Preparing Images with Photoshop

Gareth Johns IT Skills Development Advisor

1

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 add effects or combine images together.• Utilise selection tools to highlight, and use, specific

areas of an image.• Use transparency techniques to blend an image into

its surroundings.

4

Section1: Everyday Image Editing

Adjusting Image Size• Cropping• Straightening• Image SizeRetouching• Healing Tools• Adjustments

Saving Printing

5

Aspect Ratio

6

Layers• Creating• Working with Layers• Transformations• Layer Styles• Text Tool

Selection• Selection Tools• Editing Selections

Section 2: Selecting and Combining Images

7

Layers

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 add effects or combine images together.• Utilise selection tools to highlight, and use, specific

areas of an image.• Use transparency techniques to blend an image into

its surroundings.

9

Feedback

Your feedback is valuable to us.

Please help us to improve the relevance, content and delivery of our IT Training courses by completing a brief questionnaire.

Please check your emails for survey link

Thank you for attending

10

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 LibraryClick 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 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_Swinger_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.

12

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_Barcelona_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

13

Additional Information

Session hand outs and other resources available at:

study.cardiffmet.ac.uk/Help/Training/

Upcoming training sessions:• Next term

14

Contact Us

training@cardiffmet.ac.uk

Visit an IT Advisor in the Learning Centres

029 2041 7000 7000