Editing

1. Editing Intro to Photos

2. News photography • The role of editors

3. News photography • The role of editors • How do editors judge?

4. News photography • The role of editors • How do editors judge? • Content (six elements of news)

5. News photography • The role of editors • How do editors judge? • Content (six elements of news)

6. News photography • The role of editors • How do editors judge? • Content (six elements of news) • Technique (focus, lighting, composition)

7. News photography • The role of editors • How do editors judge? • Content (six elements of news) • Technique (focus, lighting, composition) • Legal & ethical concerns

8. News photography • The role of editors • How do editors judge? • Content (six elements of news) • Technique (focus, lighting, composition) • Legal & ethical concerns • “Gut”

9. Scav 6 • Content & composition • Content: timeliness, uniqueness, singularity, proximity, prominence, impact • Composition: use of light (color), use of frame (space), use of rhythm

10. Let’s look at prize winners • 2006 Pulitzer Prize, Breaking News Photos • Great photos have great content and great composition

11. Matters of ethics

12. Matters of ethics

13. Matters of ethics

14. Matters of ethics

15. Matters of ethics • How did they catch it?

16. Would you run this picture?

17. Would you run this picture?

18. Editor’s note • The photograph involving Mr. Kerlee is not easy to view. But we concluded that that one image captured the human tragedy of the accident, the intense rescue effort and the immensity of the log pile. Had Mr. Kerlee died that night, the photo would not have been published. Tragically, he died the next day and our staff was saddened along with our readers. • We take great care with the words and images that The Dallas Morning News portrays each day, particularly those that can evoke strong emotions and disturb some readers. • We do not publish photographs to be sensational or to shock readers. Unfortunately, horrific events happen around the world and locally. Evocative photographs can be appropriate to convey the horror of a tragic event.

19. News photography • Design issues as a function of page layout • Vertical orientation • Horizontal orientation • DO NOT USE SQUARE PHOTOS • Photos fit within pages • Sometimes photos drive layout • Sometimes layout drives photo selection

20. Photoshop • “The one essential piece of software” • Create text effects • Manipulate photo files • Prepare photos for Web publication

21. Does this look familiar?

22. Column widths • For this class: • 1 column = 2 inches • 2 columns = 4.125 inches • 3 columns = 6.3125 • 4 columns = 8.4375

23. Cropping and sizing • Sometimes for emphasis • Sometimes to fit page layout • (Many photogs consider this a “crime”)

24. Sizing • Open an image file • In the menu bar, go to Image>Image Size • At “Document Size,” set the width (inches) according to the column size you will be using in your layout>OK

25. Cropping and sizing • Choose the crop tool • On the crop options bar, enter width and/or height values • Drag a crop marquee on the part of the image you want to use • Double-click inside the marquee or press Enter/Return • Image>Image Size to see both dimensions

26. Photoshop exercise • Server>photofiles>drag to USB/MSD • Open Photoshop • From Photoshop>Baghdad_fire

27. Photoshop exercise • Server>photofiles>drag to USB/MSD • Open Photoshop • From Photoshop>Baghdad_fire • What are original dimensions?

28. Photoshop exercise • Server>photofiles>drag to USB/MSD • Open Photoshop • From Photoshop>Baghdad_fire • What are original dimensions? • Image>Image Size

29. Photoshop exercise • Server>photosforexercises>drag to USB/MSD • Open Photoshop • From Photoshop>Baghdad_fire • What are original dimensions? • Image>Image Size : 1.327 x 2

30. Photoshop exercise • Server>photofiles>drag to USB/MSD • Open Photoshop • From Photoshop>Baghdad_fire • What are original dimensions? • Image>Image Size : 1.327 x 2 • Two column size: w x d?

31. Photoshop exercise • Server>photofiles>drag to USB/MSD • Open Photoshop • From Photoshop>MetTripletsMain • What are original dimensions? • Image>Image Size : 1.327 x 2 • Two column size: 4.125 x 6.2(14)?

32. Photoshop exercise • New, let’s crop for three-column horizontal

33. Photoshop exercise • New, let’s crop for three-column horizontal • Select Crop Tool

34. Photoshop exercise • New, let’s crop for three-column horizontal • Select Crop Tool • Specify three-column width

35. Photoshop exercise • New, let’s crop for three-column horizontal • Select Crop Tool • Specify three-column width • Drag crop “marquee”

36. Photoshop exercise • New, let’s crop for three-column horizontal • Select Crop Tool • Specify three-column width • Drag crop “marquee” • Double-click inside or Enter/Return

37. Photoshop exercise • New, let’s crop for three-column horizontal • Select Crop Tool • Specify three-column width • Drag crop “marquee” • Double-click inside or Enter/Return • Image/Image Size to see both dimensions

38. Photoshop exercise • InDesign>photofiles>lab_page

39. Photoshop exercise • InDesign>photofiles>lab_page • Frame Tool>Rectangle Frame Tool

40. Photoshop exercise • InDesign>photofiles>lab_page • Frame Tool>Rectangle Frame Tool • Draw frame>set width & depth

41. Photoshop exercise • InDesign>photofiles>lab_page • Frame Tool>Rectangle Frame Tool • Draw frame>set width & depth • File>Place (Apple D)

42. Photoshop exercise • Doctors • size and place as horizontal • crop for vertical; place • Yale • size and place as vertical • crop for horizontal; place

43. Lab • InDesign>lab_page