Look at how to get Photoshop to analyse lots of photographs of the same area and get rid of anything that moves...
Open up Photoshop, Go to: File-Scripts-Load files into stack...
Choose which photos you wish to load, 'check' the box next to "create smart object after loading layers" and press ok.
You can 'check' the box next to "attempt to automatically align source images" if your photos weren't taken on a tripod, as the photos might be a bit wobbly and not in the same place. 'Checking' the box "create smart object after loading layers" will create one layer of all the separate photos, but you can still go back to edit the original.
The little icon on the bottom right of the photo shows that the image is a smart object.
Now go to Layer-Smart Objects-Stack Mode-Median...
This will get rid of everything in the image that moves..
However, the sky is just a blurry mess.. So if you want to get this back, go to the folder with the photographs in it, and look through the images until you find a picture where the sky is particularly nice. Take note of the file name.
File-Place-find image
Right Click on placed layer - Rasterize.
Use the quick selection tool to select the sky, don't worry if it is too precise or not as the buildings will stay the same. Then right click, select inverse and press delete.
And now the sky should look pretty and better than the blurry mess we had before!
Contact sheets are useful, because they allow you to see the entire photos you could use as a set and analyse them all together.
File-automate-contact sheet
Under the Source Images section:
Use: Folder, then choose the folder with the images in it
Under the Document section:
Type in the dimensions of the document, for example A4 (21x29.7)
Make sure the resolution is 300ppi
The colour mode is RGB colour and bit depth is 8-bit
Under the Thumbnails section:
Place across first
Columns: 2 Rows: 2 and make sure that "Rotate For Best Fit" is 'checked'
Make sure that 'Use File Name as Caption' is checked, and you can change the font if you wish.
Then Press Ok...
... and you will see that the images have been laid out next to each other, with their file name underneath (which will make it easier for you to find your images after you've chosen which are the best ones)
To create your postcards..
Create a new A5 document, and place in the photograph that you wish to use..
File, Save as..
Create a new folder called postcard1..
And choose the format to save the image as, for example TIFF
File Formats:
Lossy:
Screen based images (72ppi)
Saving as a lossy format will compress the images down and decrease the quality for printing.
Lossless:
Print based images (300ppi)
When you print something out you want it to look as good as possible, same goes for when you save something, as it will save it as the best image possible. However, this means that the Lossless image is a really large file.
Best file format for Lossless is TIFF
PDF:
If you save as a PDF, then any computer can open it, even if their version of creative suite isn't the latest version. This means that you don't occur problems like missing fonts etc when trying to open up the document for printing or presentation on a different computer to what you worked on.
Open up Adobe Acrobat Pro and press Combine Files into PDF..
Then choose the files that you wish to combine into a PDF file..
Then choose to combine the files into a Large File Size (which is suibtable for high quality PDF and printing) and click combine files...
Then save the file as a PDF so that you can open it up with other software, not just Acrobat..
Then open up the PDF in Preview and print from there for ease!
