PhotoShop tricks

The Cool stuff

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Catch action

To catch action…

o Set the camera to where you can change the shutter.o Set the shutter on at least 1/125 to catch action.o You probably should take the flash off too.o The camera will automatically set the aperture.o Put the LCD on, but it will go through batteries faster.o Use the zoom or wide-angle to get the shot.o Press the shutter release.

To focus lock: put what you want in focus in the middle of your screen then hold shutter release halfway down. Move to

compose the shot and press all the way.

Often WB is automatic, but you might want to help the camera by manually setting the white balance at Tungsten or Florescent and the camera will change the way it takes the shot.

A bit more difficult

Try changing white balance or WB

Digital cameras take a split second more to release the shutter.

o Know your sport well.

o Know what might happen.

o Take a lot of photos then delete unwanted ones when possible.

o Practice. It won’t cost you a penny.

Macro lens

Using the macro mode

you can get as close as

8 inches instead of 31 inches.

Hint:

Might want to turn the flash off.

Tricks and helps

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o Go under IMAGE > Image size o Click on RESAMPLE until all height, width and resolution are linked on side.

o Set resolution to 225 (the height and width should decrease) This is the maximum size you should place this photo.o Go IMAGE > Mode and change to CMYK for color photos or Grayscale for black and white.

o Go under FILTER > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask o Put settings at:Amount 100%Radius 1.0 pixelsThreshold 10 levels

o SAVE AS and put under a designated to use folder. Save as a JPG at a quality of level 8.

o Figure out what size you will use the photo o Go under IMAGE > Image size. Click on resample until the resolution IS NOT linked. Change to the size needed.

o SAVE AS the page and position number under the correct page folder

swim122-3 under file 122-123 photos

You can apply the same set of procedures to

several photos.Under the action palette, go to new action. Name it.

Do common commands you’d like to apply.

Go to stop recording.

Hint: Click on triangles to see what the action

will do.

First open an image

Open photo, click on action, and hit play.

Have an action for:o BW photos

o Color photos

o Web use

o Your personal use

Hint: You can even set an F-number to

do the action.

Example: F2 key will play color actions

Cool stuff under FILE > automate

BATCH

Play an action on all photos in the same folder. SAVES TIME.

Previous versions have this in other locations.

CONTACT SHEET

Make thumbnails of all the pictures in a folder and puts them on one sheet with file name.

Great for organizing

PICTURE PACKAGE

Make one picture into a package like professionals… wallets, 5x7, etc.

To control light/dark and contrast of WHOLE picture

o IMAGE > Adjust > brightness and contrast

o IMAGE > Adjust > levelso IMAGE > Adjust > curveso IMAGE > Adjust > variations

Basic adjustments

To control light/dark and contrast of PART picture

Select area to change ando IMAGE > Adjust > brightness and contrast

o IMAGE > Adjust > levelso IMAGE > Adjust > curveso IMAGE > Adjust > variationso Use the dodge and burn tools

Selection tools

Move tool

Painting tools

Hand tool

Fill and gradient

Zoom

Foreground background color

Masking

Eyedropper

Dodge/burn

TextPen tool

Pointer tool

Blur/sharpen

Eraser

Stamp tool

cropper

• Any tool that has a has more tools. Hold down for them to pop up.

• Click twice on tool to bring up menu

• Quick keys are fairly simple T for text

A zillion ways to do the same thing.

• Marquee tool selects rectangular and circle shapes (hold down shift to get a perfect shape)

• Lasso tool selects as you draw a shape.

• Polygon will make straight, connecting lines.

• Magnetic tool will help as it attaches to like colors.

• Pen tools allow you to create a path that then can be changed into a selection. (Sometimes more detailed than lasso)Hint: To add to your

selection, hold down Ctrl (MAC: Command) To deselect part of the selection, hold down Alt (MAC:Option ) Magic wand

selects all like colors

• Masking paints what you do not want selected, click back to normal and what is not masked is selected.

Go to IMAGE > Canvas size and make canvas bigger than image by about 1 inch.

Make a selection box just inside the photo image.Go to SELECTION > Inverse (this selects everything but the main part of the photo)

Then apply any filter to selection.

Make a border

Make a path: You can use the lasso, magnetic lasso or masking to select what you will keep in the photo. Then under paths > make work path. Or use the pen tool to draw around path.

PATH > save path > Path 1Cut out

background

PATH > Clipping Path > Path 1

Leave this blank.

SAVE AS (tiff or jpeg)

Place in PageMaker

Adding a shadow is a nice touch

We cut out Joey and put him on one layer then

blurred the whole picture, then put

him on top.

Our yearbook cover for 2001

Layers are like sheets of paper or transparency that

lay on each other. How to use layers

Opacity

Make a layer more see-through.

Visibility toggle

Make a layer disappear while you work on others.

Layer menu

Listing of layers

Move them around by holding down on one and dragging up or down.

Make a new layer

Also will duplicate a layer if you drag that layer to here.

Delete layer

Drag layer to here to delete.

Select objectHint: if the background is one color, use magic wand selection and select background then SELECT>Inverse

Copy selection

Paste into new document

Open new document Make sure it’s bigger than selection.

Bring up the layers palette. Create a duplicate layer.

FILTER > Blur > Gaussian blur

Set to radius of 8.

Move the blur layer to behind

Set opacity to 50%.

Some ethical considerations may apply.

Use the rubber stamp tool.

Put tool over area you’d like to copy.

Hold down the Alt key (IBM) or the Option key (Mac) and suck up the image.

Place tool where you want to apply it and brush it on.

Hint: make the view size big to do

detail work.

That’s me!

Select part of the picture

IMAGE > ADJUST > brightness/ contrast

The plant used to charge for this effect.

At school, we focus on what is important in life: lunchtime fun. Several senior boys had a running game of Frisbee football and even ran tournaments during the 30-minute lunch.

“I ate a granola bar during third period so I wouldn’t have to stop to eat lunch,” Senior Joey Summers said.

SETPriorities

Using the text tool, create a letter that is big enough and move it over the picture to be over the most interesting parts.

Duplicate background layer and delete the original.

Put the photo layer on top and make sure it is selected (darkened).

LAYER > Group with previous.

Put photos inside letters

o Bring up a color photo.

o Get your paint brush and under paint options choose: COLOR

o Choose a soft-edged brush from the Brushes palette.

o As you paint, the color will become BW (or whatever color you have for the foreground)

Color and BW in same photo