Image Acquisition and Processing Workshop Outline
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Image Acquisition
Digital Camera (QuickTake 200)
- Check out from Student Services (batteries not included)
- Get software from Banana on AAA Lawrence. Drag and drop Quicktake 200 folder
onto your hard disk, run install program.
- Take pictures with camera and download to the computer using either Camera Access
Program, or via Photoshop - Note: to get pictures to download via Photoshop,
get the Quicktake 200 Photoshop plug-in out of the Goodies folder
in the Quicktake 200 Software folder and put into the Import folder of the
Photoshop Plug-ins folder. This will allow you to download the pictures using the
Acquire command in Photoshop.
Flatbed Scanning
- 100 dpi for final image size is the preferred standard
- Open Photoshop, under File choose Acquire, and choose the name of the
scanner (ScanWizard, etc.)
- Using Scan Wizard window - run a preview to choose area to crop, select resolution
and other basic settings, then scan.
Nikon Scanner -
- Same basic considerations of resolution and settings as the Flatbed Scanner.
Image Manipulations
Basics of Photoshop 4.0
- Under Image pull-down menu to Image Size
- Black/White balance - Image pull-down menu - Adjust - Levels,
manual or auto adjust
- Color balance - Image pull-down menu - Adjust - Variations
- Brightness & Contrast- Image pull-down menu - Adjust - Brightness
& contrast.
- Saving - .tiff or.jpeg file type recommended. (jpeg will degenerate
image quality over time)
Creating a collage of images with Photoshop
- Layer Menu - Make new layer
- Copy and Past a second image into the file on a separate layer
- Adjust the Opacity by moving the slide on the Layer Menu
- To Save as a .tiff or .jpeg - Note: image must be Flattened - command
located on Layer Menu.