Photoshop Practice P1: Crop a Photo 4 way or more ways...
Take a large and resolute
image (minimum of 748 x 1024 pixels) with strong depth of field (ie. sharp
focus through the image) containing distinctive foreground, midground, and background.
Using Adobe Bridge, open the photo in “camera raw.” Crop (and enhance) and
save the photo several different ways to create at least 4 “new”
images that each “tells a different story.” In each instance do
appropriate sharpening, contrast, and color changes to improve/change
the resulting image.
(Useful Hint: Adobe Bridge
conveniently sets up its filters in the sequence that makes most sense for most
photographers with most photos to apply them. If you go through them in order
you will experience the best results)
When completed, open each Image (in Photoshop)
and apply appropriate filters like the UNSHARP MASK, ACCENTED
EDGES or PAINT DABS (in Filter Gallery) to disguise any resolution issues or
artistically enhance the images. Save your cropped
images along with a copy of the original photo in your folder on the
student server.
NOTE/RESIZING: Must be
done in Photoshop BEFORE working in Bridge. Go to IMAGE>IMAGE SIZE and
change the PPI to 240+ with "resampling/Preserve Details (enlargement)
selected and proportions locked. It is also useful to use the reduce noise
slider.
This exercise will be evaluated on the following criteria:
• Choice of Photo/depth of field
• Composition(s)/Storytelling
• Attention to Detail
• Attention to Clarity/Resolution
• Enhancement(s)/Use of filers
