The document provides instructions for editing images in Photoshop, including opening images, adjusting lighting and colors, and applying different lighting effects. It describes how to launch Photoshop, open an image file, and select images from folders. It then explains how to use the Filter menu and Render settings to apply lighting effects like spotlights, change lighting styles, and insert ripples of light. Color adjustments to images are also covered.

1. SOPHIE CANNING

2. Opening
Photoshop
To begin with, I needed to
make sure that I had images
saved onto my user space to
edit.
I knew I already had some
from a previous photo-shoot.
To open adobe Photoshop, I
launched the start window
and clicked on all
programmes.
I then clicked the adobe
folder where the Photoshop
application appeared.
I then clicked on that.

3. How to open
an image
To open an image, once
opening Photoshop,
click on the file button
the top left corner of the
scree. It should then
display a drop- down
menu. Once this
happens click open.

4. Selecting an
image
The screen should then
display your drive. Go
into the folder which your
pictures are saved. If you
have not named your
pictures and cannot
identify them, don’t
worry!
You simply click on a
picture once and it
should display a preview
of the picture at the
bottom of the tab.
Once you have found the
photo you want to edit,
click on it once then click
open.

5. Editing the
lighting and
colour
to do this, click on the
‘filter’ button at the top
of the screen.
This should display a
drop-down menu. So
then select ‘render’ (
this is about half way
down the menu)
Another menu should
appear to the right or
the ‘ render button’.
Now click on ‘lighting
effects…’

6. The spotlight
affect
So now you have the
ligting affects you can
select anything! I just
played around with the
different filters.
Firstly I set the ‘light
type’ to ‘footlight’.
In the preview window I
moved the dots to
change the direction
that the light was
pointing in.

7. Changing the
pattern of the
spotlight and
the colour.
So now I wanted to add
some different types of
light directions to make
a shape of light on my
picture.
To do this I clicked on
lighting style where I
selected ‘RGB light’.
This game me three
spotlights.
Then using the coloured
box at the end of the
intensity scale I selected
the colour purple.

8. Changing the
lighting of the
whole picture
To change the lighting
of the whole picture I
had to click on ‘style’
and selected ‘Soft direct
light’ on the drop down
menu.
I then moved the dots
on the preview window.
This allowed me to
select where the lighted
part of my picture was.
I also moved the cursor
on the intensity bar to
choose how light/dark I
wanted my picture to
be.

9. Inserting
ripples of light
So with this picture I
clicked on the style
button the selected
‘three down’.
I chose the colour whit
for this light as I didn’t
want to change the
colour of my picture,
but just higlight parts
through lighting.
In the preview window I
enlarged the three ovals
of light by moving the
dots.

10. Changing the
colour of my
whole picture
So to finish off I
decided to change the
whole coulour of this
picture.
So, on the style option
menu I selected
‘default’
Then I just selected the
coloured box at the end
of the intensity bar. I
then chose the shade of
green I wanted.