Art Time Narative - Photoshop-InDesign

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Scanning

Using the Epson scanners in the Computer Center. See: Scanning - Mac

  1. Scan one drawing from a station connected to a scanner
  2. Save as TIFF to your cubby on Orca. See: Connecting to Orca programs at File Space Overview
  3. Go bacl

Intro to Photoshop

Photoshop interface and navigating an image

  1. Open your scanned document in Photoshop
    • Zoom: Cmd +/-
    • Hand tool: Space Bar
  2. Image resolution and image size
    • Image > image Size to see the overall size of your image
  3. Cropping
    • You can set the image size to crop to in the properties bar i.e. 100 px (remember the px)
  4. Image adjustments located under Image > Adjustments
    • Adjusting Levels can work to clean-up scanned drawings
  5. File > Save as. Choose Photoshop as the file format. Note the .psd extension.