Now that you know how to find your way around in the Adobe Photoshop CS6 interface and are familiar with the most common commands, palettes, and tools, you can start doing some basic image editing. In the next few chapters of this tutorial you will learn how to crop, resize, correct, and sharpen/blur your images.
Cropping
Cropping is one of the most basic editing techniques that can improve your images. Cropping helps to bring out the most important features in your image and focus the viewers’ attention on these features. Cropping also allows you to make your image a standard photo size.
There are several ways to crop images in Adobe Photoshop:
1. Cropping with the Crop Tool
2. Cropping to a specific size
3. Cropping with the Marquee Tool
Cropping with the Crop Tool
The Crop Tool allows you to make a precise selection of an image you wish to edit. To crop with the Crop Tool, follow these steps:
1. Open the image you wish to crop (see Getting Started for detailed instructions).
2. Select the Crop Tool from the Toolbox (see Selection Tools for location and description). 3. It will automatically select your entire image. Drag the edges to fit the dimensions you desire.
4. Resize the border by dragging the squares at the sides and corners until you are satisfied with the way your image looks. 5. Once you are completely satisfied with your cropped image, press Enter.
Note: You can also rotate your cropping border. Move the cursor outside the border, you will see how it turns into a double-headed arrow. Drag the arrows in the directions you wish to rotate your selection.
Cropping to a specific size
If you wish to print your digital photos or other images on standard size photo paper, you will have to crop your images to a specific size, such as 8x10. To crop an image to a specific size, do the following:
1. Open the image you wish to crop.
2. Select the Crop Tool from the Toolbox.
3. In the Options bar, specify the values for Width and Height.
4. Click in your image and drag the cropping border. Notice that the border is constrained. You cannot make it wider or longer than the specified values. For example, if you entered 8 for Width and 10 for Height, whatever size you make the border, the area within it will fit on an 8x10 photo.
5. Once you are completely satisfied with your cropped image, press Enter.
Cropping with the Marquee Tool
If you are in a hurry and need just a simple crop, you can use the Marquee Tool and a menu command. To crop with the Marquee Tool, follow the steps below:
1. Open the image you wish to crop.
2. Select the Rectangular Marquee Tool from the Toolbox (see Selection Tools).
3. Click and drag the mouse to draw a marquee around the area you wish to crop.
4. In the main menu, go to Image > Crop. The image will be immediately cropped.
Resizing
Resizing in Photoshop can help you print your images in standard photo sizes, resize and preserve the high quality of digital photos, and enlarge small images to a poster size.
Resizing to a specific size To resize your image to a preset size, follow the steps below:
1. In the main menu, go to File > New.
2. In the New dialog box, click on the Preset drop down menu. You will see several preset sizes, such as 2x3, 4x6 and 5x7. Remember that 72 ppi is fine for online images, but a ppi of 150-300 is better for printed images.
3. Choose the size that you wish and click OK.
Note: All the preset sizes are in portrait orientation. If you wish to resize an image with the landscape orientation, you need to create your own preset. To create your own size, do the following:
1. Type in the values for Width and Height, for example 7x5.
2. Type in your desired resolution (150 ppi for high quality prints, and 72 ppi is good for web images).
3. Click the Save Preset button
Resizing digital photos
Digital photos usually have large dimensions but low resolution, 72 ppi, which affects their quality when their size is decreased or increased. When printed, the photos with the changed size will look pixilated. To resize the digital photos without loosing the quality, follow these steps:
1. Open the digital photo you wish to resize.
2. In the main menu, go to View > Rulers. You will see the dimension of your photo
3. In the main menu, go to Image > Image Size.
4. In the Image Size dialog box, check the Re-sample Image box off. Type in your desired resolution (anything between 150 and 300 ppi). The photo is now 3.208 x 3.083 inches.
Enlarging
If you want to make your digital photo into a poster size image, you can do it in the Image Size dialog box. However, just increasing the dimensions will make the image appear blurry and pixilated. To enlarge the image without losing the quality, follow these steps:
1. Open the digital image you wish to enlarge.
2. In the main menu, go to Image > Image Size.
3. In the Image Size dialog box, make sure the Re-sample Image box is checked off and choose Bi-cubic Smoother from the drop down box.
4. Change the Document Size measurements to Percent. Type in 110. This will increase the size of the image by 10 percent.
5. Continue enlarging by 10 percent until you are satisfied with the size.
Correcting
Digital cameras tend to cause various problems, such as “red eye” or “hot spots”, if you use flash, or underexposure, if you don’t. In Photoshop, you can correct these problems, as well as adjust the overall color of your digital photo. Red Eye Removal The digital camera flash is located right above the lens, which causes the “red-eye”; however, you can fix your photos easily in Photoshop. To remove the “red eye”, follow the steps below:
1. Open a photo you wish to correct.
2. Select the Zoom Tool from the Toolbox. Click and drag a rectangle around the eye.
4. Click and hold on the little black triangle of the Healing Brush Tool button and select the Red Eye Tool.
5. Click on the red part of the eye and paint, holding down the mouse button. You will see how the red will disappear.
Hot Spot Removal
Using a flash can also cause shiny areas on peoples’ faces or the flash to reflect on shiny surfaces. To correct this problem, follow the steps below:
1. Open the photo you wish to correct. 2. Select the Clone Stamp Tool from the Toolbox. 3. In the Options bar, change the Blend Mode from Normal to Darken.
3. Make sure your default Foreground and Background colors are black and white.
4. Set the Opacity to 50 percent.
5. Choose a soft-edged brush, set the diameter to 40 or 50. 6. Hold down the Shift key and click in the clean area (without “hot spots”) to get a sample of color.
7. Paint over the “hot spot”, the light area will gradually darken.
Adding Flash
If you took pictures indoors without a flash, they will turn out underexposed and dark. To fix underexposed photos, follow these steps:
1. Open a digital photo you wish to correct.
2. In the main menu, go to Layers > Duplicate. In the next window, name the layer Layer 1.
3. Make sure Layer 1 is selected in the Layers palette. Select Image from the menu, select Adjustments and select Exposure. Select the amount of exposure. The whole image will lighten.
4. Keep duplicating Layer 1 until you are satisfied with the your image.
Color Adjustment
Color adjustment options in Photoshop CS6 can help you to make your digital photos look more natural. To color correct your images, follow these steps:
1. Open the image you wish to correct.
2. In the main menu, go to Image > Adjustments > Levels. You will see a dialog box displaying a diagram of the colors in your image. The black triangle is for shadows, the gray is for midtones, the white is for highlights. In the Channels drop down menu, you can choose between RGB. These indicate whether your changes effect all the colors, or just one (red, green, or blue).
Saving
Remember to save your work often. Saving frequently lessens the risk of losing the work you have been doing. To save your Photoshop document, do the following:
1. Click File > Save As.
2. Navigate to the place you would like your document to be saved by using the drop down menu and the navigation window.
3. Enter the name of your document in the Save As text field.
4. Choose a format to save your project in from the Format drop-down menu.
5. Click the Save button in the bottom right corner of the dialogue box.
6. Check to make sure that your document is saved in the place you intended.
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