1. Digital Imaging PhotoShop tricks The Cool stuff Chris Conti 7/01 Advanced

2. Catch action Digital Camera

5. 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. Indoor action A bit more difficult Try changing white balance or WB

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

8. Digital Camera Macro lens

9. Using the macro mode you can get as close as 8 inches instead of 31 inches. Hint: Might want to turn the flash off.

13. Tricks and helps PhotoShop Chris Conti 7/01

17. Recording Actions You can apply the same set of procedures to several photos. #3 #2 #1 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

19. Cool stuff under FILE > automate Automation 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.

23. 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 #1 #2 #3

24. How to COB #1 #2 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 1 Cut out background

25. #3 PATH > Clipping Path > Path 1 Leave this blank. SAVE AS (tiff or jpeg) #4 #5 Place in PageMaker Adding a shadow is a nice touch

26. We cut out Joey and put him on one layer then blurred the whole picture, then put him on top. Cut out effect Our yearbook cover for 2001

27. 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.

30. Add a shadow Select object Hint: if the background is one color, use magic wand selection and select background then SE LECT>Inverse Copy selection #1 #2 #4 Paste into new document #3 Open new document Make sure it’s bigger than selection. #5 Bring up the layers palette. Create a duplicate layer.

31. #6 FILTER > Blur > Gaussian blur Set to radius of 8. #7 Move the blur layer to behind Set opacity to 50%.

32. Uses shadow and layers

33. Retouch a photo Some ethical considerations may apply.

34. Retouch a photo Use the rubber stamp tool. #3 #2 #1 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.

35. Retouch a photo That’s me!

37. Retouch a photo

38. Select part of the picture IMAGE > ADJUST > brightness/ contrast Gilclear effect #1 #2 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. SET Priorities

39. 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. Cool stuff with fonts #1 #4 #3 #2 Put photos inside letters