Information Sheet No.

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Desktop Publishing
Desktop publishing is the use of the computer and software to create visual displays of ideas and
information. Desktop publishing documents may be for desktop or commercial printing or electronic
distribution, including PDF, slideshows, email newsletters, electronic books, and the Web.
What is Desktop Publishing?
Is a term coined after the development of a specific type of software. It's about using that software to
combine and rearrange text and images and creating digital files for print, online viewing, or websites.
Before the invention of desktop publishing software, the tasks involved in desktop publishing were done
manually by people who specialized in graphic design, typesetting, and prepress tasks.

Things that you can do in Desktop Publishing:

Design print communications.

Design logos, business cards, and letterhead.

Design and publish newsletters, magazines, and newspapers.

Convert print communications to formats for the web and smart devices such as tablets and
phones.

Create resumes and business forms including invoices, inventory sheets, memos, and labels.

Self-publish books, newsletters, and e-books.

Design and publish blogs and websites.

Design slides shows, presentations, and handouts.

Create and print greeting cards, banners, postcards, candy wrappers.

Make digital scrapbooks and print or digital photo albums.

Create decorative labels, envelopes, trading cards, calendars, and charts.

Design packaging for retail merchandise from wrappers for bars of soap to software boxes.

Design store signs, highway signs, and billboards.

Take work designed by others and putting it into the correct format for digital or offset printing or for
publishing online.

Create more attractive, readable reports, posters, and print or on-screen presentations for school or
business.
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 How Desktop Publishing has changed
In the '80s and '90s, desktop publishing was for print almost exclusively. Today, desktop
publishing includes much more than just print publications. It's publishing as PDF or an e-book. It's
publishing to blogs and designing websites. It's designing content for multiple platforms, including
smartphones and tablets.

Desktop publishing is the technical assembly of digital files in the proper format for printing or for
electronic distribution. In practical use, much of the graphic design process is also accomplished using
desktop publishing,graphics software, and web design software and is sometimes included in the
definition of desktop publishing.

Desktop publishing is the process of using the computer and specific types of software to combine text and
graphics to produce documents.

Graphic design uses text and graphics to communicate an effective message in the design of logos, and other
types of visual communication.

Web design is a spin-off of graphic design and desktop publishing that focuses exclusively on visual
communications for display on websites and mobile devices.

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 Information Sheet No.2
Desktop Publishing Software – Photo Pos Pro

Photo Pos Pro is best free photo editor which is more powerful, friendly and faster. Our free photo editor
provides you
complete solution for to enhance you.

 Overview – Photo Pos Pro

In Photo Pos Pro you can edit existing images as well as create new images, illustrations and
drawings from scratch. In order to get the most out of the program, you must become acquainted with the
user interface. The program's user interface is a standard user interface common to programs working in
the Windows environment. The interface contains menus, pop-up menus, toolbars, dialog boxes, work
windows and more. The program has primary work states:

 Reduced State - The state in which the program is loaded. In this state, there are no images opened
on the screen; the toolbox, toolbars and Layers window are not available and only a limited number
of menus are displayed.

 Work State - The state in which the program is in most of the time. This is the state in which an
image is open and active in the program window. This state includes all of the options which the
reduced state has plus many more options. In this state, many diverse menus are displayed; the
toolbox, toolbars and Layer window all become active and available. The program alternates from
reduced state to work state automatically.
 Here is a short detail of the program's interface:
1. Menus - The menus contain most of the program's functions and are used to activate them.
2. Shortcuts Toolbar - A toolbar containing shortcuts for the common operations from the menus.
3. Tools Toolbar - A toolbar containing many editing and image editing tools which is also used to
activate them.
4. Tools Option – The tools option is used to choose settings for each tool. Options on the bar
change depending on which tool is currently chosen, and your choices will remain in effect until
you change them.
5. Colors Panel - The Colors Panel contains the following elements:
• Fore Color - One of two main colors used by many tools in the program. The fore color box can
be found at the top of the colors panel on the left. To select a new fore color, click on the fore
color box and choose a new color. Another option to choosing a new fore color is by clicking the
left button of the mouse on the desired color in the colors box.
• Back Color - One of two main colors used by many tools in the program. The back color box can
be found at the top of the colors panel on the right. To select a new back color, click on the back
color box and choose a new color. Another option to choosing a new back color is by clicking the
right button of the mouse on the desired color in the colors box.
• A Color Representation - A color representation in the RGB format
• A Color Representation - A color representation in the hex format used for web pages.
• Colors Box - The colors box is used primarily for selecting fore and back colors. To select a new
fore/back color, position the mouse pointer on the desired color in the colors box and press left
click for fore color or right click for back color.
• Texture Box, Pattern Box & Gradient Box - contains the Texture/ Pattern/ Gradient with which
the editing tools and image editing functions will make use (if selected). In order to select a
Texture/ Pattern/ Gradient, you must click the desired box.
6. History Panel – The History Panel is used to jump to any recent state of the image created during
the current working session. Each time you apply a change to an image, the new state of that
image is added to the panel.

