Photoshop Research Task 2

Photoshop research

Search the internet and answer the following, and then copy your answers into your research workbook.

     What should your PPI be for printed media? Why?

300 PPI is a good standard, if you make it any lower, it would cause the image to look pixilated and blocky.

     What should your PPI be for the web or emailing? Why?

72 PPI, because that’s as high as it goes on a computer.

     What do RGB, CMYK and Grayscale refer to?

The RGB stands for the RED GREEN BLUE in a photo.

CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow and key, or black.

Grayscale is like all the colour tones in-between white and black. I.e. grays.

     How can you dodge and burn in Photoshop?

To you use the dodge tool, click on the dodge button, if you want to use the burn tool right click on the dodge button or using a mask on a brightness or exposure adjustment layer.

5   Name the ways you can make selections in Photoshop?

Using the rectangular marquee tool, the elliptical marquee tool, single column marquee, single row marquee, lasso tool, polygonal lasso tool, magnetic lasso tool, quick selection tool and the magic wand tool.

6   How can you crop images in Photoshop? Write the procedure.

To crop an image, click on the crop button and select the area in which you would like to crop.

7   How can you make perspective changes in Photoshop? Write the procedure.

1.    Click the crop tool for the photo that contains a distorted rectangular object.

2.    Click clear in the options bar to remove any previous settings.

3.    Click and drag a cropping marquee in the photo. For your note, the selected area is light while the dimmed one is the area that you want to crop away.

4.    Deselect shield to remove the dimming effect.                                 

5.    Click every corner anchor in the cropping marquee and align it with a corner on the normal rectangular object. For your note, you can press click Ctrl + spacebar to zoom in with the crop marquee showing and click the photo. Then press Alt + spacebar to zoom out.

6.    Click and drag out every centre anchor points to fit the edges of the entire photo.

7.    If you are satisfied with the crop, you can simply click the commit button in the options bar to commit the crop.

8.    Photoshop already manipulated the photo and changed its perspective.

How should you sharpen your images in Photoshop?

Use the sharpen tool which comes under the blur tool category.

What are some of the ways you can make tone, colour and contrast adjustments?

By selecting the tabs below the layer palette and adjusting the tone colour and contrast to the users liking

10)  What does RAW, JPEG and TIFF stand for in file management?

RAW – Research and Analysis Wing

JPEG – Joint photographic experts group

TIFF – Tagged Image File Format

Photo Montage

For my photo montage:
I used the magnetic lassoo tool to go around the outline of the Lion, tiger, leopard, girl and butterfly to drag them into the background shot. Then i went into 'liquify' and made the animals look strange. Next i clicked on the layer with just the girl and made the 'opacity' around 40% insted of 100% so it kind of blended in with the background shot. Next thing i did was go into 'Filter' 'Artistic' and clicked the 'Coloured pencil' option.

Foundation Digital Photography – Research Exercise 1

Photoshop management

Complete the following tutorials, to be found in the ‘Tutorials’ folder on the NARC Intranet-

1. basic tone and colour correction tutorial
2. perspective control tutorial
3. lens blur tutorial

Answer the following questions-go to the readings located in the ‘readings’ folder.

1)    What is a megapixel?

A megapixel is a unit of measurement for the number of pixels in a photo. If there are not very many pixels and they are large, the photo will be bad quality. The more mega pixels, the better the photo is. If you blew a photo up and it has lots of mega pixels, the photo would not be as defined but would be still good quality.

2)    How can you compose better images?

Make sure you do your research! Buy a camera that is right for its purpose. For example, will it be for photo shoots or just holiday happy snaps?

The obvious answer for me would be to buy a camera with higher mega pixels, like 8-12, but it’s how the photographer uses the camera also, don’t expect it to produce amazing photos just because it’s a good camera.

3)    How do you avoid camera shake?

Keep the camera steady by resting it on an object. Or use a tripod if you have one.

Only squeeze the shutter button, nothing else. Use a high shutter speed to keep it stable.

4)    How do memory cards work?

A memory card is inserted into the camera and allows you go out anywhere and take numerous amounts of photos and the card will store them so then you can download them onto your computer. Having a few memory card is preferred so if you run out of room, you don’t have to plug it into the computer to download the images to make more room.

5)    Why do you need to be prepared when going on location?

When on location it is essential to be prepared! Make sure your camera is fully charged and you have spare batteries and make sure the camera is on the setting you want. Make sure you have all relevant equipment, i.e Tripod, Flash and memory cards. Otherwise you may make yourself look unprofessional and for example, if you don’t have enough battery, it will die right when you were about to get the perfect shot.

6)    How are images recorded?

Using memory cards and uploaded onto a computer or hard drive.

7)    What is Resolution and how is it recorded? What are the differences in recording for print and for web?

Resolution is the number of pixels that make up a final image. The camera's light sensitive CCD converts the scene into a grid of pixels that make up the end photo.

For print you can have more pixels but with print it is limited.

8)    What are some of the myths about cameras and resolution?

·         More the expensive the camera, the better the pictures

·         Higher pixel count  makes for better image quality

·         Auto mode takes really ordinary photos