Photo And Image Editing With

Photo And Image Editing With - Transcript

Photo Image Editing with Microsoft Photo Editor
Microsoft Photo Editor is an imaged editing program that is part of Office Tools
that comes with Office 97 If you have installed all of Microsoft Office 97 you already have this program To locate it click Start Find Files or Folders and then type Microsoft Photo Editor in the Named line After you locate it this way right click on it to create a shortcut on your desktop If you do not locate Photo Editor reinstall Office 97 and select Office Tools Start Photo Editor You can start Photo Editor from any program that supports OLE Objects Linked and Embedded This means if you save an image to the clipboard you can paste it in Photo Editor by following these steps Open Photo Editor Click Edit Click Paste as New Image If that option is not available the program you copied it from does not support OLE Create a new image You can compose an image in PowerPoint and edit it in Photo Editor 1 Open PowerPoint 2 Click the New Button and select the last layout option 3 Create your image on that slide You may insert WordArt or any clipart desired 4 Click File Save As 5 At the bottom of the Save As dialog box you will see Files of Type Select Compuserve GIF

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You have now created an image that may be edited in Photo Editor Editing in Photo Editor Open an existing image 1 On the Standard toolbar click Open 2 In the Look in box open the folder that contains the image For Help on opening a folder click the question mark button and then click the Look In box 3 In the list of files select the image 4 Click Open Preview an image before opening it 1 On the Standard toolbar click Open 2 Locate the image you want to preview and select it 3 Click Preview 4 To crop the image before opening it drag the edges of the selection frame in the preview window To resize the image before opening it drag any corner of the selection frame in the preview window 5 To accept the image as modified and close the preview window click OK To close the preview window without changing the image click Cancel To return the selection frame to the original margins click Reset 6 To open the image as cropped or resized click OK Create a new image with a colored background 1 On the File menu click New 2 Click Color 3 Click the color you want for the image background from the Basic colors or Custom colors palette Save a new image 1 On the Standard toolbar click Save 2 In the Save in box click the drive and folder where you want to save the image 3 In the File name box type a name for the image 4 To change the number of colors or compression options click More Save an existing image On the Standard toolbar click Save to save the active image with its current file name location and format Save a copy of an image 1 On the File menu click Save As 2 In the File name box type a new name for the image 3 In the Save as type box click the file format type you want 4 To change the number of colors or compression options click More

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Choose the quality factor for a JPEG image 1 On the File menu click Save As 2 If your image is not JPEG click JPEG File Interchange Format jpg in the Save as type box 3 Click More 4 Drag the JPEG Quality Factor slider to the setting you want Close an active image On the File menu click Close Select all or part of an image To select all of the image click Select All on the Edit menu To select part of an image click Select button on the Standard toolbar and then drag over the area you want to select Resize a selection Do one of the following To move one side of the selection s bounding outline move the pointer over the sizing handle on that side until the pointer changes to a double headed arrow and then drag the handle To change the height and width simultaneously drag a corner handle Rotate an image To rotate an image 90 degrees clockwise Click Rotate 90 on the Standard toolbar To otherwise rotate an image 1 On the Image menu click Rotate 2 Choose the options you want 3 If you select Arbitrary Angle enter the number of degrees of rotation you want in the Angle box and click the clockwise or counterclockwise option Zoom in or out of an image You can change the magnification in two ways On the Standard toolbar click the arrow next to Zoom Control and then click the magnification you want On the Standard toolbar click Zoom To zoom in click the area you want to enlarge To zoom out hold down SHIFT while you click Note Each click doubles or halves the magnification within the range of 10 percent to 1600 percent

