Media Arts Editing photos making them great How do I edit my photos? WORK FLOW!

The goal is to have enhanced NATURAL looking photos! While working on a photo save as a .psd, when saving the final copy change to JPG 1. Duplicate background layer (Command - J) 2. Image / Adjustments / Curves Drag the black and white triangles to the base of the mountain, experiment with the centre point 3. Image / Adjustments / Desaturate (if you want black and white) 4. Image / Adjustments / Shadow Highlight 5. Image / Adjustments / Hue/Saturation (Command - U) 6. Filter / Sharpen / Unsharp Mask (try 100%, 2.5, 0 OR 150%, 0.5, 9) 7. Image / Adjustments / Brightness/Contrast 8. Image / Image Size - largest side to 9.5 inches (other side to 6.333 in) / Resolution to 180 9. Open the wide or tall frame template (handout folder on the computer) 10. Layer / Flatten Image (Command - E) 11. Select your whole image (Command + A), copy (Command +C) 12. Open the frame template. Paste (command + v). Edit text using the Text tool (T) 13. File / Save As (Shift - Command - S) / Change from Photoshop format to JPG / Save to a Desktop folder using correct naming 14. Naming Example: lastname_firstname_Assignmentname1.jpg Advanced: Burning/Dodging and Vignette BURN AND DODGE To make some areas darker, or some areas lighter (see tutorial for extra help: http://www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=30) 1. Burn tool ( the hand) - Makes areas darker. The dodge tool - makes areas lighter 2. Select your tool, above choose either highlights, shadows or midtones.

Media Arts Editing photos making them great Experiment with the opacity and move directly over top of the area that you'd like to highlight

VIGNETTE (Darker on the outside, and lighter in the middle to attract the viewers attention to the subject) 1. Select the layer with your photo, unlock it. 2. Filter > Convert for Smart Filters (Doing this means you can apply filters to the photo while leaving your original in tact.) 3. First you'll get a message that says the layer will be converted into a smart object. Click OK. 4. Filter > Distort > Lens Correction. Click on the CUSTOM TAB. 5. In the Vignette option set the amount to-100 and the midpoint to +50. Hit the OK button. 6. You'll see the Smart Filter appear below the layer. Double clicking this will open the Lens Correction filter options again where you can adjust anything you want. Double clicking the slider icon on the right will give you the option to adjust the layer mode and the transparency of the effect on the layer. Set the value to 70%. Bonus: Try some tutorials to enhance your photos http://sixrevisions.com/photoshop/22professional-photoshop-image-enhancing-tutorials/