Taking a Passport Photo
- Front view, full face, open eyes, closed mouth,
and natural expression
- Full head from top of hair to shoulders
- Wear normal street attire
- The head should not be tilted
- Plain white or off-white background
- No shadows on face or in background
- No glasses or sunglasses; no hat or head covering
unless worn daily for religious reasons
- Normal contrast and lighting
- Photo must be in color
- Photo must be no older than 6 months
STEP BY STEP CREATE PASSPORT PHOTO
i.
Open
the Adobe
folder and
then open Adobe
Photoshop 7.0
ii.
Import
your image into Photoshop by going to File
> Open and
then selecting your file from a flash drive or camera. (Copied and/or scanned
images are not allowed by passport photo standards).
iii.
Select
the crop tool. With the crop tool selected,
view the crop bar option at the top. In the drop down options, select 2x2
(Square).
iv.
Select Image
> Image size. Make sure you image is at 2x2 inches and
at a resolution of 300.
v.
Press
CTRL+A to select the entire image
and press CTRL+C to copy the image.
vi.
Press CTRL+N to
create new page, and adjust the Page Size to 6 in width by 4 in height
to print on 4x6 photo paper, resolution minimum 300.
vii.
Press CTRL+V to
paste the copy of the photo.
viii.
Press
CTRL+T to select photo layer and Press SHIFT+ALT+CLICK to resize
photo.
ix.
By
using the move tool, move the picture at the top left of page and
arrange photo to fit.
x.
Press SHIFT+ALT+CLICK on photo and drag the photo &
arrange photo into four pair in first row.
xi.
Press F7 (Show/Hide Layer) & go to layer palette,
link all four photo & Press CTRL+E (Merge Linked Layer).
xii.
After merging layer, again copy layer using shortcut
keys SHIFT+ALT+CLICK & arrange all layers into three rows.
xiii.
For adjusting page size we go to IMAGE MENU
> CANVAS SIZE and choose height & width (in inch) according our requirement.
xiv.
Save
the image to your newly created folder as a .JPEG.
