Part 1: Documentation, (30%)
  
At the end of this process, you will be turning in answers using the Quizzes area of Desire2Learn, based on the following. So, to get the best score, fill in all the answers in this document first.

Theory

In Overview 7, the material covered the basics of photo editing… crop, brightness-contrast, rotate, and image size. This is the most straightforward use of Photoshop, to make minor adjustments to your artifacts for delivery in your portfolio.

But we have also mentioned the need to create various versions of your artifacts … high quality png for printing, and good quality jpeg for web delivery.  Part of Overview 8 is in the generation of these various deliverables.
(A cardinal rule of thumb with images is never to destroy an original… you start with the best possible image you can get your hands on, and get it into the lossless png format… then make your variations for print or web delivery.)

And while this is not a Photoshop class per se, we still need a bit more knowledge to address a couple of other legitimate portfolio issues … such as the ability to add a copyright mark to an image, or perhaps combining images for galley sheets, etc.

The best way to do this is to use layers:
a transparent layer for text that remains separate from the image until you are happy with the results, or
placing different images on different transparent layers until they are in the proper sequence.

These transparent layers  are not a part of the png or jpeg format, so while you are in this editing process, you should save in Photoshop’s native format, psd. The psd file is not a deliverable, as only Photoshop users can open the file, but is a the only way to maintain the multiple transparent layers you may generate while creating your final jpeg or png.

Lab 5 then moves from Overview 7 to Overview 8: demonstrating the use of layers to combine images, and then saving as different file types.

Make sure you compare the psd size to the png size to the jpg size.

(Overview 9 will focus on choices we can make in the saving of a png, as well as introducing another variation of multiple images save in the same file… movies or video.)

Coming soon

Part 2, Activity (40%):
 • Photo editing


   • Rotate dam02a.png 2° clockwise.
   • Increase the canvas size to about 5 inches wide, with the new space to the right
   • Paste dam02b.png into your new image
   • Move dam02b until it lines up, making a new panorama image
   • Adjust the brightness and contrast as needed
   • Crop as needed
   • Save as lab5.psd
   • Flatten or Merge Layers
   • Save as lab5.png, it should look similar to the following
   • Save as lab5.jpg, it should look similar to the following


View a video similar to Lab

To Zip, browse to the the location of lab5 folder (don't open the folder)
Right click the Lab5 folder
Choose Send To...
Choose Compressed (Zipped) Folder
 
You may rename the new zip by right clicking it.
The file name should be yourname-lab5.zip

Grading Points

• Coming soon

Part 3: Hands On (30%): Be prepared to discuss your manipulated image

At the end of this process, you will be turning in answers using the Quizzes area of Desire2Learn, based on the following questions. So, to get the best score, fill in all the answers in this document first.

On a test, could you answer the following questions

• Discuss rotating images
• Discuss cropping images
• Discuss expanding the canvas
• Discuss copy and paste, alignment, layers, and flattening or merging layers.
  
  Lab questions
• Match the term and file type.
  Note: some answers may be used more than once, some answers may not be used

  Best choice for original image file storage Best choice for printable image file storage Best choice for web delivery image Best choice for in progress image editing

  1. psd or xcf 2. png 3. jpeg/jpg 4. pdf

• What are some uses of layers?
  Choose all that apply

  	To cover up part of an image
  	To hold multiple images that can be individually modified or rearranged
  	To place lines or arrows over part of an image
  	To place text over an image

• Any layers will be flattened or merged, and transparency will be lost when Photoshop saves as png or jpeg

  	True
  	False

• When rotating images, you may rotate

  	360°
  	180°
  	90°
  	Arbitrary value

• Match the definition and the term
  Note: not all answers may be used, and some answers may be used more than once

  remove unwanted parts of an image used to add additional space, perhaps to accomodate additional images apply focus to an image used to change the height and width dimensions

  1. crop 2. rotate 3. resize canvas 4. scale or resize image

• You can move the background layer
  True or false

  	True
  	False

• You can temporarily hide a layer
  True or False

  	True
  	False