Microsoft Photo Editor
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Microsoft Photo Editor is an imaged editing program that is part of Office Tools that comes with Office 97.  If you have installed all of Microsoft Office 97, you already have this program.  To locate it, click Start, Find, Files or Folders and then type Microsoft Photo Editor in the "Named" line.  After you locate it this way, right click on it to create a shortcut on your desktop.  If you do not locate Photo Editor, reinstall Office 97 and select Office Tools.

Starting Photo Editor Saving Images
Creating a new image Resizing an Image
Editing Contolling Brightness and Contrast
Creating Transparent Images Using Copy, Cut, & Paste
Rotating an Image Smudging an Image

Start Photo Editor
You can start Photo Editor from any program that supports OLE. (Objects Linked and Embedded).  This means if you save an image to the clipboard you can paste it in Photo Editor by following these steps:
Open Photo Editor
Click Edit
Click Paste as New Image
If that option is not available, the program you copied it from does not support OLE.

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Create a new image
You can compose an image in PowerPoint and edit it in Photo Editor
1. Open PowerPoint
2. Click the New Button and select the last layout option.
3. Create your image on that slide.  You may insert WordArt or any clipart desired.
4. Click File…Save As…
5. At the bottom of the Save As dialog box you will see Files of Type:
Select Compuserve GIF

You have now created an image that may be edited in Photo Editor.
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Editing

Open an existing image
1.  On the Standard toolbar, click Open.
2.  In the Look in box, open the folder that contains the image.
For Help on opening a folder, click the question mark button and then click the Look In box.
3.  In the list of files, select the image.
4. Click Open.

Preview an image before opening it
1.  On the Standard toolbar, click Open.
2.  Locate the image you want to preview, and select it.
3.  Click Preview.
4.  To crop the image before opening it, drag the edges of the selection frame in the preview window.
To resize the image before opening it, drag any corner of the selection frame in the preview window.
5.  To accept the image as modified and close the preview window, click OK.
To close the preview window without changing the image, click Cancel.
To return the selection frame to the original margins, click Reset.
6.  To open the image as cropped or resized, click OK.

Create a new image with a colored background
1.  On the File menu, click New.
2.  Click Color.
3.  Click the color you want for the image background from the Basic colors or Custom colors palette.

Select all or part of an image
To select all of the image, click Select All on the Edit menu.
To select part of an image, click Select button on the Standard toolbar, and then drag over the area you want to select.
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Resize an Image
Do one of the following:
To move one side of the selection's bounding outline, move the pointer over the sizing handle on that side until the pointer changes to a double-headed arrow, and then drag the handle.
To change the height and width simultaneously, drag a corner handle.
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Rotate an image

To rotate an image 90 degrees clockwise:
Click Rotate 90º on the Standard toolbar.

To otherwise rotate an image
1.  On the Image menu, click Rotate.
2.  Choose the options you want.
3. If you select Arbitrary Angle, enter the number of degrees of rotation you want in the Angle box, and click the clockwise or counterclockwise option.

Zoom in or out of an image
You can change the magnification in two ways:
On the Standard toolbar, click the arrow next to Zoom Control, and then click the magnification you want.
On the Standard toolbar, click Zoom.

To zoom in, click the area you want to enlarge.

To zoom out, hold down SHIFT while you click.

Note:  Each click doubles or halves the magnification within the range of 10 percent to 1600 percent.
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Smudge an Image
The Smudge Brush smears or blends adjacent colors as the brush is dragged across the image.
1.  On the Standard toolbar, click Smudge.
2.  Drag the pointer over the area you want to smudge.

Sharpen part of an image
The Sharpen Brush increases the difference between adjacent gray values as the brush is dragged across the image.
1.  On the Standard toolbar, click Sharpen.
2.  Drag the pointer over the area you want to sharpen.
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Create Transparent Areas in an Image
You can use transparent areas to integrate an image into your document, presentation, or Web page. For instance, if you have an image of a person with a plain background, such as the sky or a wall, you can make the background color transparent.
When the image is printed in a Word document, the background will have the color of the paper. In a PowerPoint presentation or Web page, the transparent area will have the color of the background.
1.  On the Standard toolbar, click Set Transparent Color.
2.  Position the tool over the color you want to make transparent, and click.
The Change Color to Transparent dialog box appears.
3.  The preview window shows the color that will change to transparent when you click OK. You can modify the options to increase the range of colors that will become transparent or to change the degree of transparency.
Note:  Transparency is saved in different ways by different graphics file formats.
Microsoft Photo Editor supports three file formats that save transparency: GIF, TIFF, and PNG. Transparency in an image is saved in two ways: as a transparent color or in an alpha channel. GIF saves images as monochrome (line art) or 8-bit (grayscale or 256-color) images. GIF saves all transparency values by substituting a transparent color in place of the designated color. If you are concerned about loss of image data, use TIFF or PNG to save your image. If you prefer GIF and want to preserve all the image data, save a copy of your image in another format before saving transparency conversions in GIF. TIFF saves images as monochrome, 8-bit, or 24-bit (true color) images. In 24-bit images, TIFF saves transparency in an alpha channel. For monochrome and 8-bit TIFF images, however, Photo Editor does not save transparency.  PNG saves images as 8-bit or 24-bit images. In 24-bit images, PNG saves transparency in an alpha channel. In 8-bit images, PNG substitutes a transparent color on the palette.
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Brightness and Contrast

Adjust the brightness of an image
The Brightness control changes the amount of white in all colors and shades of gray.
1.  On the Standard toolbar, click Image Balance.
2.  Drag the Brightness slider to increase (100) or decrease (0) the brightness.
To adjust all colors, select All Colors in the lower-left list before dragging the slider. To adjust the color channels separately, select Red, Green, or Blue.

