original image
This project illustrates six different ways to edit an image in Adobe Photoshop. I shot the original image on August 20, 2005 with a Canon 10D digital SLR camera in afternoon light. This image is 360 x 260 pixels at 72 ppi. The editing steps appear next to each image they describe.

 



soft focus effect
1. Open an image and copy the layer.
2. Add a guassian blur to the top layer; reduce the layer opacity if needed.
3. Erase the faces from the top layer to show through the details from the bottom layer.
4. Reduce the eraser opacity and erase the bodies to gradually blend into the blurred background.

 


antique effect
1. Click Image-Adjustment-Desaturate
2. Click Image-Adjustment-Hue/Sat.
3. Check the Colorize box; move slider to brown; adjust saturation
4. Copy the image layer
5. Add a crosshatch brush filter to the top layer.
6. Erase the faces from the top layer to show details from bottom layer.

 



colorized black & white
 1. Click Image-Adjustment-Desaturate
2. Choose History Brush; choose a small, soft brush.
3. Reduce the brush opacity and paint the color back into desired areas.


image downsize
 1. Choose Image-Image Size
2. Keep the Resample box checked to keep the same resolution. Enter a smaller width and the height will change proportionally on its own. This image is now 200x144 pixels at 72 ppi.


image crop

1. Choose the crop tool.
2. Enter the desired height, width and resolution in the top menu bar.
3. Drag cursor over the area to keep.
4. Double-click to apply the change.
This image is now 360 x 183 at 72 ppi.

 


border & title
 1. Choose Image-Canvas size.
2. Narrow Border: Increase the width and height measurements slightly and choose a border color.
3. Wide Border: Repeat step 2 but use larger numbers and a contrasting color.
4. Insert a type layer; adjust color, font, style, size and location of font. This font is Edwardian Script.

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