1. Insert Disk

2. Click START-PROGRAMS

3. Click NERO BURNING ROM

4. Click COMPILE A NEW CD Button click Next

5. Click DATA CD Click Next

6. Click COMPILE A NEW DATA CD   (***) see this symbol at the end

7. Click Next

8. This dialogue box begins "Final step--etc--"

9. Click FINISH and wait

10. Click OK when New Track number comes up

Scroll down to the required file and click on it, keeping your finger down, drag it into the column that says NAME SIZE

The rest your cursor on the 8yh button from the right and you will see that it says "opens the write CD dialog", click on this

In the next dialog box, click on the round button that says burn

Click the BURN button at the bottom of the dialogue box

Click OK in the next dialogue box and wait for the process to be complete. The disk will eject automatically.

Click OK to "burn process done successfully"

Click DISCARD at bottom right of next dialogue box

Click the x at the top right hand corner of the next dialogue box

Next box asks "Save the changes?" CLICK NO

(***) WHEN NEXT YOU PUT SOMETHING ON THIS DISK< INSTEAD OF CLICKING COMPILE A NEW DATA CD< CLICK THE-CONTINUE AN EXISTING DATA CD (MULTI SESSION) BUTTON (STEP 6)

1. If original image is B&W colour in RGB

2. Image - Adjustments-Channel Mixer

3. Tick Mono box

4. Red to +200, Green to -86, Blue to -32

5. Filter-Noise-Add Noise

6. Uniform +13

7. In Layers Tab (if not visible Window-Layers) drag the background layer over the Create New Layer Icon at bottom of Layers Tab

8. Filter-Distort-Diffuse Glow.

9. Graininess 6, Glow Amount 10, Clear Amount 13

10. Open Opacity at top of Layers Tab and adjust slider to achieve desired effect

11. Layer-Flatten Image

12. Image-Adjust-Levels and adjust for more atmospheric image

Images recorded from the computer screen as title slides for presentations etc., frequently appear grainy and often with a monitor- blue cast.  Getting acceptable results may require much experiment. Because there are so many variables: - the monitor, ambient lighting, the film, the camera settings - there seems to be no short cut.  

After a lot of experiment the following is offered as a starter towards something of a short cut with Photoshop!

1                    Set image size of your monitor to its maximum pixels. (This is usually already set as default)

2                    Adjust Colour Balance of selected image to reduce any blue cast by moving slider towards yellow.  Record settings.

3                    Reduce Contrast (Brightness & Contrast) to below normal.  Again, record Settings.

4                    Go to the Tools Palette  - usually down the left-hand side of the screen.   Click on the magnifying Zoom Tool.

5                    Click the Full Screen Mode Button  (Second row up - far right button)   

This gives a black screen background

            (Note: To revert back, click the centre button of this row.)

6          Press Tab Key on keyboard to remove all toolboxes from the screen.

(Note:  To revert back, click the Tab Key again.)

7          You should now have only your image in the centre of a black background

The size of the image on screen may be adjusted by the Zoom tool which should have remained selected.

8          Set up the camera on a tripod. Work in darkness to avoid screen reflections. Use any reputable slide film at a slow speed.  (1/15 sec or less).  Use Auto exposure for Aperture.  Bracket the exposures.

Employing Autofocus on telephoto lenses, zoom in to the image now in the centre of your monitor on a black background.  Focus inside the borders of the monitor screen. Remember to park the Mouse in the bottom far right corner of the screen before shooting!

Record bracketed exposures to determine the best   combination of settings. Then do it again until you get what you want !

First, show your layers palette on screen

1.        Bring your image into photoshop and save as a PSD file, and remember to save regularly as you work.

2.     In the layers palette, double click the word background, the dialogue box will give you 

Layer 0,

Colour - none

Mode – normal     

100%

Click OK.

3.        Drag the thumbnail down to the duplicate layer button at the bottom of the layers palette (next to the rubbish bin)

4.     You now have ‘Layer 0 copy        ‘ highlighted and below it is ‘Layer 0’.

5.        Highlight ‘Layer 0’, now pick a bright colour to put in the foreground box in the tool bar (preferably a colour that isn’t in the image) Go to EDIT – FILL – Foreground colour

                                                                                                   Normal

                                                                                                  100%

        Click OK.

6.     The lower ‘layer 0’ in the layers palette is now that chosen colour.

7.        Highlight top ‘Layer 0 copy’.

8.     Add layer mask thus: - by clicking on the layer mask button at the bottom of the layers palette – 2nd. From left.

9.     You now have the upper layer with

        An eye – a square with a circle inside – the image – a chain symbol and a white square (the white square is the layer mask).

10.   In the tool bar make sure that the foreground and background boxes are black and white, black in the foreground and white in the background.

No. 11 is to make life easier for you

11.   In the tool bar click on the paintbrush. Now dock your bushes palette in the docking well for easy access. Open the brushes palette and click on         BRUSH TIP SHAPE, Unclicking all other options. In this box you can alter the hardness or softness of the brush by moving the hardness slider, also the size of the brush by moving the diameter slider, (A quicker way to alter the size is by the bracket keys (Next to the letter P.) leave the spacing at 1% (another story – another time) Also you can change the shape of the brush with the circle with the crossed arrows in, pull in the dots and turn the arrows. (Experiment).

12.        Back to the instructions, 

        Now with your selected brush, start to go carefully round your subject, enlarge the image to see the edge more clearly,

        Your first stroke will reveal the underlying layer colour and you can see what you are doing.

13.        Always remember to check that in the layers palette the upper layer has the square with circle inside next to the eye. If by any chance it disappears and a brush appears, then click the white square, which is the mask (See No.9). The circle will come back. Going round the image cutting out is called painting with black, if you make a mistake then swap the black & white squares round in the tool bar and you can rectify your mistake, that is painting with white, to resume, put the black square back in the foreground. (A quick way of swapping these is by the x key) 

        When you have completely selected your subject, it will be left on a completely plain coloured background.

            14.   Now – in the top menu bar go to LAYER – down to REMOVE LAYER MASK  - Click APPLY.

            15.   Now highlight the lower ‘layer 0’ and drag into the dustbin. Do not flatten the image.

            Save as a PSD file and the subject is ready to be placed on any file or background you wish just by having your new file on screen, Highlighting your selection file and going into the move tool and dragging it across.