Image 1 – select area and modify it
1.
Open jpg
2.
Duplicate layer
3.
Switch off original layer
4.
Select lasso tool
5.
Make sure feather is set to 0
6.
Draw around the sky
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Set feather to 200 - click refine edge
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Set controls to give red mask - ok
9.
Layer - new adjustment layer - levels - ok
10. On histogram slider, move centre slider to right - ok
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11. Select lasso tool
12. Make sure that feather is set to 0
13. Draw around canal
14. Set feather to 200 - click refine edge
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15. Set controls to set red mask
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Layer – new adjustment layer – Hue / Saturation - ok
17. Adjust sliders for the desired effect
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Image 2
Things that are wrong:
1.
Scale
2.
No references to the water, i.e. wash, ripples
3.
Setting
Click on banana boat – rescale, move, etc, switch it off
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Image 3 – add another image to a picture
1.
Open field
2.
Open car
3.
Click select all
4.
Edit copy
5.
Close car image
6.
Edit paste
7.
Use magic wand and tolerance 20
8.
Use rubber to erase background
9.
De-select by clicking outside marching ants with
rectangular marquee tool selected
10. Re-select. Move tool - move over
11. Move tool to position
12. Select magic wand
13. Select rubber and complete removal
14. Re-size
15. New layer
16. Paintbrush - black
17. Opacity – 25%
18. paint shadow
19. Filter - blur – Gaussian blur
20. Adjust the slider - ok
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Image 4 – add a mask
1.
Open car
2.
Open A5 card
3.
Select all
4.
edit – copy
5.
Close A5 card
6.
Edit - paste
7.
zoom to view all and resize card to fit
8.
click on icon to add a layer mask
9.
draw a square marquee inside card border
10.
set feather to 30px – refine edge – set all controls to 0
11.
select white paintbrush – rubber – rub out all middle
12.
new adjustment layer- black & white – auto – OK
13.
click mask icon – select white paintbrush and paint over car (called
colour popping)
14.
swap over the two layers to show the effect of the order on the card
border
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Image 5 - montage
1.
File - scripts - load files into stack
2.
With move tool - move levers to bottom left and shrink down
3.
Select Rectangular Marquee – accept
4.
With move tool, move driving wheel image to top left
5.
With hand tool - select train and move it to the third from top in
stack
6.
Move tool - select and move train to top left - resize
7.
Take royal train to top of stack
8.
Use magic wand to select white area
9.
Select rubber and delete white to transparent
10.
Select move tool – shrink and move to bottom left
11.
Select marquee tool
12.
With move tool select Jack, upscale and move to centre just
above horizontal
13.
Select levers – with rectangular marquee tool, draw area inside
picture
14.
Select – inverse
15.
Filter - blur - Gaussian Blur - set to 45 pixels - ok
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With Rectangular tool - feathers set at 50 pixels – draw box
inside
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Select - Inverse
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Filter – Blur - Gaussian blur - set to 65 pixels – ok
19.
Select top left train - with rectangular marquee tool – draw an
area inside picture
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20.
Select inverse
21.
Filter – blur – Gaussian Blur – set to 80 pixels – ok
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Image 6 – age photo
1.
Open small original
2.
Copy background layer
3.
Select it – deselect original
4.
Select All
5.
Marque tool – select subtract - draw around picture
6.
Select rubber and go around picture
7.
Open ‘old frame.jpg’
8.
Select all
9.
Edit – copy – close image
10. Edit - paste into car picture
11. Select ‘Screen’ from drop down, now ‘Normal’
12. Layer - new adjustment layer – black and white
13. Select Auto
14. Layer - new fill layer - gradient
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Practice pictures
Try to make the combined picture look as though the helicopter look as though it
really has landed. (hint - scale, shadow)
Good Luck – have fun – contact me if you would like the original tiff images – Stuart at
email: [email protected]
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