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Digital Photography—Basic Optimization Fall Quarter 2017, Kalamazoo College Richard Koenig, Professor For images for
this demonstration, go to my pageÉ http://people.kzoo.edu/~rkoenig/educator/dd/3.html Optimize with Adobe Photoshop After
youÕve selected your final images (which I call ÒheroesÓ), you may need to fine-tune,
or ÒoptimizeÓ these images. These heroes are the ones that will be printed,
critiqued, and turned in to me. If
youÕre looking at one of your heroes in Bridge, simply double-click on it and
it will open in Photoshop. If youÕre looking at your files in a folder, drag
the desired file icon over the ÒPsÓ icon in the launcher. Basic Optimization with Nondestructive Editing—Use Adjustment Layers Picture Tool/Action Elaine Crop
(Toolbox) Straighten (Options Bar) and Crop Crop with Proportions Constrained (Hold Down Shift
Key) Mayra Density
(Adjustment Layers) Exposure Levels (See Histogram) Curves (Histogram with H&D
Curve) Dodge
& Burn (Toolbox) See Options Bar for Important Settings Burn Set for Highlights; Dodge Set for Shadows Put Exposure at 10 to 20 % and Use Judiciously Adrianna Vignette
(Filters=>Lens Correction, Custom Tab) More here later with Lens Correction Itself Butterfly Black
and White An Image—Three Ways Grayscale (Menu Bar, Image,
Mode) Desaturate (Menu Bar, Image,
Adjustments, Desaturate) Use
Edit=>Fade for subtle color Black & White (Adjustment Layer) Works
with Three Channels for Total Control Feeder Retouch
with Clone Stamp Tool (Toolbox) Change Brush Size (Use Bracket Key) Copy from Adjacent Area (Use Option Key in Conjunction
with Mouse) Cover
Larger Area—Use Lasso (Toolbox) with Feather to Cut & Paste Command C (Copy), Command V (Paste) Command E (Merge
Down) Moose Image
Size (re-cap) Constrain Proportions or Distort the Aspect Ratio Resample—Smaller Image/Higher PPI Save File as PSD |