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Scanning in Photos for Page1Printers

Posted by Page 1 Expert on June 17 2009 15:24

Things you'll need for this tutorial: Adobe Photoshop Scanner that is connected to your computer A photo that you want to scan Step 1: Open Photoshop Step 2: Click file, go down to Import, and select the scanner. If your scanner does not show up in the list, please check to ... [More]

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Color Correction for Black Text

Posted by Page 1 Expert on June 16 2009 11:28

If the text is in four black - in the Cyan, Meganta, Yellow, and Black channel also known as registeration black. On Web press it is hard to run small registerated black text. To fix this you can take the color out of the other three channels. one way to prevent four black text is creating y... [More]

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How to Change a Photo From Color to Grayscale in Adobe Photoshop

Posted by Page 1 Expert on June 15 2009 09:47

Choose Image > Adjustments > Black & White. Photoshop performs a default grayscale conversion based on the color mix in the image. Manually adjust the conversion using the color sliders, apply an Auto conversion, or select a previously saved custom mix. Pr... [More]

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Using Photoshop Levels for Image Color Correction

Posted by Page 1 Expert on May 24 2009 13:49

Sure you take some mean photos with your digital camera, and we all know how to find great photos online using an image search. But, there's always things that can be done to increase the vibrance, contrast, color balance, and overall appearance of an image to bump it up (at least a couple) no... [More]

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Sharpen Images Using the High Pass Filter

Posted by Page 1 Expert on April 20 2009 14:37

Sharpening is the method of increasing the contrast between two objects, usually isolated to the point at where they meet. What this means is that to sharpen an image, you darken the lines and lighten the areas around them. If the lines are light, you brighten them even more and darken the areas a... [More]

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How to Check Photo Resolution in Adobe Photoshop

Posted by Page 1 Expert on March 11 2009 10:29

Image Dimensions and Resolution Here we're talking about how to easily check resolution and dimensions, and then manipulate them to your purposes for printing documents. We are using Adobe Photoshop for the examples below.These concepts are going to be the same however in most professional-qu... [More]

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