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Fixing digital images with Photoshop Elements 3
a presentation by Patrick Douglas Crispen
California State University, Fullerton
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Digital cameras
• In 2003, US sales of digital cameras surpassed those of film cameras.
• Today, three digital cameras are sold for every film camera sold.
Text source: Wikipedia
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The problems with digital cameras
• But what can you do with all of these digital pictures?– How do you organize them?– How do you edit or fix them?– How do you share them with
others?
• Until recently, you needed three separate programs to do all this.
• But not any more.
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Photoshop Elements 3
• Photoshop Elements 3 lets you acquire, organize, edit, and share your digital images.
• Available for both PCs and Macs:– Street price: US$99.00– Education price: $69.00
Image source: Adobe
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System Requirements
PC• Intel Pentium III or
greater• Windows XP SP1 or
Windows 2000 SP4 or greater
• 256 MB RAM [512 recommended]
• 600 MB hard-disk space
• 1024 x 768 16-bit (XGA) color display or greater
Mac• PowerPC® G3 or
greater• Mac OS X 10.2.8 or
greater• 256 MB of RAM• 200 MB of hard-disk
space• Color monitor with 16-
bit color or greater video card
• 1,024 x 768 or greater monitor resolution
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Our goals
• Quickly review raster graphics terms like pixels, resolution, and megapixels
• Fire up Photoshop Elements 3 and learn how to– Acquire and organize images– Fix some common digital photograph
problems– Share your digital photographs with
others• Do all of this in ENGLISH!
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Part One: Pixels, Resolution,
and MegapixelsA quick review of some
common digital photography terms you
really should know
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What are pixels?
All digital photographs are made up of squares of solid color called pixels.
Source: http://tinyurl.com/3zj5t
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What are pixels?
All digital photographs are made up of squares of solid color called pixels.
Source: http://tinyurl.com/3zj5t
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Pixels in photos are like…
X’s inCross Stitch
Thread-countin Fabric
Tiles in Mosaics
More pixels = smoother image, higher quality
Source: http://tinyurl.com/3zj5t
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More pixels = better photos
• More pixels mean– Smoother images– Larger prints– More “crop-ability”– Bigger file sizes
• But more doesn’t necessarily mean better.
• To explain, I need to steal 10 quick slides from my Crispen’s Technology Primer presentation.
Source: http://tinyurl.com/3zj5t
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Resolved: Digital cameras rock
• Resolution= The numbers of pixels in an image= Total number of pixels horizontally x total
number of pixels vertically= [width x pixels per inch] x [height x pixels
per inch]• For example, what’s the resolution of
[or how many megapixels are there in] a 4” x 6” picture at 300 ppi?= [4” x 300 ppi] x [6” x 300 ppi]= [1200 pixels] x [1800 pixels]= 2,160,000 pixels
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Megapixels?
• 1 megapixel = 1 million pixels.– So 2,160,000 pixels = 2.16 megapixels
• But, how may megapixels do you really need? – It depends.– Marketeers want you to believe that you
need at least a 5 megapixel camera.– RUBBISH!
• 2 or 3 megapixels is enough for most people.
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Print size and output device
Print size
Web page
(72 ppi)Home printer
(150 ppi)
Professional developing (300 ppi)
4” x 6”
5” x 7”
8” x 10”
11” x 14”
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Print size and output device
Print size
Web page
(72 ppi)Home printer
(150 ppi)
Professional developing (300 ppi)
4” x 6” 0.12 MP 0.54 MP 2.16 MP
5” x 7”
8” x 10”
11” x 14”
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Print size and output device
Print size
Web page
(72 ppi)Home printer
(150 ppi)
Professional developing (300 ppi)
4” x 6” 0.12 MP 0.54 MP 2.16 MP
5” x 7” 0.18 MP 0.79 MP 3.15 MP
8” x 10”
11” x 14”
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Print size and output device
Print size
Web page
(72 ppi)Home printer
(150 ppi)
Professional developing (300 ppi)
4” x 6” 0.12 MP 0.54 MP 2.16 MP
5” x 7” 0.18 MP 0.79 MP 3.15 MP
8” x 10” 0.41 MP 1.80 MP 7.20 MP
11” x 14”
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Print size and output device
Print size
Web page
(72 ppi)Home printer
(150 ppi)
Professional developing (300 ppi)
4” x 6” 0.12 MP 0.54 MP 2.16 MP
5” x 7” 0.18 MP 0.79 MP 3.15 MP
8” x 10” 0.41 MP 1.80 MP 7.20 MP
11” x 14” 0.80 MP 3.47 MP 13.86 MP
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Why 2 or 3 MP is enough
Print size
Web page
(72 ppi)Home printer
(150 ppi)
Professional developing (300 ppi)
4” x 6” 0.12 MP 0.54 MP 2.16 MP
5” x 7” 0.18 MP 0.79 MP 3.15 MP
8” x 10” 0.41 MP 1.80 MP 7.20 MP
11” x 14” 0.80 MP 3.47 MP 13.86 MP
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You still with me?
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Digital camera suggestions
To take really good digital pictures, pull out your camera’s manual and
– Permanently disable your camera’s digital zoom.
– Set your default compression to superfine [highest quality.]
– Set your default resolution to at least one level higher than your desired output size.• For 4” x 6” images on a 300 dpi printer, your
camera’s resolution should be greater than 1200 x 1800.
• [width x pixels per inch] x [height x pixels per inch]
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Printing/editing
• For home printing and editing, set your camera’s default file format to either TIFF or RAW [if possible.]– If you can’t, copy the images to your
computer, save them as TIFFs, and then edit/save/print the TIFFs.
• For professional development at Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, etc., set your camera’s default file format to JPEG.
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Part Two: Photoshop Elements 3!
Enough review. Let’s acquire, organize, edit, and share some digital
photographs!
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Photoshop Elements 3
• Photoshop Elements 3 lets you acquire, organize, edit, and share your digital images.
• Available for both PCs and Macs:– Street price: US$99.00– Education price: $69.00
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For more information
• On the root level of the Photoshop Elements 3 CD-ROM are two files you need to review:– Overview.wmv is a 31 minute training video
by Deke McClelland at Total Training– Product_highlights.pdf is an 11 page Acrobat
file that quickly shows you all of the Photoshop Elements 3 features we talk about today.
• Those two files, coupled with today’s presentation, should get you up and running in no time.
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Our goals
• Quickly review raster graphics terms like pixels, resolution, and megapixels
• Fire up Photoshop Elements 3 and learn how to– Acquire and organize images.– Fix some common digital photograph
problems.– Share your digital photographs with
others.• Do all of this in ENGLISH!