Hands On 5: Image Size, Transformation, and Color Adjustment

Often, an image needs more than minor color correction. This project covers techniques to improve the overall quality of an image. You will learn to manage color and to crop and size an image. You will apply color correction adjustments to enhance contrast, and eliminate color casts. You will also use some of Photoshop CS s newest adjustment features.

Getting Started

Discard your preferences file before beginning this exercise. The Modifying Photoshop s Settings section in Chapter 5, Setting Up Photoshop, details how to reset your prefer ences to Photoshop defaults. Then follow these steps:

1. Open the file named big_city_night.psd (see Figure H5.1) in the HO5 folder on the Photoshop CS Savvy CD. See Figure H5.2 for the completed image. (To see a color preview of the before and after versions of the image, look at Figures C49 and C50 in the color section.)

   
   Figure H5.1: The original Big City Night image

   
   Figure H5.2: The finished Big City Night image

2. Save the file to your hard disk. Close the file.