LFS:Workshops/Photo Editing

Creative Commons photo by Flickr user MSMandrake.

Really bad Photoshop

Editing and managing photos

• Software: Adobe Photoshop and Gimp

• Online: Sumo Paint (R.I.P. Piknik)

Photoshop UI

Using Photoshop

• Layering

• Lasso tool

• Rubber stamp tool

• Re-sizing

Sharing & using others' photos

• Creative Commons Canada

• Flickr's 100 million CC photos

• Compfight

Photo formats

• .jpg

• .tif

• .gif

• .png

• RAW

Photos and their colour schemes

Image by Mike Horvath

• CMYK

• RGB

• Pantone

Resolutions

pixel comparison

• resolutions: the proof is in the pixels

• screen resolution: 72 dpi*, appropriate for presentations

• this can be tricky. the display at "actual pixel size" is what matters most

• photo resolution: 180 dpi

• print resolution: 300 dpi, ideal for printed materials

• Should I worry about megapixels? (calculator)

Photo resources

• In Focus & The Big Picture

• Flickr

• Photoshop tutorial