Spring 2007
Who is this person ??
Do you Recognize him now ?
Liquifying Images
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After the image has
been saved and
opened in Photoshop,
many changes can be
made.
Under Filter ->
Liquify, changes can
be made to
someone’s face.
Forward Warp Tool, smudges the
drawing.
Pucker Tool, shrinks selection.
Bloat Tool, blows up
selection.
Transformation
Drawing a Background and
selecting layers
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Make sure you open a new layer each time
you want to make a change (Photoshop 1).
Start with the background
For a background of clouds, choose your
color and go to Filter -> Render -> Clouds
Filter Gallery and Blending
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Once the clouds have been
done, using the lasso tools
,
certain selections can be
made.
Once the ground is selected
and painted using a desired
color, the filter gallery can be
used to blend the grass with
the clouds, under Filter ->
Filter Gallery
Transformation
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Once the image has been
copied and pasted on to
the new image on a new
layer, certain
transformations can be
made to that new layer.
Under Edit -> Transform
-> Perspective
Adding an Image
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Once the background is done, the next step is adding the
image.
Find the image you want and open it in Photoshop.
Once it’s opened, using the Magic Wand Tool
and the Inverse selection under Selection, only the part
you want of the image can be selected, copied and
pasted into your new image.
Roger Rabbit in the Matrix
Roger Rabbit in the Matrix
Pattern Stamp Tool
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In order to create an image on top of an existing
background, the following must be done:
First the background must be saved and opened up
in Photoshop.
By going to Edit -> Define Pattern, while selecting
the Pattern Stamp Tool,
the background pattern
can be now selected as a painting tool.
Once that has been done, the desired image must be
cut and pasted onto the background on a NEW
LAYER.
Creating an Image on a
patterned background
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Select the layer, on to
which the image is
pasted.
Make sure only the image
is selected and not the
background, that can be
done by using inverse
selection again.
Creating an Image on a
patterned background
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On the right hand – bottom
corner of Photoshop, different
layers can be selected and
edited.
Under Layers, the blending
mode can be changed to
Luminosity, which will cause
the image to blend in the
background.
Painting and Drawing
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Painting is as easy as choosing a color,
selecting a digital paint brush, and
dragging the brush over the “canvas”
First, choose
a foreground
color
Painting and Drawing
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Next, you need to choose the type of
brush to use
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Note that toolbar buttons with arrows lead to
more options. Just click and hold the button
to see more options
Painting and Drawing
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Then, choose the brush options and
specify opacity
Opacity
specifies
how much
the
background
shows
through
Painting and Drawing
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You can also draw specific shapes in
Photoshop, including rectangles,
ellipses, polygons and custom shapes
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Simply select the shape you want to draw
and then draw on the canvas
Examples of
Custom Shapes
Questions?
Attention !!!
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Duplex Printing is now available in our
labs.
Additional Information
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www.micros.umsl.edu
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http://mell.umsystem.edu
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The Microcomputer Program at the University of Missouri-St.
Louis offers day and evening computer courses as part of
the Chancellor's Certificate series.
Microsoft E-Learning Library has tutorials on many MS Office
products available to all UMSL students and staff
http://www.umsl.edu/stg
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The Online Student Technology Guide has answers to many
computing questions.