Preparing Images with Photoshop Level 1 Gareth Johns IT Skills Development Advisor

Course Aim Discover how Photoshop can be used to prepare images to make them more suitable for their eventual purpose.

Objectives By the end of this session you should be able to: Use appropriate tools to manipulate the size and quality of an image, to suit its purpose. Retouch an image to remove flaws, blemishes or unwanted objects. Adjust settings, such as contrast and brightness to improve the appearance of an image. Export and print images from Photoshop. Use layers to alter images in a range of ways, for example to combine images together or add text. Utilise selection tools to highlight, and use, specific areas of an image.

Section1: Everyday Image Editing Adjusting Image Size Cropping Straightening Image Size Retouching Healing Tools Adjustments Saving Printing Common image editing tasks that you’ll need to do with most images.

Aspect Ratio Apple with tape – clear and crisp (available in Image Collection as well) Screenshot – poorly cropped, didn’t maintain aspect ratio

Section 2: Selecting and Combining Images Layers Creating Working with Layers Transformations Layer Styles Text Tool Selection Selection Tools Editing Selections Section 2: Selecting and Combining Images

Layers Layers – allow different parts of an image to be edited without affecting the rest of the image. Layers stack on top of each other. Any area of a layer that is transparent will display the content on the layer(s) below. Advantages: Non-destructive Rework previous edits Can blend one image into another Add effects to an image Uses: combine two images together, isolate part of an image, add effects, text

Recap By the end of this session you should be able to: Use appropriate tools to manipulate the size and quality of an image, to suit its purpose. Retouch an image to remove flaws, blemishes or unwanted objects. Adjust settings, such as contrast and brightness to improve the appearance of an image. Export and print images from Photoshop. Use layers to alter images in a range of ways, for example to combine images together or add text. Utilise selection tools to highlight, and use, specific areas of an image.

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Further Study E-learning Adobe Tutorials – Wide range of bite-size video tutorials https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/tutorials.html Photoshop Essentials.com – Free articles on Photoshop techniques http://www.photoshopessentials.com/ Resources Google Images – Google.com/Images Use: Search Tools  Usage Rights  Labeled for reuse to filter for images you can probably use legally Cardiff Met Electronic Library Click on Databases A-Z  Filter by Material Type: Multimedia  Click Go Search Creative Commons licenced images: search.creativecommons.org Free stock photos: Foter.com FreeImages.com OpenPhoto.net

Image Credits Apple Logo. Public Domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_logo_black.svg Banksy Swinger. By Infrogmation of New Orleans (Flickr: Banksy "Swinger" in New Orleans) [CC BY 2.0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Banksy_Sw inger_Building_Detail.jpg Blue robot. By peyri. CC BY-ND 2.0 - Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/31/48825808_6498a869fc_o_d.jpg Bookworm. By Pixabay [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Bkwm1.svg Boris Johnson. Public Domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boris_Johnson_July_2015. jpg CSAD. © Phil Borman Photography Hillary Clinton. Public Domain.

Image Credits  iPad Air. By Zach Vega (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/IPad_Air.png  La Rambla Barcelona. By Djm1279 at English Wikipedia [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/La_Rambla_Barcel ona_2004.JPG  Japanese Cruiser. @OldCardiffPics https://twitter.com/OldCardiffPics/status/660789249491513344 North Shore. By Amateria1121 (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/North_Shore_over _exposed_Spanish_Banks.JPG   Union Flag. By Vaughan Leiberum from Cape Town, South Africa (Flag - Great Britain (cropped)) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFlag_-_Union_Flag.jpg

Additional Information Session hand outs and other resources available at: study.cardiffmet.ac.uk/Help/Training/ Upcoming training sessions: Preparing Images with Photoshop – Level 2 Thu 17th March, 09:30 – 13:00

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