Introduction To Photoshop Elements

Introduction to Photoshop Elements 2/24/2010
Jason Meltzer, Ph.D.

Technology Coordinator:
Oak Grove School District #68
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  Photoshop Elements 6/7/8

  Compare to iPhoto or Picasa
  Hands-on examples
  Demonstration only examples
  Introduction to digital imagery
  Resources
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  Version
8 released in September 2009   With Photoshop.com Plus** membership, you can:
◦  * Show off your shooting skills with inspiring ideas, tutorials,
  Consumer version of Photoshop CS4 seasonal artwork, movie themes, and effects delivered regularly
to your software
◦  Cannot export CYMK
◦  * Backup your memories automatically and no scheduling
◦  Simplified Plug-ins and filters required — get 20GB of storage — enough for up to 15,000
photos or four hours of DVD-quality video
◦  No Automator scripts for Mac
◦  * Access your photos and videos virtually anywhere you are
◦  Has automatic red eye reduction ◦  * Share photos in fun, interactive ways with invitation-only
Online Albums — and you'll get new templates delivered to your
◦  Has Quick Fix & Guided Edit mode software on a regular basis
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  iPhoto (Apple)   Picasa (Google)

◦  Rotate ◦  Crop
◦  Crop ◦  Straighten
◦  Straighten ◦  Red eye reduction
◦  Enhance ◦  I’m Feeling Lucky
◦  Red eye reduction ◦  Auto Contrast
◦  Retouch ◦  Auto Color
◦  Effects ◦  Fill Light
◦  Color adjustments
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  Power over every

Hands-on Demonstration only
pixel!
  Advanced editing   Crop & Blur   Save for web
tools   Spot healing   Panorama
  Combine pictures   Clone stamp   Green Screen
  Layers   Resize canvas   Contact Sheet
  Add text   Add text
  Draw/Paint tools   Drawing & Painting
  Save for web   Combining multiple
optimization pictures
  Contact sheet   Simple special effects
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1.  View -> Zoom In (if 1.  Choose Blur Tool

necessary) 2.  Choose brush size
2.  Choose Crop Tool
3.  Choose strength
3.  Choose restrictions in
options bar 4.  Drag on area requiring
blur
4.  Drag on image
5.  Resize or move using 5.  Use more strokes.
control points Easier to “undo”
6.  Click Check Box when
ready
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1.  Click on Spot Healing Brush Tool

2.  Option Bar: Spot Healing Brush
3.  Brush size slightly larger than
imperfection
4.  Click on imperfection
5.  Be ready to Edit -> Undo
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Edward Hopper
1.  Click on Clone Stamp Tool

2.  Choose a brush size and style
3.  Option-click on area you want to
duplicate
4.  Click-drag to mimic the area chosen
5.  Be ready to Edit -> Undo
6.  Option-click to choose a new area…
7.  Try Clone Overlay Tool
Real Examples at: http://www.h2hdigital.com/Retouching.htm
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1.  Image>Resize>Canvas Size

2.  Add New Layer; Edit>Fill Layer with White
3.  Unlock Background>Reorder Layers
4.  Magic Wand-Delete White on Photo Layer
5.  Select>Deselect
6.  Move Tool
7.  OR
8.  New Blank File
9.  File>Place> Your Photo
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  Use Brush Tool

  Use Tool Options Bar to Change:
◦  Brush
◦  Size
◦  Opacity
  Use Tools to Change:
◦  Foreground Color
◦  Background Color
  Use Rectangle/Oval Marquee Tool
  Use Lasso Marquee Tools
◦  New Selection
◦  Add to Selection
◦  Remove from Selection
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First Method Second Method

①  Open pictures ①  Open/Create main
②  Use appropriate image
Marquee Tool ②  File>Place… next
a.  Magnetic Lasso picture
b.  Change Feather size ③  Click green
slightly checkbox when
③  Copy/Paste correct
④  Use Move Tool to ④  Place next picture
Adjust
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  Choose File > New > Photomerge

Panorama.
  Click Browse to navigate to the source
files or folder
  If you need to rearrange the order of the
images, drag an image in the work area to
reposition it
  If necessary, adjust the vanishing point or
blending settings of your composition.
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First Method Second Method
  Use Magnetic Lasso   Layer > Duplicate

or other selection Layer
tool   Enhance > Convert
  Select > Inverse; to Black and White
  Select > Feather if   Eraser tool > Erase
needed what you want in
  Enhance > Convert color
to Black and White
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•  How to buy a digital camera

  Photoshop family of software
•  http://reviews.cnet.com/Digital_cameras/4520-7603_7-5023995-7.html?tag=tnav ◦  http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/family.html
•  http://www.pcworld.com/ic/cameras/#   Retouching photograph examples-
http://www.macworld.com/topics/hardware/digitalcameras/
• 
◦  http://www.h2hdigital.com/Retouching.htm
•  http://shortcourses.com/
•  http://www.digicamhelp.com/index.phpHow digital cameras work   Photoshop Web Sites
•  http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/digital-camera.htm ◦  About.com-
•  HPs Learning about paper and how to take better pictures http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pselements/
•  http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/dpc/home/home.html? Photoshop_Elements_Tutorials_and_User_Resources.htm
jumpid=ex_R602_UAG_go/search-hho-google-dpc-home
Online photo websites
◦  Photoshop Express- https://www.photoshop.com/
• 
•  http://photo.walgreens.com/
•  http://www.walmart.com/photo-center?path=0%3A5426&dept=5426
•  http://www.kodakgallery.com/Welcome.jsp ◦  AtomicLearning- http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/pe6_pc/
•  http://www.snapfish.com
•  http://www.flickr.com
◦  PhotoshopElementsUser- http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/index.php
•  http://www.mpix.com
•  Programs
•  http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/
•  http://picasa.google.com/
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  High-End Photo Ordering

