Digital Darkroom

Visual Arts: Photography • Sargento • AWQ3M/4M

Learning Goals

Today I will learn…

š Pixels & Megapixels

š Resolution
š Colour modes
š Adobe Photoshop:
š Workspace
š Basic tools
š Histogram
š Adjustments & Adjustment Layers
Recap

š Q: What is a pixel?
š A: The smallest editable component of
an image/display. A pixel can only
display one colour.
 Recap

š Q: What is a megapixel?

š A: A megapixel is a measurement of
pixels by the millions
š 1 megapixel = 1 million pixels
 Recap

š You can calculate a megapixel

by multiplying the image’s
width and height in pixels;

š For example;
š 4752 px wide X 3168 px high =
15,054,336 pixels or
15 megapixels
Resolution

š Image resolution is the detail an image holds

š Higher resolution means more image detail.
š Image resolution can be measured in various ways;
š DPI = dots per inch (measurement when referencing print files)
š PPI = pixels per inch (measurement when referencing digital files)
š Width x Height in pixels (1920 px x 1080 px = HD resolution)
Resolution
Resolution

Web/Screen Print
Resolution = 72 DPI/PPI Resolution = 300 DPI/PPI
Colour Modes

š When creating graphics, editing photographs, etc. for

different purposes, along with resolution, you need to
consider which colour mode you will be working in.
Colour Modes

RGB CMYK
Colour Modes

RGB CMYK
š Red, Green, Blue š Cyan, Magenta, Yellow,
Key (Black)
š Created with light
š Created with ink
š Use for web/screen
š Use for print
š Start with black and add
Start with white and add
amounts of light (RGB)
š

amounts of ink (CMYK)

Adobe Photoshop
Histogram

š Histogram displays information

regarding your photograph;
š Shadows (blacks)
š Midtones (greys)
š Highlights (whites)
Histogram

Amount
of
Pixels
Histogram

š Histogram will allow to analyze your

photograph’s information to ensure
you have a properly exposed image
Underexposed Correct Exposure Overexposed
Histogram

Underexposed

Most of the information is

towards the shadows (blacks)
Histogram

Overexposed

Most of the highlight (white)

information is on the right of
the histogram.
Histogram

Correctly exposed

Distribution of shadows,
midtones, and highlights.

Nothing is “climbing” on either

side.
Setting Up for Print

š Let’s setup your photographs for printing…