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PROGRAM 1
ADDING FLASH
AIM:
To Adding flash to a dark image to make it brighter
STEPS:
Step 1. Open a digital photo you wish to correct underexposed photo.
Step 2. In the main menu, go to Layers > Duplicate. In the Duplicate Layer
dialog box, name the layer Layer 1.
Step 3. Make sure Layer 1 is selected in the Layers palette. In the Blending
Mode dropdown box, change the Blending Mode to Screen (F. The whole image
will lighten).
Step 4. Keep duplicating Layer 1 till you are satisfied with the quality of your
image.

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PROGRAM 2
BRIGHTEN AN IMAGE
AIM:
To brighten a dark face using Photoshop.
STEPS:
Step 1: Open an image
Step 2: from menu bar select image-> adjustments->levels
Adjust input levels
Step 3: again take image ->adjustments->exposure, adjust corrections to
optimum level
Step 4: again take image-> adjustments->brightness/contrast
Adjust the same
Step 5: from tool box select quick selection tool-select -> right click select
feather->adjust the same
Step 6: From menu ->select-> colour range->from most fair part of image select
the correct color
Step 7: create new layer select brush tool from menu brush the image
Step 8: select optimum

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PROGRAM 3
TO CREATE A CLOUD IN THE SKY
AIM:
To create a cloud in the sky.
STEPS:
1. Create the clouds brush
In this step we will create the clouds brush that is needed to paint our clouds.
Note: Jump to step 2 (where you can download a clouds brush) if you're not
interested in how the brush was made.
Start by creating a new document: File / New... and select the preset 640 x
480 and click OK:
Press the letter D on your keyboard to set the foreground color to black and the

background color to white:

Go to the menu and select Filter / Render / Clouds
Select the Lasso Tool

in the tool bar and make a selection similar to the shape

of an egg (or at least close to it).

Make sure that you cover an area that is not just plain medium gray; make sure
that you include some light gray and darker gray:

2.Create a new layer by clicking on the Create a new layer icon

palette.
Return to the menu and select Edit / Paste (or Ctrl + V in Windows
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or Command + V on the Mac) to paste the current content of our clipboard on

this new layer.
Make the Background layer invisible (the bottom layer) by clicking on the eye
icon

in front of it.

In the menu select Image / Trim and use the following (default) settings and
click OK:
Name your new brush Clouds Original and click OK.
Go to the tool bar and select the Brush Tool

(important step, because if you

don't select the brush tool, then all areas in the following Window, the Brushes
Palette, will be grayed out).
Now let's open the Brushes Palette. You can open the brushes palette in 3 ways;
Pressing F5 on your keyboard
Using the menu: Window / Brushes
By clicking on the Brushes Palette tab (A):

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Click on the area that reads Brush Tip Shape (B). Select the clouds brush that
you just made (C).
Tip: Hover with your mouse cursor over any brush and Photoshop will show the
name of the brush (like in this example with the Wet Sponge brush):

Continue by checking the settings in the area marked with D, because they have
to be the identical. Ignore the bottom preview of the brush, yours probably
looks slightly different.

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Now click on the section that reads Shape Dynamics and make sure all
settings are the same (especially the values 100% for Size Jitter and Angle
Jitterare important):

Continue by clicking on the section that reads Color Dynamics and make
sure all settings are the same(note the value 10% 10% for Brightness Jitter):

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Notice that we've only changed the Shape Dynamics and Color
Dynamics settings. Make sure that the all the other settings are disabled, like
Scattering, Texture, Dual Brush, Smoothing, etc:

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Click with the mouse of the area named Brush Presets (A):

At the bottom of that same window, click on the Create new Brush icon

Name your new brush Clouds and click OK:

Look up the old brush named Clouds Original. Again, hover with your cursor
over the brush to check the name to avoid that you delete the wrong brush.
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Right click (control + click on the Mac) once you've selected the brush
named Clouds Original:

Select Delete Brush and click OK. Of course, if you want to keep the brush,
that's fine with me, but be aware that it can cause confusion later on.
We have now created the brush that we are going to use to paint clouds.
We can save this brush for later use by going to the menu and selecting Edit /
Preset Manager...
Select the Preset Type named Brushes (A)
Click on the thumbnail of the Clouds brush we made earlier (B)
Click on the Save Set... button (C)
Give the brush a proper name and click on Save
After the brush is saved, leave this menu by clicking on Done (D).

