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 * Photoshop Basics**

__**Basic Touch Ups**__
Spot Healing (Blemishes, acne, etc.) Red Eye Removal

__** Colorizing a Photo **__

1. Open a photo 2. Rt. click on layer and **Duplicate Layer** 3. **Image>Adjustments>Black and White** 4. Adjust sliders until it looks good 5. Click OK 7. Enlarge Image (View> Navigator) 8. Choose the **Eraser** Tool 9.Pick eraser size 10. Start erasing where you want color 11. Save **(File >Save As)**

__** Vignetting **__ 1. Open a photo 2. Click **Rectangular Marquee Tool** 3. Set **Feather** to 120 for minimum fade (burned edges look). Set to 50 for color on the edges. Feather is the amount of fading. 4. Make a square where you want vignetting to start 5. Rt. click on the photo and select **Select Inverse** 6. Go to **Layers** menu and click **Create a New Layer** 7. Click **Paint Bucket** tool 8.Double click on the Foreground Color 9. Pick a color you want for your vignette 10 Click OK 11. Put mouse on picture and left click 12. Save **(File >Save As)**

12. Click **Text** tool 13. Draw box where you want the text (you can move it later) 14. Pick font, size, color 15. Type Text 16. Click Check
 * Add Text**

__** Blurring Background **__ 1. Open a photo 2. Click **Rectangular Marquee Tool** 3. Set **Feather** to 120 for minimum fade (use 50 is it is a small/ low resolution picture) 4. Make a square where you want blurring to start 5. Rt. click on the photo and select **Select Inverse** 6. Select **Filter>Blur>Lens Blur** 7. Adjust the **Radius** to the amount of blur you want to add (you should be able to see it in the **Preview**) 8. Click OK 9. Put mouse on picture and left click 10. Save **(File >Save As)**

__** Basic Sharpening **__ Filter Sharpen Unsharp Mask

__** Removing an Object from a Photo **__ Lasso tool draw around object with buffer space right click fill content-aware __** Basic Photo Enhancing **__ Contrast Saturation

__** Cool Tools **__ HDR - Image>Adjustments>HDR Filters - Filter>Filter Gallery

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