Here is the ZIPped folder of images:

test3reviewgd.zip

Review for Test #3 - Activity

Photoshop Tasks

You will be given a number of photographs to improve in Photoshop. Follow the instructions below to complete each task. Use your own judgment about what looks best and most natural.

 

Copy the Files to your Folder

1. Navigate to RMK201\Period X\Outbox.
2. Right-click on the folder "test3review" and select Copy.
3. Navigate into your username folder.
4. Right-click in an open, white area and select Paste.
5. Right-click on the new "test3review" folder and select Rename.
6. Rename the folder "lastname_test3review" (replace lastname with your own last name.)

 

Task One: Auto Commands

1. Open the image autocommands.jpg inside your "lastname_test3review" folder. It is a dark photo without a color cast.
2. Try each of the Auto Commands with this image (use Image > Duplicate... to make several copies in your window.)
3. Decide which one of the resulting images looks most natural to you.
4. Save the best result as autocommandsedit.jpg in the "lastname_test3review" folder.

 

Task Two: Adjusting Luminosity and Increasing Contrast

1. Open the image levels.jpg. It is a dark photo without much contrast except for a very white car.
2. Go to Image > Adjustments > Levels to view the histogram.
3. Click on Auto to take you part of the way to a better photo.
4. Adjust the histogram to balance out the "sand" in each of the red, green and blue channels.
5. Adjust the balance in the RGB composite, if necessary.
6. Save the result as levelsedit.jpg.

 

Task Three: Decreasing Contrast

1. Open the image curves.jpg. It has way too much contrast.
2. Go to Image > Adjustments > Curves.
3. Click once right in the center of the diagonal line.
4. Control-click once in a very dark but not pure black area.
5. Control-click once in a very light but not pure white area.
6. Move the dark and light points on the curve to lighten the shadows and darken the highlights.
7. Save the result as curvesedit.jpg.

 

Task Four: Correcting for Backlighting

1. Open the image backlighting.jpg. It has a very bright background and the foreground is in shadows.
2. Fix it with the Shadows/Highlights command.
3. Save the result as backlightingedit.jpg.
4. Open flash.jpg. It has the reverse problem but you can fix it with the same command. Save it as flashedit.jpg.
   

 

Task Five: Correcting a Color Cast with Variations

1. Open the image variations.jpg. It has a green color cast and it needs stronger color.
2. Go to Image > Adjustments > Variations.
3. Make the image a little less green, a little lighter and a little more saturated.
4. Save the result as variationsedit.jpg.

 

Task Six: Playing with Hue/Saturation

1. This one's for fun. Open the image huesaturation.psd.
2. Select the paint job layer.
3. Adjust the paint color using the Hue/Saturation command.
4. Save the result as huesaturationedit.psd.

 

Turn In Your Test 3 Review Folder

1. Right-click on your "lastname_test3review" folder and select Copy.
2. Navigate to RMK201\Period X\Inbox\Test 3 Review.
3. Right-click on the "Test 3 Review" folder and select Paste.

 

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