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NAVIGATE TO YOUR IMAGE FILES USING THE FINDER IN BRIDGE

GO TO THE TOOLS MENUTOOLS --> PHOTOSHOP --> PHOTOMERGE

SELECT “AUTO” IN LAYOUT. LEAVE OTHERS UNCHECKED- THE MORE THINGS ARE CHECKED THE LONGER THE PROGRAM WILL TAKE RENDERING THE PANORAMA. AFTER THE PANORAMA IS IN PHOTOSHOP, IF THERE ARE UNEVEN BLOTCHES IN THE SKY, DO THIS STEP AGAIN, BUT CHECK “VIGNETTE REMOVAL.” IF PERSPECTIVE SEEMS OFF OR IMAGE IS DISTORTED, CHECK “GEOMETRIC DISTORTION CORRECTION”

IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF HIGH RES FILES IN YOUR PANORAMA, IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR THE PANORAMA TO RENDER- THIS IS NORMAL. IT MAY APPEAR THAT PHOTOSHOP IS FROZEN, BUT IT IS NOT. ONCE PANORAMA OPENS IN PHOTOSHOP, FLATTEN IMAGE. LAYER --> FLATTEN IMAGE

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YOUR PANORAMA WILL HAVE GAPS WITH BLANK SPACE. SELECT THE MAGIC WAND TOOL. IN THE TOOL MODIFCATION MENU RUNNING ACROSS THE TOP OF PHOTOSHOP, SET “TOLERANCE” TO A LOW LEVEL (LIKE 10) AND MAKE SURE “CONTIGUOUS” IS CHECKED. CLICK ON THE WHITE SPACES IN THE PANORAMA.

THE SELECTED AREAS WILL BE MARKED BY “MARCHING ANTS.” IF YOU NEED TO MODIFY THE SELECTION, YOU CAN ENTER MASK MODE BY CLICKING MASK ON TOOLBAR AND PAINT WITH A BLACK PAINT BRUSH. CLICK ON MASK AGAIN TO EXIT MASK MODE.

EXPAND THE SELECTION SLIGHTLY TO MAKE SURE NO GAPS APPEAR. GO TO SELECT MENU:

SELECT --> MODIFY --> EXPAND

ENTER 5 PIXELS IN THE POP UP WINDOW

GO TO EDIT MENUEDIT --> FILL --> CONTENT AWARE FILL

NOTE: THERE IS ALSO AN EDIT --> CONTENT AWARE FILL OPTION, BUT THE INTERFACE IS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED. IF PHOTOSHOP IS NEW FOR YOU, IT

WOULD BE BETTER TO DO EDIT --> FILL --> CONTENT AWARE FILL

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IN PHOTOSHOP, MAKE NEEDED IMAGE ADJUSTMENTS. ADJUSTMENT LAYERS ALLOW YOUR ADJUSTMENTS TO BE IN A SEPARATE LAYER, LEAVING ORIGINAL IMAGE UNTOUCHED- THE LAYER CAN BE THROWN AWAY OR THE OPACITY CAN BE REDUCED TO MAKE THE EFFECT LESS INTENSE.

ADJUSTMENT LAYERS AUTOMATICALLY COME WITH A MASK. THIS IS USEFUL IF YOU WANT THE ADJUSTMENT TO ONLY AFFECT SOME AREAS OF THE IMAGE. WITH THE LAYER SELECTED, YOU CAN PAINT IN BLACK ON THE IMAGE TO BLOCK THE EFFECT OF THE ADJUSTMENT

WHILE PHOTOSHOP DOES A GOOD JOB STITCHING TOGETHER THE IMAGES, THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS THAT NEED RETOUCHING. THE HEALING TOOL (LOOKS LIKE A BAND-AID) IS GOOD FOR AREAS WITH NOT A LOT OF DETAIL AND CAN BE BLENDED (SKIES, FOR EXAMPLE) AND THE CLONE TOOL IS BEST WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE DETAIL. GENERALLY, THE BRUSH IS SET TO LOW HARDNESS WHEN USING THE HEALING TOOL AND HIGH HARDNESS WITH THE CLONE TOOL.

USE A LAYERS OR CURVES ADJUSTMENT MASK TO SET A WHITE POINT AND BLACK POINT. HOLD DOWN THE ALT/OPTION KEY AND CLICK ON TRIANGLE ON LEFT SIDE OF HISTOGRAM AND SLIDE TO THE RIGHT UNTIL BLACK JUST STARTS TO APPEAR. HOLD DOWN ALT/OPTION AND CLICK ON RIGHT HAND TRIANGLE AND MOVE TO THE LEFT STOPPING WHEN WHITE JUST BARELY BEGINS TO APPEAR. COLOR BALANCE ADJUSTMENT MASKS CAN BE USED TO CORRECT COLOR TEMPERATURE

TO BURN/DODGE, YOU CAN MAKE A NEW BLANK LAYER SET THE BLENDING MODE TO “SOFT LIGHT” AND PAINT IN WHITE TO LIGHTEN PART OF THE IMAGE OR BLACK TO DARKEN. THIS EFFECT WILL NEVER LOOK GOOD INITIALLY- YOU WILL NEED TO LOWER THE OPACITY OF THE LAYER (USUALLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20-40%) SO THE EFFECT IS NOT OVERLY DRAMATIC. HARDNESS OF BRUSH SHOULD BE SET TO 0.

