Animal Others - Photoshop

Scanning

Scanning from a Macintosh in the Computer Center

Photoshop interface and navigating an image

1. Zoom: Cmd +/-
2. Hand tool: Space Bar (used to move around an image)

Image size and resolution

1. Image > image Size to see the overall size of your image
2. Cropping - using the crop tool to remove portions of the image outside of the crop selection
   • You can set the image size to crop to in the properties bar i.e. 100 px (remember the px)

Image adjustments

located under Image > Adjustments

• Levels - set your black point
• Convert an image to black & white

Working with Layers

• creating new layers
• Layer types: adjustment layers

Saving your work

1. File > Save as. Choose Photoshop as the file format. This will create a uncompressed Photoshop native image file format. It's a good idea to keep an uncompressed copy of your images.
2. Saving for web: File > Save for Web & Devices
   • Choose the highest quality with the best (smallest) file size. Keep your images under 500K. JPG High Quality is usually a good choice.

Animated GIFs

Open an image sequence

Set your looping options

1. From Photoshop go File > Open
2. Select the first image in the sequence and check the "Image sequence" box
3. Choose your frame rate from the dialogue box
4. File > Save for Web and Devices
5. Choose a GIF flavor from the Preset drop down menu
6. You should now be able to preview the animation in the lower right
7. Set your Loop options - once or forever
8. Click Save and name your animated gif file