 Toolbar
The Photo Pos Pro photo editor toolbox contains many powerful and diverse tools with which it is
possible to perform various

editing operations. With the editing tools you can perform various operations, from basic editing operations
to complex and advanced editing operations, including creating works from scratch.
Two Kinds of Toolbar
1. Shortcut Toolbars – A toolbar containing shortcuts for the common operations from the menus.
2. Tools Toolbars – This toolbar contains the buttons (shortcuts) for activating the editing tools
which the ample Photo Pos Pro photo editor Toolbar offers.

Tools Toolbar
1. Pointer Tool – enables you to estimate the (x, y) coordinate of a certain point on the image as well
as enabling you to perform a number of common operations from a pop-up menu.
2. Magnifying Tool (Zoom) – enables you to increase and reduce the size of areas on a picture.
3. Transform Tool – enables you to move the selected layer.
4. Crop Tool – enables you to crop or clip an image.
5. Leveler Tool – enables you to level your image.
6. Manual Selection– enables you to select areas on a picture with geometric shapes like squares,
rectangles, circles, ellipsis, arrows, stars, hearts and much more, or a combination of the above.
7. Smart Selection – enables the selection of areas in a picture which have similar levels of
brightness/hue.
8. Selection Brushes – enables you to select an area in selected layer.
9. Magnetic Selection – enables you to create selections, automatically clinging to edges of contrast
objects.
10. Text Tool – enables you to add a wide variety of texts to the picture, from simple, one-hue text
segments to complex, multi-hue texts, textures, patterns and color transitions, texts along paths
(such as a circular text, a wave-shaped text and more), texts with different effects and more.
11. Shape Tool – enables you to draw a variety of shapes on a picture.
12. Lines and Curves Tool – enables you to draw lines and curves on a picture.
13. Auto Fill Tool – enables you to fill areas on the picture with color, pattern, texture, color transition
and more.
14. Paint Brushes – enables you to paint on a picture using the selection of a wide variety of brushes
which are similar to the common brushes from the world of painting.
15. Erasers Tool – enables you to erase/reconstruct certain areas on a layer.
16. Color Sampler Tool – enables you to sample an exact color from the picture into the Fore Color
Box or the Back Color Box.
17. Clone Brush Tool – enables you to copy parts from a picture to another part of the picture.
18. Special Brush Tool – enables you to repair, remove and/or hide specific imperfections in a picture.
19. Refiners Brushes Tool – enables you to perform a variety of accurate repair operations.
20. Effects Brushes Tool – enables you to apply different effects on a picture.

 Layers
 A layer is a work sheet on which many editing functions may be
made such as drawing, painting, erasing, pasting images and much
more. An image may be constructed of many layers, one on top of
another, or one single (default) layer.

When creating large works, using the layers can give you a great
advantage. When creating large works, it is recommended that you
create them from a number of layers so that it may be possible to
easily edit parts of the picture.

Example: Suppose you have a simple picture (with a single layer - the
background layer) to which you wish to add a text. In this case, you have two possibilities:

1. Writing the text directly on the picture (that is, on the Background Layer).
2. Adding a transparent layer and writing the text on top of it.
In both cases, the immediate visual results will be identical. However, if you did not create a new
layer (the first case), the text will be added to the picture in such a way that it will not be possible to
change it and/or cancel it after saving the picture. On the other hand (in the other case), if the picture
was saved (in *.fpos format which supports layers) you can always edit or remove the text layer since it
is a separate

layer (which is separated from the Background layer). Editing the text layer will not affect the Background
layer. In other words, you can always remove the text layer and return to the original picture, which is the
Background layer.

