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Don
Bergland
bergland@uvic.ca
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An
extremely important skill to know is how to create jpeg files
in Photoshop. When you SAVE a Photoshop file, it is normally
saves as a .psd file. This is the Master file and saves all
your work, layers, and all things in progress. The .psd file
is like the Workshop file. It saves everything in the working
format. You can return to your .psd file and resume work at
whatever stage you left this image. .Psd files are giant factory
files. They are useful for your graphic production, but they
are not files that can be used anywhere outside your own studio.
.Psd files cannot be inserted in to a Word document, or on PowerPoint
slides. .Psd files cannot appear as website images or be used
in video or other interactive productions. For this. we need
to create jpeg files.
The .jpg file (pronounced, “jay peg”) is one of
the most versatile image file formats in use today. The jpeg
can be installed in Word, PowerPoint, interactive productions,
on the web, in video editors, and be sent quickly and easily
through email. Jpegs can be created quite easily in Photoshop.
When you are in a .psd file, the process is to create a jpeg
file “from” the .psd file. You simple SAVE AS JPEG
and a copy of the .psd file is created as a .jpg file. It is
like the factory (.psd) sending out small products (.jpg). The
jpeg file, however does not contain any layers. It flattens
all the layers in the .psd file so that everything is on the
background layer. This is why it is important to save you image
as a .psd first. You cannot return to a jpeg and expect to find
all your layers again.
You can read about how to create jpeg images from Photoshop
in the Manual - PS01 - Skill 1.22. |
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Create
a Desktop Folder called File Tests. |
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Launch
Photoshop.. |
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Create
a new document - 800 px x 600 px @72 ppi - RGB. |
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Save
this image to your Desktop Folder (File Tests) as a Photoshop
file (.psd). Name it filetest01.psd. |
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Using
your shape making skills, create about 5 layers with a
variety of different colored shapes on them. Use the Move
Tool to move them around into an interesting composition. |
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Save. |
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Now
go to the TOP MENU BAR - FILE - SAVE AS. A window opens. |
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Locate
the File Tests folder. Now look towards the bottom of
the window until you see Format. At the right side of
this Format panel, you will see a small black double arrow.
Click on this and a drop-down window will appear showing
all the file formats you can use to save your image. |
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Click
the option which says JPEG. |
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You
will note that the extension of the file name (at the
top of the window) has now changed to “filetest01.jpg.” |
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Click
SAVE. The jpeg file will be saved to your Desktop folder. |
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If you go to the Desktop folder and look in it, you will
now see two files. One is a .psd file (layers and working
elements) and the other is a .jpg file (no layers or working
elements). |
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Hang
on to this jpeg file. You will be sending it to Don for
the Weekly Assignment. |
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