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

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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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10. Further Study E-learning
Adobe Tutorials – Wide range of bite-size video tutorials
Photoshop Essentials.com – Free articles on Photoshop techniques
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

11. Image Credits
Apple Logo. Public Domain
Banksy Swinger. By Infrogmation of New Orleans (Flickr: Banksy "Swinger" in New Orleans) [CC BY 2.0] inger_Building_Detail.jpg
Blue robot. By peyri. CC BY-ND Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic
Bookworm. By Pixabay [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
Boris Johnson. Public Domain jpg
CSAD. © Phil Borman Photography
Hillary Clinton. Public Domain.

12. Image Credits
 iPad Air. By Zach Vega (Own work) [CC BY-SA ( via Wikimedia Commons
 La Rambla Barcelona. By Djm1279 at English Wikipedia [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons ona_2004.JPG 
Japanese Cruiser. @OldCardiffPics
North Shore. By Amateria1121 (Own work) [CC BY ( via Wikimedia Commons _exposed_Spanish_Banks.JPG  
Union Flag. By Vaughan Leiberum from Cape Town, South Africa (Flag - Great Britain (cropped)) [CC BY ( via Wikimedia Commons

13. 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

14. Contact Us training@cardiffmet.ac.uk 029 2041 7000 7000
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