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Preparing Images with Photoshop
Gareth Johns IT Skills Development Advisor
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Course Aim
Discover how Photoshop can be used to prepare images to make them more suitable for their eventual purpose.
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Objectives
By the end of this session you should be able to:• Use appropriate tools to manipulate the size and
quality of an image, to suit its purpose.• Retouch an image to remove flaws, blemishes or
unwanted objects.• Adjust settings, such as contrast and brightness to
improve the appearance of an image.• Export and print images from Photoshop.• Use layers to alter images in a range of ways, for
example to add effects or combine images together.• Utilise selection tools to highlight, and use, specific
areas of an image.• Use transparency techniques to blend an image into
its surroundings.
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Section1: Everyday Image Editing
Adjusting Image Size• Cropping• Straightening• Image SizeRetouching• Healing Tools• Adjustments
Saving Printing
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Aspect Ratio
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Layers• Creating• Working with Layers• Transformations• Layer Styles• Text Tool
Selection• Selection Tools• Editing Selections
Section 2: Selecting and Combining Images
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Layers
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Recap
By the end of this session you should be able to:• Use appropriate tools to manipulate the size and
quality of an image, to suit its purpose.• Retouch an image to remove flaws, blemishes or
unwanted objects.• Adjust settings, such as contrast and brightness to
improve the appearance of an image.• Export and print images from Photoshop.• Use layers to alter images in a range of ways, for
example to add effects or combine images together.• Utilise selection tools to highlight, and use, specific
areas of an image.• Use transparency techniques to blend an image into
its surroundings.
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Further Study
E-learning• Adobe Tutorials – Wide range of bite-size video tutorials
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/tutorials.html• Photoshop Essentials.com – Free articles on Photoshop techniques
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/
Resources• Google Images – Google.com/Images
Use: Search Tools Usage Rights Labeled for reuse to filter for images you can probably use legally
• Cardiff Met Electronic LibraryClick on Databases A-Z Filter by Material Type: Multimedia Click Go
• Search Creative Commons licenced images: search.creativecommons.org• Free stock photos:
Foter.com FreeImages.com OpenPhoto.net
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Image Credits
Apple Logo. Public Domain https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apple_logo_black.svg
Banksy Swinger. By Infrogmation of New Orleans (Flickr: Banksy "Swinger" in New Orleans) [CC BY 2.0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Banksy_Swinger_Building_Detail.jpg
Blue robot. By peyri. CC BY-ND 2.0 - Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/31/48825808_6498a869fc_o_d.jpg
Bookworm. By Pixabay [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Bkwm1.svg
Boris Johnson. Public Domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boris_Johnson_July_2015.jpg
CSAD. © Phil Borman Photography
Hillary Clinton. Public Domain.
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Image Credits
iPad Air. By Zach Vega (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/IPad_Air.png
La Rambla Barcelona. By Djm1279 at English Wikipedia [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/La_Rambla_Barcelona_2004.JPG
Japanese Cruiser. @OldCardiffPics https://twitter.com/OldCardiffPics/status/660789249491513344
North Shore. By Amateria1121 (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/North_Shore_over_exposed_Spanish_Banks.JPG
Union Flag. By Vaughan Leiberum from Cape Town, South Africa (Flag - Great Britain (cropped)) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AFlag_-_Union_Flag.jpg
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Additional Information
Session hand outs and other resources available at:
study.cardiffmet.ac.uk/Help/Training/
Upcoming training sessions:• Next term
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Contact Us
training@cardiffmet.ac.uk
Visit an IT Advisor in the Learning Centres
029 2041 7000 7000
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