Start up Photoshop
Load “OldStaircase.jpg”
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Rotate:
PSE On the main menu click on “Image” then on “Rotate” followed by “90^o left”
PSCS: On the main menu click on "Image" then on "Rotate Canvas" followed by "90^o CCW"
Your image should be properly rotated.

Adjust Shadows and Highlights

• Note:  this step works well on images that have very dark shadows.  It is, however, unnecessary otherwise. It will be frequent that using Shadows and Highlights you will actually make the photograph worse. So be prepared to undo this step.
• Bring up Shadows and Highlights dialogue box
  • PSE: On the main menu click on “Enhance” followed by “Adjust Lighting” then “Shadows/Highlights”.
  • PSCS: On the main menu click on "Image" followed by "Adjustments" then "Shadows/Highlights". Check "Show More Options"
• Adjust “Lighten Shadows” as desired.  Normally 20% to 50% works well.
• Adjust “Darken Highlights” as desired.  This is usually need but don’t do it so much as to create “halos”. Don't go over about 25%.
• Adjust “Midtone Contrast” as needed.  Usually an increase in contrast is desired.
• Click “OK”. Note: In PSCS there are advanced options not covered in this lesson.

Adjust Levels

• Bring up Levels dialogue box
  • PSE: On the main menu click on “Enhance” then on “Adjust Brightness/Contrast” followed by “Levels”.
  • PSCS: On the main menu click "Image" then "Adjustments" followed by "Levels"
  • Shortcut: To bring up the levels window click "Ctrl-L"
• The Levels window will appear.
• The main graph represents the areas of light and dark within your image.Just below the main graph there are three sliders.  They represent the darkest, midlevel, and lightest areas of your image (in that order.)
• Move the left-most slider to the right until it just touches the graph.  This will assure that there is a black point in your image.
• Move the right-most slider to the left until it just touches the graph.  This will assure that there is a white point in your image.
• Move the middle slider either direction to adjust the mid-tones of your image.When you get the image as you like it click OK. 
• You may click Cancel if you do not want the changes to be made. 

Adjust Brightness and Contrast

• Bring up Brightness and Contrast dialogue box
  • PSE: Click on “Enhance” in the main menu followed by “Lighting” followed by “Brightness/Contrast”.
  • PSCS: Click on "Image" in the main menu followed by "Adjustments" followed by "Brightness/Contrast".
• Alternately adjust the Brightness slider and the Contrast slider to achieve the desired effect.
• Note: You will probably find that you will not use both Levels and Brightness/Contrast.

Adjust hue and saturation

• Bring up Hue and Saturation dialogue box
  • PSE: Click on “Enhance” in the main menu followed by “Adjust Color” then “Adjust Hue/Saturation”
  • PSCS: Click on "Image" in the main menu followed by "Adjustments" then "Hue/Saturation"
  • Shortcut: Click on "Ctrl-U"
• The Hue/Saturation box will appear.
• The Hue, Saturation, and Lightness of the image can be adjusted by using their respective sliders.
• Increasing the saturation slightly may give you a brighter picture.  This might be from 10 to 30 as you wish.  It will give you a warmer image.
• Increasing the hue will give you a cooler (bluer) image.  This can tone down the over saturated reds caused by step 4. You will probably want to use a setting in the 5 to 7 range. 

Sharpen your image

• PSE and PSCS: Click on “Filters” then “sharpen” then “unsharpen mask”, This will bring up the Unsharp Mask dialogue box.
• Choose amount as 125, radius as 1.5 and threshold as 4.  Then click “OK”.  These numbers are just starting points.  For some images you may wish to increase or decrease the amount. Especially adjusting the amount to something in the range 50 to 200 could work.
• Sharpening your image should be the last thing you do before printing. Sharpening can introduce elements into your image that will be changed with other adjustments.