◦  www.mpix.com
Adjust Print
  Multitude of Online Video Resources Size
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  Flickr Creative Site: l
Position on
◦  http://bighugelabs.com/ Page
  Online Image Manipulation Llllllllllllllll
◦  http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/services/28-online-photo-
editing-websites-to-have-fun-with/
Print File
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Must be in
one folder   File > Save for Web…
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◦  High/Medium/Low
Can set to   Change Size
Grayscale ◦  Pixel proportion
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  Preview on Web
  Peculiar “save as…”
292 KB
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500 x 667 px
1728 x 2304 px
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Highest Quality .jpg 25
Press “OK” to
save as separate
file (Last Step)
Change Quality
and Type
Change Size
Animation Options
(GIF Only)
Compare
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CNET Buyers Guide Web Site
BestBuy Buyers Guide Web Site
NYTimes Point and Shoot Reviews
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  Pixel= Picture Element

  Megapixel = Million Pixels
  1,280 x 960 = 1.2 million pixels
  Not a Megabyte = Memory Size
  Next: Camera vs. Screen vs. Printing
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1,280 x 960 =1,228,800

Horizontal:
960 pixels
960 total pixels /
75 pixels per inch
= 12.8 inches
17.1 inches
1,280 pixels
Vertical:
1280 total pixels /
75 pixels per inch
= 17.1 inches
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Horizontal:
960 total pixels /
3.2 inches 300 pixels per inch
= 3.2 inches
4.2 inches
Vertical:
1280 total pixels /
300 pixels per inch
= 4.2 inches
Note: 35mm film is ≈ 20 megapixels

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75 ppi for screen – 300 dpi for printing

1.  Print LARGE prints
Web or email only 640 x 480 (VGA-.3M) 2.  Print small details
3.  Impress your friends
4” x 3” for printing 1,280 x 960 (1M) 4.  Like to waste money on memory chips
7” x 5” for printing 2,048 x 1,536 (3M)
8” x 6” for printing 2,304 x 1,728 (4M)

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  Set image quality

  Flash options 1.  Hold the camera still (tripod) 6.  Make sure there’s enough
  Viewing pictures 2.  Focus on the right thing light
7.  Don’t shoot into the light
  Deleting pictures 3.  Think about composition
8.  Check the background
◦  Individual 4.  Zoom in close
9.  Beat shutter lag
◦  Whole camera 5.  But not too close 10.  Shoot more, not less
  Focus options
  Advanced options
Buckingham, A (2005) Digital Photo Magic:Point, Click, and create cool digital effects
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Introduction to Photoshop Elements 2/24/2010

Jason Meltzer, Ph.D.

 Photoshop Elements 6/7/8

Jason Meltzer, Ph.D.

 iPhoto (Apple)  Picasa (Google)

 Power over every

1. View -> Zoom In (if 1. Choose Blur Tool

Jason Meltzer, Ph.D.

1. Click on Spot Healing Brush Tool

1. Click on Clone Stamp Tool

1. Image>Resize>Canvas Size

Jason Meltzer, Ph.D.

 Use Brush Tool

First Method Second Method

 Choose File > New > Photomerge

Jason Meltzer, Ph.D.

First Method Second Method

 Use Magnetic Lasso  Layer > Duplicate

• How to buy a digital camera

 High-End Photo Ordering

Jason Meltzer, Ph.D.

Steve Kaeser Lighting & Accessories- http://www.skaeser.com

CNET Buyers Guide Web Site

BestBuy Buyers Guide Web Site

NYTimes Point and Shoot Reviews

Jason Meltzer, Ph.D.

 Pixel= Picture Element

 Not a Megabyte = Memory Size

 Next: Camera vs. Screen vs. Printing

1,280 x 960 =1,228,800

2-24-2010 33 12.8 inches

Note: 35mm film is ≈ 20 megapixels

Jason Meltzer, Ph.D.

75 ppi for screen – 300 dpi for printing

7” x 5” for printing 2,048 x 1,536 (3M)

8” x 6” for printing 2,304 x 1,728 (4M)

 Set image quality

Jason Meltzer, Ph.D.

Jason Meltzer, Ph.D.

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  Photoshop Elements 6/7/8

  iPhoto (Apple)   Picasa (Google)

  Power over every

1.  View -> Zoom In (if 1.  Choose Blur Tool

1.  Click on Spot Healing Brush Tool

1.  Click on Clone Stamp Tool

1.  Image>Resize>Canvas Size

  Use Brush Tool

  Choose File > New > Photomerge

  Use Magnetic Lasso   Layer > Duplicate

•  How to buy a digital camera

  High-End Photo Ordering

  Pixel= Picture Element

  Not a Megabyte = Memory Size

  Next: Camera vs. Screen vs. Printing

  Set image quality