IT8 - Basic Image Editing

 

Basic Image Editing

• Cropping, Resizing, Correcting, Sharping, & Blurring images.

CROPPING

• One of the most basic editing techniques that can improve your image.
• Helps to bring art the most important features in your image and focus the viewer's attention on these features.
• Also allows you to make your image a standard photo size.

3 WAYS TO CROP IMAGES IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

1. Cropping with crop tool.
2. Cropping to a specific size..
3. Cropping with marquee tool.

CROPPING WITH CROP TOOL

1. Open image you wish to crop.
2. Select crop tool from toolbox.
3. Click on your image once and drag the mouse out to make a cropping border.
4. Resize the border by dragging the squares at the sides and corners till you are satisfied with the way your image looks.
5. Once satisfied with cropped image, press ENTER.

CROPPING TO A SPECIFIC SIZE

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 the Width & Height
4. Click your image and drag the cropping borders.
5. Press Enter, once satisfied with cropped image.

CROPPING WITH MARQUEE TOOL

1. Open image you wish to crop.
2. Select the Rectangular Marquee Tool in the toolbox.
3. Click in your image & drag the mouse to draw a marquee around the area you wish to crop.
4. In the main menu, got to Image > Crop. Image will be cropped immediately.

RESIZING DIGITAL PHOTOS

• Digital photos usually have large dimensions but low resolution, 72dpi, 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 losing the quality, follow this 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, check the "Resample Image" box off. Type in your desired resolution (150-300 dpi).

ENLARGING

• If you want to make your digital photo into a poster size, 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 quality, follow this steps:

1. Open the digital image you wish to enlarge.
2. In the main menu, got to Image > Image size.
3. In the image size dialog box, make sure the "Resample Image" box is checked off and choose "Bicubic Smoother" from the dropdown box.
4. Change the Document size measurements to "Percent". Type 110 to increase by 10%.
5. Continue adding the percentage until desired.