Photo One Digital Photo Shoots and Edits You will submit photo shoots, unedited and you will submit selected edited images. The shoots will be explained first and the edits will be explained later on this document. Photo Shoots You are required to submit the following for your digital photo shoot assignments: 1. Line and Texture - 15 images of Line and 15 images of Texture (unedited) 2. Shape exposures - 25 images (unedited) 3. Portrait - 25 images (unedited) 4. Freeze Motion 10 images (unedited) 5. Pan and Blur Motion 10 images of each (unedited) 6. Open Topic Digital Campus Shoot 15 images (unedited) These files must be place in the G-drive in your folder like this: Each folder should have the required number of images in it. Below is an example of the Line and Texture folder:
Edits You will also need to edit some of your photos in Photoshop. You will need to create an Edited Photos folder and place it in your folder. See below: Then, inside the Edited Photos folder you must create folders for each topic we shoot and label them as you see below:
Then inside each of these folders must be one image edited. You must include in this folder: 1. the original unedited image (JPEG) 2. the Photoshop document (PSD) of your editing 3. a screen shot of your edits in Photoshop (JPEG) 4. a final version of the edited image (JPEG). See below: While editing, each photo is unique in what it requires to be edited well and there is a lot left up to your artistic choices. You can have all your images in color, or you may prefer some or all in black and white. Totally up to you. You may use several adjustment layers, or you may use them minimally. What I am looking for, at minimum: 1. Each photo should have at least one adjustment layer applied. The most basic one is Levels, but this does not always have to be used. I would encourage you to try a few different adjustment layers. 2. At least two images must use non-destructive dodging and burning. The tutorial on how to do non-destructive dodging and burning is on the pages that follow. How to save your edited files: For the sake of simplicity, I will be referring to the Texture photo. You will apply the same steps to all of your edited images, just sub out the name of the topic. Original File (JPEG): First, you must make sure your original image is in the Texture edited folder. Please title the image Texture unedited.
Photoshop Document (PSD) Second, once you have edited your image on Photoshop, you must save your Photoshop Document in the Texture edited folder: Go to File > Save As It will default to Photoshop PSD. Title it Textured edited. Click Save.
Screen Shot Third, you need to take a screen shot of your edited photo in Photoshop. To do this, tap the Print Screen key on your key board. Then, in Photoshop go to File > New and this will appear on your screen Make sure Clipboard is selected and click on Create You will see a blank white screen. On your keyboard, hold down Ctrl and tap the letter V to paste the screen shot into the canvas. Now go to File > Save As, title the image Texture PS Screenshot edited and then save it as a JPEG:
Final Edited JPEG Fourth, the final way you need to save your edited image is as a JPEG. Be sure to title the JPEG Texture edited and save it as a JPEG When you go to save your JPEG, you may get the window below to appear. Be sure to move the slider all the way over to 12 Maximum. This will ensure your JPEG is saved as large of file as possible.
Your folder should look like this when you are done: On the pages that follow is basic information on editing your Images on Photoshop. Some basics about Photoshop and Windows: How to go back one step? Ctrl and Z If you press this again it will toggle back and forth between the last two steps you made in Photoshop. How to get back multiple steps? Ctrl and Alt and Z This can go back up to 15 steps. You can go back into the history and remove a specific step. Ask Mr. L to show you how to find this feature or look it up online.
How can you see your images in a folder on Windows? On the upper right side of screen click on the Icon you see circled below and you can select the way you want your images to appear
Basic Photoshop Editing Photo One Before After
Basic Photoshop Editing Photo One (Some of these steps you may skip depending on your photo) This is the original file opened in Photoshop Rotating image: Go to Image on the top bar menu, scroll down to Image Rotation and select the proper rotation amount
Straightening image: You can set up the rulers to help guide your straightening. Go to View on the top bar menu and click on Ruler. Once that is activated just click and grab at the top or left side of the display space and drag down the aqua colored ruler down to create a straight edge. Select the image by either going to the top bar menu and Clicking on Select and then from that menu choose All. Or, easier, just press Ctrl and A on the keyboard.
Go to Edit then Transform and select Rotate. Grab the corner of the image and rotate the image to your liking. Press enter to save the transformation. If ever you want to abanadon a tranformation, just press ESC. Cropping the Image: Select the Crop tool from the Left side Tool Bar menu. Crop in on the image to your liking. Press enter.
Adjusting the Contrast on the Histogram using Levels: To the left of the screen click on the mountain looking icon and the Levels window will pop out. Grab the black, gray or white triangles under the histogram and adjust to your liking.
Dodging and Burning: Press the Alt key while left clicking the mouse The layer properties menu will come up
Change the properties till it is displayed like this below Title the layer in the Name section dodge & burn Change the Mode to Overlay Put a click in the Overlay-neutral color (50% gray) Click on the paint tool on the left tool bar Go to the opacity adjustment at the top tool bar and adjust it to a low level in the high teens or low twenties
To change the brush size of the keyboard shortcut is to use the bracket keys Find the brush color tool on the left tool bar. The one on top indicates the color you will be painting with. For burning in (darkening), use black, for dodging (lightening), use the white. To change between black and white click on the switch arrow symbol to the upper right of the color squares. If your squares are any other color rather than black and white, click on one of the squares and select white or black on the brush color Switch Arrow Brush Color Tool Now burn in and dodge the areas you wish to, moving the brush tool while holding the left button on the mouse.
This image has been Dodged and Burned in using the instructions. Overlay to increase contrast (only use this on photos that need more contrast): Once the image is completely touched up, you can use an overlay to increase the contrast of your image. This is not a required process, but it is often worth testing just to see if it would help. Right click on the Background layer to the right of the screen. Left click on Duplicate Layer. Once this is done, you can rename the layer by double clicking on Background copy and typing in Overlay.
Left click on Normal and then click on Overlay. You will see the contrast increase dramatically. Left click on the Opacity percentage slider and slide it back and forth to see how much of the overlay you would like to have present. If you do not like the overlay on this particular image, just right click on that top layer and select delete layer.