When you create a picture with more than one layer, you must always save it in the .fpos format
(the file format of the Photo Pos Pro photo editor program). Saving the picture in any other format will not
enable you to edit the layers once you have saved the picture/closed the file and reopened it.
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Fixing Image and Photo Issues

 Fixing Poor Photos

Fixing poor photos using Photo Pos Pro is very easy to do. The best starting point and fastest way is to use one of the softw are
automatic functions as shown:
1. If your photo has a poor tints use the Auto Balance functions (Click on Adjustments -> Auto White Balance menu)

2. If your photo is dark use the Auto Correct Dark Picture function (Click on Adjustments -> Auto Corrections -> Auto Correct
Dark Picture menu)

3. If your photo is very dark, has low/poor/missing details simply use to logarithm stretch function (Click on Adjustments ->
Logarithm Stretch menu)

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 4. If your photo has a "warm" shade (photos having an orange shade such as those taken under a tungsten light) or a "cold"
shade (pictures having a bluish shade such as those taken under a florescent light) use the Auto Correct Cold/Warm Picture
function (Click on Adjustments -> Correct Cold/Warm Picture menu)

* On this example we took the fixed photo f rom the previous stage and retouched it using the Cold/Warm function with a little brightness
to get more natural look

If your photo has tiny imperfections (as pimples, moles, scratches and etc.) you can easily Repair/Remove/Hide it using the R ecovery
Brush:
1. Open the desired photo - (Click on File -> Open menu or Ctrl+O.)
2. From the Tools (the left) toolbar choose the Recovery Brush tool.

3. Select the area on the picture which is most similar (and preferably the closest) to the area on which the imperfection is
located. To select the similar area point on it with the mouse and click on it with the right button.
4. In order to perform the repair, point on the area where the repair is needed with the mouse. Move the mouse on the area while
holding down the left button to perform the repair.
5. Repeat steps 3-4 as much as need to complete the repair and to remove the imperfections.

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 Information Sheet No.4
Replacing an Image Background

Tutorial - Take out/in someone from a photo (Or replacing an image background)

Issue: Take out/in someone from a photo (or replacing an image background) using the magic selection
feature.

To take out/in someone from a photo or replacing an image background

simply follow these steps: 1. Open the desired (the object) picture -
(Click on File -> Open menu or Ctrl+O)

2. From the Tools toolbar select the Magnetic Selection tool

3. In order to (actively) select the area within the picture, move the mouse and point the location
where you wish to begin the selection. Left-click on the image. Each new left-click while pointing a
different area of the image will create a magnetic selection rib. In order to finish the selection (and
close the selection), either right-click the mouse on the image or double click on the image.
Note: Canceling points - in case you pointed on a wrong place or selected a wrong area you can
easily fix the selection by pressing Ctrl + Z to undo the unnecessary point(s)
4. Click the Copy icon (found on the Shortcuts toolbar) in order to copy the selection to the
clipboard.
5. Open the desired new background image - (Click on File -> Open menu,)

6. Use the Paste Into Current Image option from the shortcuts
toolbar .Next, drag & resize the object to the desired place &
size, click Enter when finished. The object will be fixed and
the selection marks will be removed.

7. Refine edges (Retouch Mask) - in order to get a professional results we must refine the mask
edges to get a natural & realistic blend between both images. In order to refine the mask click on
"Adjustments -> Retouch Mask" Menu, this will open Retouch
Mask screen. On the retouch mask screen leave the defaults and click OK

8. Finally you should get this result - the object on the new background.
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Removing / Adding Details from a Photo

Tutorial - Removing an unwanted object

Issue: Removing an unwanted object from an image using the Clone Brush tool.

To remove an unwanted object from an image, simply follow these steps:

1. Open the desired picture - (Click on File -> Open menu or Ctrl+O)
 From the Tools toolbar, choose the Clone Brush tool

3. The principle
of removing an
unwanted object is
simple - you have
2. to choose a part of
the image that is
similar to the
object's
background
(usually near the
unwanted object).
Using the clone brush cover the unwanted object with this similar background. RIGHT click the
mouse button on a part of the image, which is similar to the unwanted object's background. Now
move the mouse pointer to the unwanted object area, then left click the mouse button. While
holding the button, "rub" the unwanted object area, until the object vanishes (figure no.3).

* If
you wish to clone from a new background, simply
RIGHT click the mouse button over the new location.

* You can control the size/opacity (and much more) of the clone brush using the tool's properties toolbar
(the upper toolbar)
4. Repeat step 3, each time from a new background cloning location, until the entire object vanishes.