IMAGE EDITING

By: Kristina Kassandra S. GuardiarioSylvia Hanikka S. Guardiario

Justine Claire T. MandePatricce M. Gomugda

At the end of this quarter , you are expected to:

Explore and examine basic concepts and underlying principles in photo editing especially using Adobe Photoshop;

Apply concepts and skills learned in photo editing and

Appreciate the relevance of learning the basic concepts and skills of photo editing.

Objectives

Image means-Photographs• Digital• Analog

-illustrations

Edit means-Alter-Change-Modify

IMAGE EDITING

The process of altering, changing, modifying, whether they are processed photographs, traditional analog photographs or illustrations

IMAGE EDITING

Are the primary tools with which a user may manipulate, enhance and transform images.

Also used to render or create computer art from scratch.

Examples :Adobe PhotoshopPicasaGIMPCorelPixia

Image Editing Software

1. Cropping- a technique where you cut out distracting background or a clutter of irrelevant objectives around an image.

Basic Photo Editing

Study the picture below.What can you say about the picture?

In cropping, always use the golden in photography.

“rule of thirds”

Remember this!

Resizing- changing the size of the image depending on the usage.

Remember!Save a copy of your image before you resize it so that you can use it at a different size in the future.

2. Resizing/Resampling

Brightness- the amount of light of an image

Contrast- defines the separation between the darkest area and brightest areas of the image.

3. Adjusting the brightness/Contrast

REMEMBER :Increase in contrast and you increase the separation between the dark and the bright, making shadows darker and highlights brighter.

BEFORE AFTER

Sharpening is the tool that gives emphasis on textures and for drawing viewer focus.

Note:Excessive image sharpness will always increase the amount of contrast and distorts color relationships.

Softening – Is the opposite of Sharpening

4.Sharpening and Softening

Sharpening & Softening

• Basic automatic image improvement features in camera and image editing programs

• Corrects color imbalances , red eye reduction, sharpness adjustments, zoom features and automatic cropping

• Why automatic?- Because it happens with less user interaction or its offered with one click of a button

5. Automatic Image Enhancement

- Many image file formats use data compression to reduce file size and save storage space

- Some file formats that use data compression:JPEG- Joint Photographic Experts GroupPNG- Portable Network Graphics

6. Data Compression

Photoshop Document (.psd)- is the file format in which Photoshop saves document that retains its full editing options when saved.

Layers- the ones that composed a Photoshop document. These are single transparent sheets which hold particular pieces of an image. These layers can contain images, text and vector graphics

Key Terms and Definition

Selection- refers to the region in an image that will be affected by the various tools.

Resolution- refers to the number of pixels in a full size image

Image Size- actual size of he image considering its height and width size

Color Mode – refers to the types of color you will be using in your image

Types of color modes:1. CMYK- Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black- Setting of images that will be printed on paper

2. RGB- Red, Green, Blue-color channel for the Web

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