Photoshop workshop part 1 - Levels, brightness and contrast

This is Jacqui. She was photographed from head to shoulders in day light. (This is the before image)

Here's how I did it.


I opened up the image onto Photoshop. Then I clicked on 'Image', selected 'Adjustments' and clicked on levels to brighten it up a bit.

Then I clicked on 'Image', 'Adjustments' and this time I clicked on 'Brightness/Contrast' to change the contrast.

Stay tuned for part 2!

Photoshop workshop part 3

 After I dragged all the images onto the page, I turned the grid on to ensure the images were properly aligned.

 When I found that they weren't, I zoomed in so I could see what I was doing, and aligned them properly.

 After the images were perfectly aligned, I decided to put borders around them to make them more interesting. I did this by clicking Edit then Stroke...

 Then chose the width....

and the colour of each border.

After I added the borders, I flattened the image and saved it in JPEG format.

Photoshop workshop part 2

 Before I dragged the image onto the blank document, I set the transform controls to auto select and show transform controls so the image will be be easier to move in place.

When I dragged the image onto the blank document, it was far too big to fit on the page, so I clicked the move tool to select and resize it to the size I wanted it.

Photoshop workshop part 1

 First, I opened up Photoshop to make a new document. I've set the size to A4 (international paper) and kept the resolution at 300.

Then I rotated the document 90 degrees clockwise to make it landscape.

Photoshop Part 1 continued (again)

Image resolution. I did this by opening the image in Photoshop and then I selected the Image size tab to change the size and resolution of the image.

Photoshop Part 1 continued

Changing the file name. I did this by double clicking the file name at the bottom and deleting the original name and then I changed it to a new name.

Photoshop part 1

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