Photoshop Basics - Editing photos for publications

Step one- Drag Photos across the network

On your desktop - find the "Journalism Network" Icon and open it
You will see a shortcut to all of the computers in the room. The files for this assignment can be found on the "J3" and "J4" computers.

Open your folder on your computer (You should have made a folder named your name inside of "My Documents" on the computer you use.

You should now have two windows open on your desktop. In the J3 or J4 computer, find the "photojournalism" folder. Drag the "edit shoot" folder into your folder.


Step two - Open and edit photos in Adobe Bridge

Open Adobe Bridge (Shell Icon).
Point bridge to the folder on YOUR computer.
Allow the photos to render. (Wait)
Edit the photos as follows:

• Cut the junk - With unusable photos (out of focus, poorly shot, etc.) selected, Hit "Ctrl + Delete"
• Rate the rest - Rate all of the remaining photos with 1-5 stars by hitting "Ctrl + 1-5". A five star shot is amazing and award winning. A one star shot will probably never be used.
• Label the Best - In the Metadata of the four and five star photos, Enter your name, and "Cross Country" in the description field

Step Three - Open and Crop Photos in PhotoShop

Watch the demonstration in class to learn how to do the following to the BEST photos.

• Rotate the canvas
• Set the crop tool and crop for different uses (Online, Newspaper, Yearbook)
• Adjust color levels
• Set to grayscale and sharpen (for Newspaper)
• Save in different formats

Step Four - Save or "publish" your photos

You will end up with three edited photos.

1. A four or five star color photo set to 8"X10" and 72 dpi, saved as "online_edit" and posted on your blog. (saved as .jpeg)
2. A four or five star color photo set to 8"X10" and 300 dpi, saved as "yearbook_edit" in your folder. (saved as .tiff)
3. A four or five star grayscale photo set to 8"X10" and 170 dpi, saved as "newspaper_edit" in your folder. (saved as .tiff)