IF YOU WANT TO EDIT IN CAMERA RAW, GO TO FILTER --> CAMERA RAW FILTER

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ONCE YOU’VE MADE YOUR ADJUSTMENTS, SAVE YOUR FILE TO THE CLASS BOX FOLDER IN THE “MURAL PRINT” FOLDER.

NOW YOU WILL MAKE A SMALLER PRINT THAT YOU WILL PRINT FOR THE CLASS CRITIQUE.

FIRST MAKE SURE THAT YOUR COLOR PROFILE IS ADOBE RGB (1998)EDIT--> CONVERT TO PROFILE

GO TO IMAGE ---> IMAGE SIZE. SET RESOLUTION TO 360 AND CHANGE THE HEIGHT OF YOUR IMAGE TO 3-8 INCHES.

YOU SHOULD SHARPER YOUR IMAGE BEFORE PRINTING. THIS CAN BE DONE IN SEVERAL WAYS.

YOU CAN GO TO FILTER --> SHARPER --> UNSHARP MASK

OR, MAKE A COPY OF YOUR IMAGE LAYER. WITH THE COPY LAYER SELECTED, GO TO FILTER--> OTHER --> HIGH PASSADJUST THE SLIDER UNTIL YOU ARE JUST SEEING THE OUTLINE OF THE HARD LINES IN YOUR IMAGE. THEN CHANGE THE BLEND MODE IN THE LAYERS WINDOW TO “HARD LIGHT” IT WILL LIKELY LOOK OVERSHARPENED. ADJUST THE OPACITY UNTIL DESIRED SHARPNESS

SAVE A COPY OF THE FILE TO YOUR HARD DRIVE

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ALL PANORAMA PRINTS SHOULD BE MADE USING THE ROLL PAPER ON THE OPTIMUS PRINTER. THE PAPER IS EPSON ENHANCED MATTE.

MAKE SURE PRINTER IS TURNED ON AND THAT ROLL PAPER IS IN THE DISPLAY. IT SHOULD HAVE A ROLL ICON WITH A SCISSORS ICON. IF NOT, PRESS THE BUTTON WITH THESE ICONS ON THE FRONT OF THE PRINTER.

IN THE PRINT DIALOGUE BOX, YOU WILL NEED TO SET UP A PAGE SIZE. EVEN THOUGH IT IS ROLL PAPER, YOU WILL NEED TO GIVE THE PRINTER A SPECIFIC PAPER SIZE. YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE A CUSTOM PAPER SIZE. IN THE PRINT DIALOGUE BOX, GO TO THE “MANAGE CUSTOM SIZES” OPTION IN THE PAPER SIZE DROP DOWN MENU. CLICK ON THE + SIGN TO CREATE A NEW CUSTOM SIZE. PUT 17” FOR PAPER WIDTH AS THIS IS HOW WIDE THE ROLL PAPER IS. FOR THE PAPER LENGTH, ENTER 1 INCH LONGER THAN YOUR PANORAMA LENGTH. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOUR PANORAMA IS 5”x21” YOUR CUSTOM PAPER SIZE SHOULD BE 17”x22”

UNDER PRINT SETTINGS, SELECT ROLL PAPER AS SOURCE AND CHOOSE EPSON ENHANCED MATTE FOR PAPER TYPE. IN MAIN PRINT DIALOGUE BOX, MAKE SURE TO SELECT PHOTOSHOP MANAGES COLORS AND THEN CHOOSE ICC PROFILE OF EPSON 4880 EPSON ENHANCED MATTE

NOTE: SINCE THE PANORAMA HEIGHT WILL BE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE PAPER WIDTH, IF YOU DONT WANT TO WASTE PAPER, YOU CAN MAKE A NEW DOCUMENT IN PHOTOSHOP FILE-->NEW (SHOULD BE 360 DPI, 16INCHES WIDE, HEIGHT SHOULD BE LENGTH OF PAN-ORAMA) AND THEN COPY AND PASTE YOUR DOCUMENT INTO THIS FILE. YOU CAN THEN COPY AND PASTE OTHER IMAGES INTO THIS FILE AS WELL TO USE UP ALL OF THE SPACE.