Adjust the contrast of an image
The Contrast control changes the difference between adjacent colors or shades of gray.
1.  On the Standard toolbar, click Image Balance.
2.  Drag the Contrast slider to increase (90) or decrease (0) the contrast.
To adjust all colors, select All Colors in the lower-left list before dragging the slider. To adjust the color channels separately, select Red, Green, or Blue.

Select all or part of an image
To select the entire image, click Select All on the Edit menu.
To select part of an image, click Select button on the Standard toolbar, and then drag over the area you want to select.
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Copy, Cut, & Paste

Copy all or part of an image
1.  Select all of the image by clicking Select All on the Edit menu; or select part of an image by clicking Select button on the Standard toolbar and then dragging over the area you want to select.
2.  On the Edit menu, click Copy.
3.  Open the document or image you want to copy the selection into.
4. On the Edit menu, click Paste.

Move and paste a selection within the same image
1.  Select part of an image by clicking Select button on the Standard toolbar and then dragging over the area you want to move.
2.  Drag the selection to a new location.
3. To paste the selection, click Select button on the Standard toolbar.

Move all or part of an image to a different image or file
1.  Select all of the image by clicking Select All on the Edit menu; or select part of an image by clicking Select button on the
Standard toolbar and then dragging over the area you want to select.
2.  On the Edit menu, click Cut.
3.  Open the image or file you want to move the selection into.
4.  On the Edit menu, click Paste.

Tip:  After the selection appears in the new image or file, you can drag it to another location within the new image or file.

Erase all or part of an image
1.  Select all of the image by clicking Select All on the Edit menu; or select part of an image by clicking Select button on the
Standard toolbar and then dragging over the area you want to select.
2. On the Edit menu, click Cut.

Cancel or remove a selection
To cancel an active selection, press ESC.
To cancel an existing selection and make a new one, drag over the new area you want to select. You must start dragging outside of the existing selection.
To remove a selection you just pasted, click Undo button on the Standard toolbar.
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Saving Images

1.  On the Standard toolbar, click Save.
2.  In the Save in box, click the drive and folder where you want to save the image.
3.  In the File name box, type a name for the image.
4.  To change the number of colors or compression options, click More.

Save an existing image
On the Standard toolbar, click Save to save the active image with its current file name, location, and format.

Save a copy of an image
1.  On the File menu, click Save As.
2.  In the File name box, type a new name for the image.
3.  In the Save as type box, click the file format type you want.
4.  To change the number of colors or compression options, click More.

Choose the quality factor for a JPEG image
1.  On the File menu, click Save As.
2.  If your image is not JPEG, click JPEG File Interchange Format (*.jpg) in the Save as type box.
3.  Click More.
4. Drag the JPEG Quality Factor slider to the setting you want.Saving an image
1. Click File
2. Click Save As…
3. You can now name your image in the section, and select the type of file you want it to be.  You should choose .jpg or .gif if your file is going to be used on the web.

Select the type of file you desire.  Files that have .gif are usually clipart while .jpg are often photo images.

Close an active image
On the File menu, click Close.
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SOAP 2

Desktop Tools Brushes Compressing Images
How It Works
Photo Soap 2 lets you collect images and photos in one place, view and collect them in different ways, and clean them up or edit them.  This course will focus in the editing the photos or images.

Using Tools
Apply an effect to the entire image or use a Soap 2 brush to apply an effect or remove it from just one part of a photo.

Clean
Click Clean tab
Open the image…click Input…Open File…and select drive, folder, and file name of your image.

Desktop Tools

 Crop & Rotate Image

Quick Color

Tone & Color

Color Paint

Special Effects
 
Soap can save damaged photos, heal blemishes, wrinkles, dust spots, rips and creases, remove red eye, and colorize black and white photos.

The tools provided can

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Brushes

 Move tool
Magnification tool
Big Brush
Small Brush

Fine Brush

Pencil
 

Eraser
 

Magic Mask
 

Smooth Image
Sharpen Image

Smear Image
 

 
Allow changes in the size, flow, and opacity of the brush selected.
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Compressing Images

Images often must be compressed to be used on the web.  To compress an image follow these steps:
1. Open the image (see steps above)
2. Click Output…Save image as…
3. Select the drive, folders, and name of the file (if different).
4.  Select the File Type: (for web use choose .jpg if image is photo, .gif if image is clipart).
5. Select Compression: (High for Print quality, Medium or Low for web use).  The lower the quality to less data in the file, the faster it is to load on the web.  The downside to low quality is that the image is not as good, however this does not effect clipart as much as it does photos.
You can also edit the exact size of the image.
1. Select Edit from the menu line.
2. Choose Edit Image Size…Click Proportions Lock to make changes in proportions.  Lower or raise the image size.  Changes may be made in pixels or inches.  Inches change the viewed size of the image.  Pixels change the data size of the image.
3. Click Apply to view change.  By selecting Edit…Undo…you can restore the image to the original size.
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