Task 3Store and Present Your Digital

Entry

Guidance Notes

TASK 2: Store and present your digital entry

• Task 3A: You will need to store your files, so they can

be easily located.

• Task 3B: Present your final product for the competition

entry in an appropriate format.

Store your files, so they can be easily located

Task 3A

Create a Main folder to save all the images to used in the advert.• e.g: “Advert”: save the final Advert

Create subfolders to save original images and edited images• e.g: Create two folders

“Original” -> e.g. To save downloaded images

“Edited” -> e.g. To save when the images are edited

Store your files, so they can be easily located

Task 3A

• Give meaningful names for the images that describe its content.

• It will help you to easily locate your files.

e.g:

“SuspensionBridge”, “Logo”

And NOT

Image 1/ Image 2

X

Store your files, so they can be easily located

Task 3B

File Formats• If the images are for the Web or

online, use JPEG, PNG, or GIF (Compressed, quality loss).

• If you want to keep a version that remains editable, choose your software's native file format. (PSD for Photoshop)

• If the images are for print, use TIFF.

Store your files, so they can be easily located

Task 3A

File Formats: PSD (Photoshop Document)

• PSD is Photoshop's native format.

• Use PSD when you need to preserve layers,

transparency, adjustment layers, masks, clipping paths,

layer styles, blending modes, vector text and shapes,

etc.

Task 3B

Store your files, so they can be easily located

Task 3A

File Formats: PSD (Photoshop Document)

Task 3B

Select PSD/ PDD

Store your files, so they can be easily located

Task 3A

File Formats: TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)

• TIFF is good for any type of bitmap (pixel-based) images.

• TIFF produces high quality large files.

• TIFF also preserves layers, alpha transparency, and other

special features when saved from Photoshop.

Task 3B

Store your files, so they can be easily located

Task 3A

Choose the Correct Photoshop Mode: Index Color, RGB, CMYK

• The CMYK color model (four color) used in color printing, and is

also used to describe the printing process itself.

• CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black) mode is used for final

separations for the press.

• Look closely at anything printed in color and you may see the

CMYK colors that created it.

Task 3B

Store your files, so they can be easily located

Task 3A

Choose the Correct Photoshop Mode: Index Color, RGB, CMYK

Task 3B