The document describes the steps taken to create a new document in Photoshop, import an image, and edit the image. The author resized the image, adjusted colors using selective color and curves tools, and edited brightness and contrast. Settings were adjusted for neutrals, reds, and the top half of the image individually. The edited image was then saved as a JPEG.

1. When creating the second inside panel
for my digi-pack, I again needed to create
a new document which I would be able to
use to edit the image I want to use. To
create a new document I had to click
‘File’ and then ‘New’.
This pop up box then appeared and I
was able to change the dimensions of
the document to ensure that it was
suitable for my digi-pack. I decided to
change the width to ‘1800 Pixels’ and
the height to ‘1600 Pixels’. After I had
changed this, I then changed the
name of the document to ‘Trees’ and
clicked ‘OK’.

2. Once I had created a new
document, I then needed to add
the image I wanted to use to the
document and I was able to do this
by clicking ‘File’ and then ‘Open’.
Once I had clicked ‘Open’, this
pop up box then appeared and I
then had to locate the image I
wanted to put onto my
document. Once I found the
image I wanted to use, I then
selected it and clicked ‘Open’.

3. Once I had the image I wanted to
edit onto my document, I then
needed to change the size of the
image as it was too big to fit on the
document, so to change the size of
it, all I had to do was select ‘Edit’,
‘Transform’ and then ‘Scale’.
When changing the size of this
image I had to hold down the
‘Shift’ button on the keyboard at
the same time and this was
again to ensure that the image
wouldn’t be pixelated when I
make it smaller. In the image I
have presented on the left, you
are able to see that the image is
exactly the same as it was
previously – however, it is now
just smaller and fits on the
document.

4. Once the image was in the place I
wanted it to be, I then wanted to
begin editing the colour of the
image and I was able to do this by
clicking on ‘Image’, ‘Adjustments’
and then ‘Selective Colour’.
This pop up box then appeared and I
was able to begin editing the colour of
the image, but before I starting editing
it, I decided to click on the drop down
box next to where it says ‘Colours’ and
I selected the option called ‘Neutrals’.
Once I had done this, I was then able to
change the settings to what I wanted
them to be to ensure the image looked
the way I wanted it to look.

5. Once I had changed the settings while on the
‘Neutrals’ option, I then clicked on this same
drop down box again which is located next to
where it says ‘Colours’ and selected the option
called ‘Reds’. After I had done this, I then
changed the settings to what I wanted them to
be and after this, I then clicked ‘OK’.
The image I have presented
on the left is what the image
looked like after I had
changed all of these settings.

6. I then wanted to continue
editing the colour of the image
and I was able to do this by
selecting ‘Image’, ‘Adjustments’
and then ‘Brightness/Contrast’.
This pop up box then appeared and
I was then able to begin editing the
brightness and contrast of the
image. Once I had changed the
image to the settings I wanted to
ensure the image looked the way I
wanted it, I then clicked ‘OK’.

7. The image I have presented on
the left is what this image
looked like after I had changed
the brightness and contrast of it.
When looking at the image I
noticed that the top half was a
lot lighter than the bottom half
and this was due to the fact that
when I took the image you were
able to see the sun in the top
half, so I needed to make just the
top half of the image darker as
the bottom half was perfect and I
was able to do this by selecting
the ‘Rectangular Marquee Tool’
and then selecting the top part
of the image which I wanted to
make darker.

8. After I had selected the part of the
image I wanted to make darker, I
then clicked ‘Image’, ‘Adjustments’
and then ‘Brightness/Contrast’.
This pop up box then appeared and I
was then able to change the
brightness and contrast of the top
half of the image. Once I had changed
the settings to what I wanted them to
be, I then clicked ‘OK’.

9. In the image on the left you are
able to see what the image looked
like after I had changed the
brightness and contrast of it.
I then wanted to continue
editing the colour of the top
half of the image and I was
able to do this by clicking
‘Image’, ‘Adjustments’ and
then ‘Selective Colour’.

10. This pop up box then appeared and again I clicked
on the drop down box next to where it says
‘Colours’ and selected the option called ‘Neutrals’.
Once I had done this, I then changed the settings
to what I wanted them to be to make the image
look the way I wanted it to look. Once I had
changed the settings to what I wanted them to be,
I then clicked ‘OK’.
This is what the image
looked like once I had
changed all of the
colour settings.

11. Again, I then wanted to continue
editing the colour of the image
and I was able to do this by
clicking ‘Image, ‘Adjustments’
and then ‘Curves’.
Once I had selected that, this pop
up box then appeared and I was
able to change the brightness of
the image by moving the line into
the position I wanted it to be in.
Once I had changed the settings
to what I wanted them to be, I
then clicked ‘OK’.

12. Once I had completed creating this
inside panel, I then needed to save
it and I was able to do this by
clicking ‘File’ and then ‘Save As’.
When this pop up box appeared I
had to find a location to save this
document in and once I found
somewhere to save it, I then
clicked on the dropdown box next
to where it says ‘Format’ and
selected ‘JPEG’ and again this was
due to the fact that I wanted to
save this document as an image
rather than as a Photoshop
document. Once I had made these
changes, I then selected ‘Save’.