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Introduction to Photoshop
(Part 2)
Prepared by Neil Robinson
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This presentation will cover the following topics.
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Adding a border.
Histograms
The Orton Technique - using Photoshop
Adding Metadata to a file e.g. copyright
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Adding a border.
Open your image.
Set the foreground/background colours to the
colours you want the border.
Select Image > Canvas Size.
In the pop-up selection box, ensure that the
Relative box is checked.
In the new size boxes, select the width of the
border you want (make sure the two right boxes are
set to Pixels.
Select the colour for your border
Select OK to apply border.
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Histograms
Image>Adjustment>Levels
A = Input Levels text fields; corresponding
to the three Input sliders (B)
B = Input Levels sliders:
Black Point (Shadows),
Gamma (Midtones), and
White Point (Highlights), respectively.
C = Output Levels text fields;
corresponding to the two Output Levels
sliders (D)
D = Output Levels sliders
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Histograms
 Channel – the default setting RGB adjusts all
the 3 colour channels. It can be set to
adjust any one of RGB singularly.
 Input Levels - As you move the input level
sliders (B), you will see these values adjust
 Output Levels - As you move the output
level sliders (D), you will see these values
adjust
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Histograms
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Making Orton images in Photoshop:
Open any image you wish to try the technique on. Make a
duplicate of the image (Image>Duplicate). Close the
original image.
Lighten the image as follows: Image>Apply Image… then
in the dialog box that comes up change the blending
mode to “Screen” and the Opacity to 100%. This will
give you an appropriately overexposed image.
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Making Orton images in Photoshop:
Duplicate this overexposed image
(Image>Duplicate).
Blur this second image (Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur…
and in the dialog box use a Radius setting of 15
to 50 pixels – the higher the pixel setting the
blurrier the photo Experiment with different
settings, a radius of about 25 pixels is a good
start point.
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Making Orton images in Photoshop:
Now select the move tool from the Photoshop
tool bar (or just press “v” on your keyboard
for quicker access to the move tool). Hold
down the “shift” key and use your mouse to
drag and drop the blurry image onto the
sharp one (don’t let go of the shift key until
after you release the mouse button or the
images won’t be in perfect alignment).
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Making Orton images in Photoshop:
Bring up the layers palette in Photoshop (F7 is the
keyboard shortcut). Under the word “Layers” in
the layers palette will be a menu box of
blending modes. Change the blending mode from
“normal” to “multiply”.
Now “flatten’ the two layers by pressing “CTRL+E”
or by clicking on the sideways triangle in the
layers palette to select ‘flatten image’.
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Making Orton images in Photoshop:
If you’re happy with the result, save your file.
The Michael Orton website is
http://www.michaelorton.com
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Creating a Metadata template
Metadata e.g. Copyright notice can be added to
a picture using Adobe Bridge.
 Open up Adobe Bridge.
 Select Tools>Create MetaData Template
 Update fields as required
 Change Template Name and Save
You’re now ready to append data to your photos
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Adding Metadata to a picture
Metadata e.g. Copyright notice can be added to
a picture using Adobe Bridge.
 Open up Adobe Bridge and select folder.
 Select photo/s to append data
 Select Tools>Append MetaData
 Select “template”
 Verify data has been appended
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Questions
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