Session3: Adobe Photoshop Elements Editing Basics
Today we are going to start by organizing all our images from our field trip and then we are going to dive into the editor.
Photoshop Elements Organizer/Editor 8:30
- Download/Albums/Tags/Delete/Information
- Download all your images to your folder on the computer
- Create tags – Alphabet, pike place, where I am from, others??
- Delete the bad photographs
- Properties
- Try checking out the properties for some of your images to learn more about how the camera settings you used effected your images
Assignment 10:00 - 1:30
As a group of four, have each group member pick six - 8 letters they will prepare for an alphabet slide show. Make sure to limit yourself to only these letters so you can complete the task quickly. Use the following tutorials to learn how to make basic edits and a simple slide show. Each member should share their letters with the others through a folder on the server or a USB drive. That way everyone can practice making a slide show. Then be prepared to turn in the slide show in .WMV (High quality 800x600) file format. Name the file: lastname_alphabet.wmv
- Quick Fix (4:22)
- Use this to crop and adjust a couple of your images. Save some for the next tutorial.
- Basic Editing Techniques for Improving Photographs
- Launching the Editor (3:15)
- Crop, straighten and Save as a Photoshop File (8:18)
- Levels adjustment layer (5:12)
- Color Adjustments – skin tones (5:22)
- Shadows/highlights (1:28)
- Exporting Images (2:55)
- Export each group members alphabet images to a jump drive or in a folder on the HTLC/Groups server
- Getting images from an exsisting computer file or folder (2:14)
- Make sure to download files from a jump drive to your computer first
- Slideshow Basics (10:41)
- Have each person make a basic slideshow of your alphabet. Add music if you have time. Export as a Windows Media file and share with the class.
Market Collage (Extra Credit)
Make a collage of images that illustrates what the Pike Place Market is to you.
Examples: Collage 1 | Collage 2 | Collage 3 | Collage 4
- Blank New Image
(2:21)
- US Paper, Legal, 8.5 in by 11 in
- Making Selections (13:39)
- Selection tools and copy via layer (Ctrl + J)
- Refining the edge
- Resize a brush [ or ]
- Creating Collages
- Combining Images
- Feathering the edge
- Working with Text Layers (7:27)
- Text Layers, resize, color, font
- Duplicate, hide/show, opacity, delete, resize, rename
- Layer Styles (2:30)
- Drop shadow, glow – adjust, copy, delete
- Panorama (2:54)
- Let's have some fun with those panorama shots we got of the skyline from the Pike Place park
Where I am from 1:30
- Read poem to small group – receive written feedback
- Review storyboard with partner – receive verbal feedback
- Hike or Gather Where I am From Photos