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Make sure you save the Photoshop file with our original brush, because you
might want to make some small adjustments later on.
PROGRAM 4
PREPARING A POSTAGE STAMP
AIM:
To create a postal stamp.
STEPS:
1Open a new document in Photoshop with a size of 350 x 300 pixels.
Add a new layer by clicking on the Create a New Layer icon
palette. With this layer active (a

in the layers

in front of it in the layers palette), add a

Layer Mask by clicking on the Add a Layer Mask icon

in the layers palette.

This will make the layer mask automatically active. We're going to use this
mask in step #3 to add to make the stamp's edges.

2. Preparing the brush

Click on the brush icon

in the Tool Bar to activate the Brush Tool or press

the letter B on your keyboard.

Select the Brushes Palette by using one of the following 3 methods
Pressing F5 on your keyboard
Selecting the Brushes Palette in the Options Bar

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In the menu: Window / Brushes

In the Brushes Palette select Brush Tip Shape (A) and select a Diameter for the
brush of 17 px (B), aHardness of 100% and a Spacing of 140 (C). Make sure
that all the options underneath Brush Tip Shape(like Shape Dynamics,
Scattering, Texture, etc) are not selected.

3. Draw the dots

Before we're going to draw the dots we need to mark the size
of the stamp. Go to the Tool Bar and select theRectangle Tool
or press the letter U on your keyboard. Now make sure that the
option Paths is selected in the Options Bar:
Now draw the initial shape of the stamp with the rectangle tool, until you have
something like this:

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Before you proceed with the next step; make sure that the Layer Mask is still
active (notice the

in front of the layer and the double border around the

mask), if not, click on it.

The next step is to activate the Paths palette by clicking on the Paths tab (A),
opening the fly-out menu by clicking on the little black triangle (B) and
selecting Stroke Path... (C).

In the window that pops up, select Brush and click OK.

A quicker way to do the same is by clicking on the Stroke Path with Brush icon
in the Paths palette:

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Tip: hold down the Alt key (option key on the Mac) before you click on
the Stroke Path with Brush icon

to be able to select the tool you want to use

for the stroke like we saw in an earlier screenshot. By default Brush is selected.
Use the method that your prefer. For beginners it might be easier to remember
the fly-out menu than all these dozens of icons and that's why I'm showing both
approaches.
Ok, so we have stroked the path, but you might wonder why you're not seeing
anything change in the paths palette. That is because the path palette only shows
vector based shapes and not pixels. Our stroked path is based on a brush, so the
stroke was added to the pixel based mask (which was active during the stroke).
You'll see soon enough.
4. Final touches
Click on the Load path as a selection icon

This will convert the path to a selection.

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Now click on the Layers tab to activate the layers palette and disable the mask
by clicking on the layer's thumbnail with the checkerboard pattern (you'll notice
a appear in front of it and a double border around the thumbnail).
Notice that our mask now shows the result of stroking the path:

Set the foreground color...

... by clicking on the foreground color in the options bar.

In the Color Picker window that pops up, select your preferred color and click
OK.
Select the Paint Bucket Tool

in the Tool Bar and fill the selection:

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You can finish it off by adding some noise to the paper, roughening the edges,
adding some color stains and an image, it all depends on how you want to look
at it.

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PROGRAM 5
CREATING A TEXT GRPHIC IMAGE
AIM:
To create a text graphic image using adobe Photoshop.
STEPS:
Step 1:Open an image in Photoshop
Step 2: Take filter->Filter gallery
Step 3:Select-torn edges from SKETCH option then customize setting-image
balance-smoothness and contrast
Step 4:Remove color from outside of image-for this-use pen tool for selection
after selection press ctrl + enter and fill white color here-select option from edit
menu.
Step 5:Now , create some duplicate layers of this image, fill one layer with
white color(edit-fill)
Step 6: Select layer and go to select menu and select color range-and black
color
Step 7 :Create copy of this selection press ctrl+j
Step 8:Now load selection of layer 1 from select->load selection
Step 9:Select hue/saturation from adjustments in image menu and set
+100lightness
Step 10:Edit ->stroke->1 px to layer 1
Step 11: now design text using text tool
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PROGRAM 6
PROGRAM TO CREATE A SHADOW
AIM:
To create a shadow effect to a picture using photoshop.
STEPS:
Step 1: open a picture
Step 2:ctrl+J to duplicate select second layer
Step 3: edit->fill->use white-Ok
Step4 : go to layer 1 select quick selection tool-select image-right click>feather-feather radius 3. Right click select->inverse. Use ctrl+x to delete
Step 5: select layer 1- right click-blending options-select drop shadow create
layer

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