008 photo editing and printing
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Photo Editing and Printing
VOCABULARY
• Editing- Choosing specific photographs that have the correct photographic quality and convey the meaning intended.
• Exposure- Photographs have the correct amount of light and time. Film is NOT over or under exposed.
• Saturation-Color in photograph is opaque.• Content- Meaning in any piece of art. What your
photograph is about.• Printing/processing- the act of correcting film for
exposure and color saturation for a final print.
Step 1Editing-Contact Sheet
Exposure/ Color Saturation
• Df
Well Exposed Poorly Exposed• Saturated Color Grainy/ Underexposed YAY!!! YUCK!!!!!IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO OVEREXPOSE! AT LEAST YOU HAVE ALL
THE DETAIL!
CONTENTINTENTION, INTENTION, INTENTION! • What are you saying?
• USE SYMBOLS TO EXPRESS YOUR INTENTION• MAKE SURE YOUR WORK SAYS WHAT YOU WANT
IT TO SAY!
Editing Reflection
Describe your photographs overall1.What were most exposures like? Over? Under?
Perfect? Why?2.Were your colors saturated? Yes? No? Why?3.Did you express the content (principals and
elements) intended in each photograph? Did you shoot with intention or choose later?
4.Finally, choose one photograph. Give the title and describe its exposure, saturation and how well the intention was conveyed.
Photoshop• Photoshop should be used for printing!
• Make sure all images are properly exposed in camera!
To import images…
• Open the image.
• Click on image, then click command c to copy the image.
• Open Photoshop-Go to file, new, preset to photo 8x10 landscape or portrait depending on what you need. Click ok.
• Click command v to copy image onto the canvas.
• Go to Image then image size. Deselect resample image. Adjust the document size. Re-select resample image. Select Bicubic sharper. Click ok.
• Go to image then to canvas size. Adjust the image size to you needs. Click ok.
Photoshop
Work on
• Exposure
• Brightness and Contrast
• Color correction
TOOL BOX
• Arrow tool-move object
• Eye dropper-selects color to be used
• Magnifying glass-enlarges image for viewing only.
• “Lollipop”- Dodge and burn tool. Add
color or take away color from selected areas.
• Lasso-Selects everything inside of crop.
• “Fish”- Crops or cuts down image.
***Remember to hit enter after each function
so you can use then next function.
Adjustments
Use The adjustments under image to correct your photograph.
Play with
• Exposure
• Color Balance
• Brightness and Contrast
• Photo Filter
• Shadow and Highlight