# ΒΆ Photoshop Basics (image & graphics)
The following Photoshop tutorial covers some of the basics of how to improve image quality. Photoshop is available in the [Digital Studio](https://ds.bc.edu/digital-studio/). To access it, you need to [sign in](https://spark.adobe.com/sp/) using your [Adobe account](https://auth.services.adobe.com/en_US/deeplink.html?deeplink=ssofirst\&callback=https%3A%2F%2Fims-na1.adobelogin.com%2Fims%2Fadobeid%2FSunbreakWebUI1%2FAdobeID%2Ftoken%3Fredirect_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faccount.adobe.com%252F%2523from_ims%253Dtrue%2526old_hash%253D%252523%2526api%253Dauthorize%2526reauth%253Dtrue%26code_challenge_method%3Dplain%26use_ms_for_expiry%3Dtrue\&client_id=SunbreakWebUI1\&scope=AdobeID%2Copenid%2Cacct_mgmt_api%2Cgnav%2Csao.cce_private%2Csao.digital_editions%2Ccreative_cloud%2Cread_countries_regions%2Csocial.link%2Cunlink_social_account%2Cadditional_info.address.mail_to%2Cclient.scopes.read%2Cpublisher.read%2Cadditional_info.account_type%2Cadditional_info.roles%2Cadditional_info.social%2Cadditional_info.screen_name%2Cadditional_info.optionalAgreements%2Cadditional_info.secondary_email%2Cadditional_info.secondary_email_verified%2Cadditional_info.phonetic_name%2Cadditional_info.dob%2Cupdate_profile.all%2Csecurity_profile.read%2Csecurity_profile.update%2Cadmin_manage_user_consent%2Cadmin_slo%2Cpiip_write%2Cmps%2Clast_password_update%2Cupdate_email%2Caccount_cluster.read%2Caccount_cluster.update%2Cadditional_info.authenticatingAccount%2Creauthenticated\&denied_callback=https%3A%2F%2Fims-na1.adobelogin.com%2Fims%2Fdenied%2FSunbreakWebUI1%3Fredirect_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faccount.adobe.com%252F%2523from_ims%253Dtrue%2526old_hash%253D%252523%2526api%253Dauthorize%2526reauth%253Dtrue%26response_type%3Dtoken\&relay=d2736a2b-7d0a-43db-ba40-b4397635d176\&locale=en_US\&flow_type=token\&ctx_id=accmgmt\&idp_flow_type=login\&reauthenticate=force#/). If you don't have an account, you will need to [create one](https://auth.services.adobe.com/en_US/deeplink.html?deeplink=ssofirst\&callback=https%3A%2F%2Fims-na1.adobelogin.com%2Fims%2Fadobeid%2FSunbreakWebUI1%2FAdobeID%2Ftoken%3Fredirect_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faccount.adobe.com%252F%2523from_ims%253Dtrue%2526old_hash%253D%252523%2526api%253Dauthorize%2526reauth%253Dtrue%26code_challenge_method%3Dplain%26use_ms_for_expiry%3Dtrue\&client_id=SunbreakWebUI1\&scope=AdobeID%2Copenid%2Cacct_mgmt_api%2Cgnav%2Csao.cce_private%2Csao.digital_editions%2Ccreative_cloud%2Cread_countries_regions%2Csocial.link%2Cunlink_social_account%2Cadditional_info.address.mail_to%2Cclient.scopes.read%2Cpublisher.read%2Cadditional_info.account_type%2Cadditional_info.roles%2Cadditional_info.social%2Cadditional_info.screen_name%2Cadditional_info.optionalAgreements%2Cadditional_info.secondary_email%2Cadditional_info.secondary_email_verified%2Cadditional_info.phonetic_name%2Cadditional_info.dob%2Cupdate_profile.all%2Csecurity_profile.read%2Csecurity_profile.update%2Cadmin_manage_user_consent%2Cadmin_slo%2Cpiip_write%2Cmps%2Clast_password_update%2Cupdate_email%2Caccount_cluster.read%2Caccount_cluster.update%2Cadditional_info.authenticatingAccount%2Creauthenticated\&denied_callback=https%3A%2F%2Fims-na1.adobelogin.com%2Fims%2Fdenied%2FSunbreakWebUI1%3Fredirect_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Faccount.adobe.com%252F%2523from_ims%253Dtrue%2526old_hash%253D%252523%2526api%253Dauthorize%2526reauth%253Dtrue%26response_type%3Dtoken\&relay=d2736a2b-7d0a-43db-ba40-b4397635d176\&locale=en_US\&flow_type=token\&ctx_id=accmgmt\&idp_flow_type=login\&reauthenticate=force#/) using your BC email address.
## Enhancing Images
1. First select an image of your choice.
2. After downloading your image, open the Photoshop software, click **File** and select **Open** to insert your image.
3. To brighten the image, click **Image** in the upper left menu
4\. Go to **Adjustments**
5\. Go to **Vibrance**
Make sure the preview icon is selected, it enables you to view changes to your work.
## **Changing Filters**
1. In order to change the filter on the image, select **Image**
2\. Go to **Adjustments**
3\. Go to **Photo Filter.** Choose the filter of your choice.
## **Cropping Images**
1. First select an image of your choice.
2. After downloading your image, open the Photoshop software, click **File** and select **Open** to insert your image.
3\. To crop, click the box on the left hand column within Photoshop.
4\. Next, click the upper corner of your image and drag the box to where you want to crop it to.
5\. Finally, click out of the image.
## **Adjusting Saturation**
1. First select an image of your choice.
2. After downloading your image, open the Photoshop software, click **File** and select **Open** to insert your image.
3\. To adjust saturation, go to **Image** in the upper left menu.
4\. Go to **Adjustments**.
5\. Go to **Hue/Saturation**
## **Adjusting Levels**
1. First select an image of your choice.
2. After downloading your image, open the Photoshop software, click **File** and select **Open** to insert your image.
3. Next, click **Image** in the upper left menu
4\. Select **Adjustments.**
5\. Select **Levels.**
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