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Smudge part of an image The Smudge Brush smears or blends adjacent colors as the brush is dragged across the image 1 On the Standard toolbar click Smudge 2 Drag the pointer over the area you want to smudge Sharpen part of an image The Sharpen Brush increases the difference between adjacent gray values as the brush is dragged across the image 1 On the Standard toolbar click Sharpen 2 Drag the pointer over the area you want to sharpen Create transparent areas in an image You can use transparent areas to integrate an image into your document presentation or Web page For instance if you have an image of a person with a plain background such as the sky or a wall you can make the background color transparent When the image is printed in a Word document the background will have the color of the paper In a PowerPoint presentation or Web page the transparent area will have the color of the background 1 On the Standard toolbar click Set Transparent Color 2 Position the tool over the color you want to make transparent and click The Change Color to Transparent dialog box appears 3 The preview window shows the color that will change to transparent when you click OK You can modify the options to increase the range of colors that will become transparent or to change the degree of transparency Note Transparency is saved in different ways by different graphics file formats Microsoft Photo Editor supports three file formats that save transparency GIF TIFF and PNG Transparency in an image is saved in two ways as a transparent color or in an alpha channel GIF saves images as monochrome line art or 8 bit grayscale or 256color images GIF saves all transparency values by substituting a transparent color in place of the designated color If you are concerned about loss of image data use TIFF or PNG to save your image If you prefer GIF and want to preserve all the image data save a copy of your image in another format before saving transparency conversions in GIF TIFF saves images as monochrome 8 bit or 24 bit true color images In 24 bit images TIFF saves transparency in an alpha channel For monochrome and 8 bit TIFF images however Photo Editor does not save transparency PNG saves images as 8 bit or 24 bit images In 24 bit images PNG saves transparency in an alpha channel In 8 bit images PNG substitutes a transparent color on the palette Adjust the brightness of an image The Brightness control changes the amount of white in all colors and shades of gray 1 On the Standard toolbar click Image Balance 2 Drag the Brightness slider to increase 100 or decrease 0 the brightness To adjust all colors select All Colors in the lower left list before dragging the slider To adjust the color channels separately select Red Green or Blue

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Adjust the contrast of an image The Contrast control changes the difference between adjacent colors or shades of gray 1 On the Standard toolbar click Image Balance 2 Drag the Contrast slider to increase 90 or decrease 0 the contrast To adjust all colors select All Colors in the lower left list before dragging the slider To adjust the color channels separately select Red Green or Blue Select all or part of an image To select the entire image click Select All on the Edit menu To select part of an image click Select button on the Standard toolbar and then drag over the area you want to select Resize a selection Do one of the following To move one side of the selection s bounding outline move the pointer over the sizing handle on that side until the pointer changes to a double headed arrow and then drag the handle To change the height and width simultaneously drag a corner handle Copy all or part of an image 1 Select all of the image by clicking Select All on the Edit menu or select part of an image by clicking Select button on the Standard toolbar and then dragging over the area you want to select 2 On the Edit menu click Copy 3 Open the document or image you want to copy the selection into 4 On the Edit menu click Paste Move and paste a selection within the same image 1 Select part of an image by clicking Select button on the Standard toolbar and then dragging over the area you want to move 2 Drag the selection to a new location 3 To paste the selection click Select button on the Standard toolbar Move all or part of an image to a different image or file 1 Select all of the image by clicking Select All on the Edit menu or select part of an image by clicking Select button on the Standard toolbar and then dragging over the area you want to select 2 On the Edit menu click Cut 3 Open the image or file you want to move the selection into 4 On the Edit menu click Paste Tip After the selection appears in the new image or file you can drag it to another location within the new image or file

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Erase all or part of an image 1 Select all of the image by clicking Select All on the Edit menu or select part of an image by clicking Select button on the Standard toolbar and then dragging over the area you want to select 2 On the Edit menu click Cut Cancel or remove a selection To cancel an active selection press ESC To cancel an existing selection and make a new one drag over the new area you want to select You must start dragging outside of the existing selection To remove a selection you just pasted click Undo button on the Standard toolbar Saving an image 1 Click File 2 Click Save As 3 You can now name your image in the section and select the type of file you want it to be You should choose jpg or gif if your file is going to be used on the web

Select the type of file you desire Files that have gif are usually clipart while jpg are often photo images

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