The Photo Correction 1

Resolution | Crop Tool

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In this lesson you will

• learn how to choose resolution based on purpose for the image
• Learning to crop to size
• Adjust the tonal range of the image
• Remove color cast from an image Auto Color correction.
• Apply the unsharp-Mask filter to finish he photo-retouching process
• Save the PSD in a format that can be used for page layout.

Resolution

Web Resolution is 72 ppi. Most printer resolution images should be 300 ppi. top determine the resolution you should work your image in, you should know what you are using it for. Rule of thumb: image should be 1.5 to 2 times the print resolution you will use.

Photo Correction using the Crop Tool

1. Unzip lesson3.zip into a folder of your choice and open them in Adobe. The file 03start.psd will eventually look like 03end.psd.Close 03end.psd and keep 03start.psd open.

2. Before you start you should reset your tools. Click on Window>workspace>reset pallet locations. On the left side of the option bar (which is under the Menu bar) click on the carrot (black arrow) which is on the right side the tool icon.
A popout window appears. Click on the carrot on the right side and another popout window appears. Click on reset all tools. If you do not see your options bar go to Windows and mark options.

3. The crop tool will be used to straighten the image. Select your crop tool (third tool down on the left side of the tool bar under the lasso tool) OR select your shortcut key clicking on C.

4.  On the options bar for the crop tool and type in the width: 2 in and in the height: 3 in. Leave the resolution blank.

5. Take your crop tool and place it in the top left corner of the image window and drag it across until it goes no further. Do not worry if the whole image is not selected.

6. Place your crop arrow in the area OUTSIDE of the white border which surrounds the image. You will see a rotating arrow. Drag this arrow around until your selection line is parallel with the image top and sides.

7. Slowly move your crop arrow over the small bounding box on the corners of the image until you see a small straight line with an arrow on each end.

8. Drag until you line up the selection line with the sides of the image to cut away the white border. You will have to adjust the selection line a few times moving back and forth from the rotating arrow to the straight double arrow until all the white around the image is outside of the selection line.

9. Click the check mark on the options bar OR hit enter. The image will straighten without the white border.