast Visuals Paintbrush Eye Drop Tool Zoom Tool Eraser

New Function: Layers What are Layers? Using Layers in Your Visuals

Next: The Paintbrush

THE PAINTBRUSH

Used for Writing on Your Slides

Changing Thickness

Changing Opacity

Changing Color

Next: The Eye Drop Tool

THE EYE DROP TOOL

Used for Making Your Brush Match a Color of Your Choice

Matching Colors from Your Slide

Changing Colors with the Eye Drop Tool

Next: The Zoom Tool

THE ZOOM TOOL

Why Would You Want to Zoom in and out?

How to Zoom in

How to Zoom out

Other Zoom Tool functions

Next: The Eraser

THE ERASER

What is the Eraser Used for?

What Happens When I Erase?

Undoing and Redoing

Introducing Layers to Erase

Next: Layers

LAYERS

What are Layers? Invisible Sheets Can be Drawn on Separately Can be Stacked in the Order You Choose

Think Tracing Paper

What are Layers Used for? Used for Protecting Your Slides from Being Erased Used for Making Text Appear Quickly When Using

Camtasia

Next: Demonstrating Layer Functions

DEMONSTRATING LAYER FUNCTIONS

Adding a New Layer

Deleting a Layer

Drawing and Erasing on Layers

Changing the Order of Layers

Next: Demonstrating Use of Layers

LAYER USE EXAMPLE

PREPARING EACH SLIDE IN PHOTOSHOP FOR RECORDING IN CAMTASIA

Setting up Layers for Each Slide

Choosing Appropriate Zoom

Choosing Appropriate Paintbrush Color

Moving from Slide to Slide in Photoshop

Next: Review

REVIEW

Why use Photoshop? Hardware and Software Uploading Your Slides into Photoshop Tools in Photoshop

Paintbrush Eye Drop Tool Zoom Eraser Layers

Preparing Each Slide in Photoshop to Record in Camtasia

Now We’re Ready to View the Camtasia Video