The Cool stuff
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PhotoShop tricks
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.
A bit more difficult Try changing white balance or WB
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.
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.
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Tricks and helps
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 pixels Threshold 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 First set of procedures to open an image 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.
Open photo, click on action, and hit play.
Have an action for:
Hint: You can even set an F-number to do the action.
o BW photos
o Color photos
o Web use o Your personal use
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.
Basic adjustments
To control light/dark and contrast of WHOLE picture
o IMAGE > Adjust > brightness and contrast o IMAGE > Adjust > levels o IMAGE > Adjust > curves o IMAGE > Adjust > variations
To control light/dark and contrast of PART picture
Select area to change and o IMAGE > Adjust > brightness and contrast o IMAGE > Adjust > levels o IMAGE > Adjust > curves o IMAGE > Adjust > variations o Use the dodge and burn tools
Move tool Selection tools cropper Stamp tool • 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 Masking Eraser Blur/sharpen Pointer tool Pen tool
Painting tools
Fill and gradient
Dodge/burn
Text
Hand tool
Eyedropper Zoom Foreground background color
A zillion ways to do the same thing.
• Marquee tool selects rectangular and circle shapes (hold down shift to
get a perfect shape)
Hint: To add to your selection, hold down Ctrl (MAC: Command) To deselect part of the selection, hold down Alt Magic wand (MAC:Option ) selects all like colors
• 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)
• Masking paints what you do not want selected, click back to normal and what is not masked is selected.
Make a border
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.
Cut out background
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
PATH > Clipping Path > Path 1
Adding a shadow is a nice touch
Leave this blank.
SAVE AS
(tiff or jpeg)
Place in PageMaker
Our yearbook cover for 2001
We cut out Joey and put him on one layer then blurred the whole picture, then put him on top.
How to use layers
Opacity Make a layer more see-through.
Layers are like sheets of paper or transparency that lay on each other.
Layer menu
Listing of layers Move them around by holding down on one and dragging up or down.
Visibility toggle
Make a layer disappear while you work on others.
Delete layer
Make a new layer Also will duplicate a layer if you drag that layer to here. Drag layer to here to delete.
Paste into new document Select object
Hint: if the background is one color, use magic wand selection and select background then SELECT>Inverse
Bring up the layers palette. Create a duplicate layer.
Copy selection Open new document
Make sure it’s bigger than selection.
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!
The plant used to charge for this effect.
Priorities
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
Select part of the picture IMAGE > ADJUST > brightness/ contrast
Put photos inside letters
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.
Color and BW in same photo
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)