• Open the necessary image.
• Click on Sponge Tool.
• Set the properties such as mode, opacity etc.
• Click and drag the mouse pointer to the necessary part of the image.

Type Tool

This tool is used to type the text or a new layer on an image.

How to use Type Tool?

• Open the necessary image.
• Select the Horizontal Type Tool to type horizontally or select the Vertical Type Tool to type vertically.
• Set the properties such as font style, size etc.
• Start to type your matter.

Set the color in Type Text

• Open the necessary image.
• Type the text using Type Tool.
• Click on the Set the color text.
• Set the desired dialog box.
• Click on the OK button.

Wrapping the Text

• Open the necessary file.
• Type the text using Type Tool.
• Click on the Wrapped Text Button.
• Select the appropriate style from the style dialog box.
• Set the other properties from the dialog box.
• Click on the OK button.

Cropping the image

• Choose the image
• Click on the crop tool
• Select the required area and drag the mouse
• The rectangular box appears at the place of selection
• Click enter
• Save the cropped image with an appropriate name

Pixel

The full form of the pixel is picture element. With the help of, the individual dots the display screen LCD monitor, CRT monitor projects the image. The amount of pixel in the monitor determines the quality of the image. The more is the number of the pixel the quality of the image improves. The display screen is divided according to length and breadth which is called resolution. A single screen can hold hundred thousands of pixel.

Image Size

The image size is determined by its length and breadth. Normally, image size is measured with the help of pixels but using different graphical programs we can measured in centimeter and inches. The graphical substance can help us to resize and resample the image size.

Resizing Image

• Open the photo
• Click on the image menu
• Click on the image size
• Select the required length and breadth of the image. (It may bring change in the pixels and percentage of the image)
• Click on the OK button

Adding text on the image

• Open the image
• Click on the text tool from the tools option
• Click on the side of the image where you want to write
• If necessary change the image size, color, font, etc.

Photo Cloning

• Open the required image
• Select Clone tool
• Click on the Alt key on the keyboard and drag the mouse to the area where the photo needs to be cloned
• Drag the mouse in any part of the photo so that you can see the cloned photo

Removing the unnecessary part of the photo

• Open the photo
• Click on the erase tool
• Click and drag the mouse so the unnecessary parts can be erased showing the background

Raster Image

The image which is formed by the grouping of pixels is called the raster image. Due to high pixel volume, raster image has relatively larger file size. These images can be compressed withoutchanging its quality but cannot be enlarged without decreasing in quality. The images that are captured by digital camera are raster image and has '.bmp', '.tif', ',tf', '.jpg', etc. as its extension.

VectorGraphics

Vector graphics uses the line as its base to create images instead of the pixel. Vector graphics can be enlarged without reducing its quality. Vector graphics takes slight less space than bitmapimage. It has '.ai', '.aps', '.svg', '.drw' as its extensions.

Use of internet to store images

There are various formats of pictures available on the internet. The picture size matters due to the bandwidth used to upload and download the picture. The size of the picture must be smaller so that we can easily upload or download the picture. Though we are using the smaller sized picture, the quality of the picture must be maintained. Photoshop provides us with various options to save the files. The original file is saved under '.psd' file format. This format can later be saved under '.gif', '.jpg', '.png' to upload it on the internet.

Page Layout

The articles or the pictures that means to be printed can be managed under the screen called page layout. Page layout can enhance the article or picture according to the situation and there is various software available for page layout. Some of them are: Indesign, Page plus, Quark Xpress, Page maker, Free hand.

Qualities of page layout

• It manages the print quality of the article or image.
• Page format alignment can easily be maintained.
• As per requirement, we can introduce new column or page number in that article.
• The layout of the image can be resized without decreasing its quality.

Areas covered by Page layout

• It is mostly used in desktop publishing.
• New paper writing, article writing, browser, invitation card uses page layout.
• Designing hoarding board, large scale advertisement and designing flexes requires page layout.

Pre-Press

After the document goes to [page layout, the process of pre-press starts. The process of preparing digital documents for printing in the press is called pre-press. The pre-press includes verification of data in the document, correcting language mistakes, managing page number according to printing plates, etc. as its work.