Making a Vignette
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Opening a photo: On the “Menu Bar” left click <click> on File, Open <click>,
and then choose the location of your file in the Look in: field. Once in the
proper folder, click on the image you wish to edit, Open <click>.
Practice: Open a photo ... ¨On the “Menu Bar” left click <click> on
File, Open <click>, browse to file you wish to use & <click> Open.
Using the Marquee Tool: One of the key skills in working with digital
images, is being able to select the area you want to modify. The first six
tools on the tool box are all selection tools.
Marquee - selects a rectangular, square, elliptical, or circle.
Move – moves a selected area.
Lasso- selects a polygon or freehand selection area.
Magic wand- selects areas based on color matching
Selection brush – selects only the areas you pass over with the brush.
Crop tool- trims your image. The area inside the selection is kept the rest
is deleted.
Click on the Marquee tool in the upper left hand corner of the tool box. If
you hold down the mouse you will notice two hidden tools will appear the
rectangle marquee and the elliptical marquee. Also when you click on the
tool, the options bar will change to reflect the options of the selected
tool.
On the Options Bar click on the Elliptical Marquee option.
Set the Feather option to 20 pixels. (The larger the number the wider the
faded or feather edge of your vignette will be. This is also affected by the
resolution of the original picture. Pictures with higher resolutions will
require a larger number to obtain the same feather effect.
Left click on the picture and drag to form an ellipse. Click and drag in the
center of the ellipse to reposition it.
Making the Vignette:
After you have selected the area of the picture you want to keep for your
vignette, click on the Effects tab in the palette well. Double click on the
Vignette effect.
Saving the Image:
On the Menu Bar, File <click>, Save As <click>, find the folder location you
want to save the picture to such as My Documents or My Pictures, under File
Name, give the file a name (eg. Baby Vignette, or Baby copy), change the
Format to JPEG.
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