Managing and Editing Your Photos Module 6 Review Managing and Editing Your Photos

Types of Photograph Files RAW Files have not been processed by your camera or computer. They give the photographer the most flexibility when adjusting the image for color or exposure after the photograph has been taken. Best to wait to use RAW files until after you are comfortable with photo editing JPEG Most common type Fine records the most information on the digital file A disadvantage is that it is compressed TIFF Hold more information than JPEG files

What’s the Difference?

Saving Your Pictures What is ‘SAVE AS’ used for? What is tagging? What is the most important aspect of managing your digital photographs Backing up files What is ‘SAVE AS’ used for? The function you should choose if you want to make a copy of a digital image file to back it up You should save two copies of a photograph in separate places if it is an important photograph that you don't want to lose What is tagging? Attaching labels with descriptive terms about the photograph to a saved photograph Tag! You’re it!

Test Your Knowledge! What is a file used to save photographs? A. RAW B. TIFF C. JPEG D. All of the above

Test Your Knowledge! What is the most important aspect of managing your digital photographs? A. saving your files B. tagging your files C. backing up your files D. organizing your files

Types of Editing Options What should you do before editing a photograph? Save a back up file What is resize? Changes the size of a photograph What is crop? Allows you to select a part of the photograph while it deletes the non-selected parts What is exposure? Choose for a photo that is too light What is saturation? Choose for a photo whose colors are faded What are filters? Choose to make a photograph look like a painting, add effects, or change colors

Odds and Ends It is important to avoid doing too much editing to a photograph or it may look unnatural Photographs that are too dark or too light can be difficult to fix with photo-editing software What is photoshop? A common photo editing software What is tilt-shift? Photography technique takes normal-sized items and makes them look like they are miniature

Test Your Knowledge! All of these are types of editing options except? A. saturation B. filters C. cropping D. tagging

Test Your Knowledge! What is Tilt-shift? A. when you turn your camera 90 degrees B. technique that takes normal-sized items and makes them look like they are miniature C. used when you want to highlight more than one file D. technique that takes miniature items and make them look like normal-sized