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1. SIMPLE EDITING
LO4 // ZMINA HAWTHORNE

2. CROPPING
Cropping is a method used to cut out any unwanted space in a photograph, to zoom in on a particular part of a
image or even to make the image smaller. This is the image I am going to crop in Photoshop CS4, on the left side
of the program I am using there are a list of tools to use, I have chosen the crop tool.
As you can see, I have selected the crop tool and
selected the area of the image I want to keep, this
is surrounded by a thin line. Once I selected which
part of the picture I want to keep, another line
appears which gives me the option to alter which
parts I want to keep.
After selecting which part of the photograph I
wanted to keep, I pressed ENTER on the keyboard
and the picture cropped as you can see on the left.

3. ADJUSTING LEVELS
Adjusting levels is the simple method of adjusting tonal range and the color balance of a photograph, you can adjust
the image shadows, mid tones and highlights to your liking.
BEFORE AFTER
On the right side of the program I’m
using (Photoshop CS4), there is a box
where adjustments can be made, I
chose the Levels. Once choosing
levels, this box appeared which gave
me the option of moving the pointers
along to darken or lighten the image
and to get rid of any shadows which
are unwanted.
Also, as you can see in the
LAYERS tab, there is an
option to take this setting
on/off the picture to your
liking which is shown by
the eye option which can
be turned on/off.
As you can see I have
experimented with
moving the pointers
around to my liking
As you can see from the before and after
picture, I have altered the lighting so that
Owen’s face looks brighter, his clothing looks
darker and the background also looks
brighter.

4. BLACK AND WHITE
Making an image black and white is the simple method of changing the filter of the image to give it a monochrome
effect.
BEFORE AFTER
Firstly to make my image black and
white, I select the black and white
option shown on the adjustment tab
on the right side of the Photoshop
window.
Once I clicked on the black and
white option, the image became
black and white but it also gave me
the option to alter the darkness of
the black and white filter, it gave me
the option to darken or lighten the
colors within the photo, as the main
color in this photograph is red,
these options made the biggest
difference to Owen’s face and the
background.As you can see, the image is now black and white
after clicking the B&W option. It is also easy for me
to turn it on/off with the eye option in the LAYERS
tab.

5. SHARPENING
Sharpening is a method which enhances the edges in a photograph, sharpening can’t correct the blur on a
photograph if it’s severely blurred.
BEFOREAFTER
To start off with I clicked the FILTER tab
at the top of the screen which led me to
this list of options, as I am going to be
sharpening this photograph, I clicked
the SHARPEN option, it then sharpened
the image for me, I then go on to
sharpen the image in this way a few
more times.
You can’t really tell from the photographs in these two
screen shots that the after image has been sharpened but
as you can see to the right the HISTORY box will tell you
that I have sharpened the image multiple times.