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- 1. How to Scan/Edit Photos Using: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Adobe Photoshop CS3 is a graphics and photo editing program. The tools that are used for basic editing are similar to those in Microsoft Paint, so perhaps you are familiar with many of the too ls already! Adobe Photoshop is great for cropping your photos or adding special effects and it is the same program used by professionals. In this tutorial, learn how to: Scan photos into Photoshop Edit your photos by o Rotating o Cropping o Re-sizing o Removing Red Eye o Converting to Black and White o Adjusting Contrast o Removing Blemishes o Adjusting Color Save Your Photos Learn More Updated by Lyndsey Thompson (October 2007)
- 2. Quick Tips for Scanning/Editing Using Adobe Photoshop CS3 CONTENTS Scanning into Photoshop..................................................................................................... 3 Editing your photo.............................................................................................................. 4 Rotating............................................................................................................................. 4 Cropping ............................................................................................................................ 4 Re-Sizing ............................................................................................................................ 5 Removing red eye ............................................................................................................... 5 Converting to black and white ............................................................................................. 5 Adjusting contrast .............................................................................................................. 6 Removing blemishes........................................................................................................... 6 Adjusting color ................................................................................................................... 6 Saving your work ................................................................................................................ 7 Learn more ........................................................................................................................ 8 COPYRIGHTS "Screen shot(s) reprinted by permission from Adobe Corporation. Adobe is a registered trademark of the Adobe Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.” 2
- 3. Quick Tips for Scanning/Editing Using Adobe Photoshop CS3 SCANNING INTO To begin, turn on the scanner and place your photo face down. After logging in, open Adobe PHOTOSHOP Photoshop CS3. It will be listed under Start Programs Adobe Creative Suite Adobe Photoshop CS3. From the Photoshop menu bar, click on File, Import, and then WIA- hp-scanjet 8200 series…. This will automatically open the HP Scanning software and you should see a box that looks like this. Here you can select the option for the type of picture you want to scan. For a color photo you should use the Color picture option. If you click Preview, you can view your photo to make sure you have captured the entire image. When you are satisfied with your photo, click Scan. This will automatically import your photo into Photoshop and you are now ready to edit your photo. 3
- 4. Quick Tips for Scanning/Editing Using Adobe Photoshop CS3 EDITING YOUR PHOTO ROTATING To rotate your photo, go to the menu bar and select Image Rotate Canvas, and then choose the angle that you want to rotate it. If you want to rotate it at some angle other than 180 or 90 degrees, select the arbitrary option. CROPPING Cropping your photo is really simple; all you need to do is select the crop tool from the tool bar on the left side of your screen. It looks like this. Use this tool to select the portion of your image that you wish to keep. Click and drag until you have a highlighted area. You can move this box around or make it larger or smaller by using the arrow cursor that appears when hovering in the corners. The highlighted area is the part of the photo you will be keeping, anything grayed will be removed. (See below) 4
- 5. Quick Tips for Scanning/Editing Using Adobe Photoshop CS3 Once you have selected the part of the photo that you wish to keep, click the crop button in the toolbar again, a box will appear. Click Crop and the grayed area will be removed. Cancel allows you to adjust the selected portion, and Don't Crop will return your workspace to how it was before you open the Crop tool. If you crop and change your mind go to EditUndo Crop, or press Ctrl + Z on the keyboard. RE-SIZING To resize your photo, select ImageImage Size. This box will appear. Make sure Constrain Proportions is checked, unless you want to skew your image. By changing the number in the Width box below Pixel Dimensions, it will automatically reformat the Height and keep the portions of your photo correct. You can also change the size of the document by changing the number in the Width box below Document Size. By resizing your photo this way it will not look distorted. REMOVING RED EYE Select the Red Eye Removal tool. It is the seventh tool from the top and can be found by right clicking the Spot Healing Brush tool. Click in the red eye, and if the results are incorrect, undo, and try again or change the options. It may be helpful to zoom in so you can be more precise when selecting the eye. Pupil Size increases or decreases the area that will be affected. Darken Amount sets the darkness of the correction. CONVERTING TO Go to ImageAdjustmentsBlack and White and click OK. BLACK AND WHITE 5
- 6. Quick Tips for Scanning/Editing Using Adobe Photoshop CS3 ADJUSTING Automatically adjust the contrast of your photo by going to ImageAdjustmentsAuto CONTRAST Contrast. You can also adjust it manually by going to ImageAdjustmentsBrightness/Contrast As long as the preview box is checked you can see how you are affecting the photo without guessing! REMOVING You can use the Clone Stamp tool to remove blemishes or other unwanted details from your BLEMISHES photo. Select the Clone Stamp tool from the toolbar. Lets say we want to remove the eye of this goldfish. First, move the cursor over part of fish that you want to copy, hold the alt key, and click. This selects the color/pattern you are cloning. Now you can click the portion of the image you are trying to hide, in this case the eye. Note: This works best when you are trying to remove a small portion, otherwise you may need to change clone selections so that the colors will still blend correctly and it won’t look out of place. ADJUSTING COLOR If you want to get a little creative with your photos, you might want to try adjusting the color levels. Lets adjust the goldfish. Go to ImageAdjustmentsColor Balance. 6
- 7. Quick Tips for Scanning/Editing Using Adobe Photoshop CS3 This box will appear. From here you can play around with the color by moving the sliders. Under Tone Balance, you will find Shadows, Midtones, and Highlights, by changing between these three options you can create different effects. The original. The result. SAVING YOUR It is important to save the changes you have made. If you want to keep your original, you can go WORK to FileSave As…and the following box will appear. 7
- 8. Quick Tips for Scanning/Editing Using Adobe Photoshop CS3 Here, you can either give the file a new name, or save it as a copy. Save it as a copy by checking the As a Copy box. This will keep the original and save the modified version as pic1 copy. From this point you can also change the Format of the picture, from JPEG to GIF or PDF. When you’ve finished changing the name and/or format click Save. LEARN MORE If you are interested in learning more, check out the Photoshop CS3 QuickTip here: http://tlc.housing.wisc.edu/docs/quicktip_photoshop.pdf. 8