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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP: CLEANUP

Follow these steps to prepare scanned documents for printing and use as final images in portfolios and presentation sheets. To make such final preps, you might need to do one or more than one of the following procedures on your scanned file: Cropping and Straightening, using Levels, Image Modes, and setting/adjusting Image Size/Canvas Size.

1. Begin by opening Photoshop. From the menu bar, click on the "File" menu -> "Open". Then locate your scanned file and open it in Photoshop. (Left)

TIP: Unlock the layer once opened. Do so by clicking the lock image on the right side of your opened layer in the Layers window. (Right)TIP 2: As you work, save your file as a Photoshop file (.psd) at least once every 10 minutes!


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If your image does not appear straight and/or there are areas around the scanned image you need to crop, you can benefit from the Crop tool:

2) Click the crop tool located in the Tools Panel on the left of your screen. Notice that as you select the Crop tool, you will start having access to a range of options and sub tools that show up on the context-sensitive Control Panel bar located below the Menu Bar.

3) Click on "Straighten" from the Control Panel (Top Right). Then click and drag over any line in your scanned image that needs to appear straightened. Your image will be straightened and Photoshop will generate a suggested crop frame (Bottom Left).

4) Make necessary changes to the suggested crop frame by dragging the our crop control bars at the corners and four other at the midpoint of each crop frame edge. once satisfied, press Enter (Return on Mac) to verify changes (Bottom Right).

Crop/Straighten


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Based on your image's "color" and "tone" needs, you can benefit from the Levels tool and Image Mode options available in Photoshop:

5) To access the Image Mode options available, click on the Image menu from the Menu Bar -> Mode, then select the desired mode (Top Right)

6) To access the Levels tool, click on the Image menu from the Menu Bar -> Adjustments -> Levels (Bottom Left). Please refer to the Cleanup and Aggregation tutorial for more instructions on the Levels tool. NOTE: You will be able to tweak each color channel (Red, Green, Blue (RGB mode), or Cyan, Magenta, Yello, Black (CMYK mode)) or as a whole by selecting the appropriate channel within the Levels window (Bottom Right)

Levels/Image Mode


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Typically after you are done making necessary graphic changes to youe scanned file, it becomes time to assign the correct image/canvas size:

7) To assign the image of the scanned file a certain size (this might be based on instructions provided to you by your professor or other necessities), click on the Image menu from the Menu Bar -> Image Size (Left)Set the Resolution to 300 PPI and change the Width and Height of your image to required size (Right). Then click Ok.

Image/Canvas Size


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8) To change the Canvas size, which is the size of the paper/sheet/panel on which your image appears on, click on the Image menu from the Menu Bar -> Canvas Size (Left), then change the Width and Height of your document page accordingly and click Ok when done (Right).

Image/Canvas Size

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