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Digital Applications/Print: Lesson [02]
Oct. 11th, 2010 06:47 pmThe second lesson began with the opening of two pictures: a palm tree and some sand dunes. Our task was to photoshop these two images together, creating a whole new scene. We started by selecting the standard lasso tool and highlighting the tree. As always, we used 'Alt' to take away from the highlighted selection, and 'shift' to add to it; loops appeared to work the best for this process.
Next, we copy-pasted our selection into a new layer using the Apple C and V keyboard commands. We clicked the 'eye' icon next to the layers in order to gain a clearer view of the selected palm tree. We then switched to the magnetic lasso tool, which attaches itself automatically to the sides of a part of the picture that differs tonally from the background. Once again, we employed Alt and Shift to tidy up the edges. Another useful command for highlighting was Apple + D, which deselects your current choice.
Following this, we used the 'magic wand' tool and set the tolerance to 32. Selecting certain colours, we were able to erase the gaps between parts of the tree effectively. We were also shown how to use the history brush tool in order to add colours back into the trunk that may have been deleted by the previous action.
It was time to import the palm tree layer into the sand dune file. We flipped the palm tree around horizontally by selecting Edit and Transform. Next, we had to create a shadow. Using 'Apple-click' to select the entire layer, it was possible to copy it and fill the palm tree with the colour black. We renamed the layer 'shadow', and applied gaussian blur [5.1]. Using Apple T, we were able to edit the position of the shadow; Shift altered the scale, while the Apple button changed the angle. We then set the blending to overlay.
The final stage was to swap the layers 'Shadow' and 1, add a layer mask in the the layer box and set a black to white gradient by clicking and dragging.
So, that's how to create a tropical island in your own home.
Next, we copy-pasted our selection into a new layer using the Apple C and V keyboard commands. We clicked the 'eye' icon next to the layers in order to gain a clearer view of the selected palm tree. We then switched to the magnetic lasso tool, which attaches itself automatically to the sides of a part of the picture that differs tonally from the background. Once again, we employed Alt and Shift to tidy up the edges. Another useful command for highlighting was Apple + D, which deselects your current choice.
Following this, we used the 'magic wand' tool and set the tolerance to 32. Selecting certain colours, we were able to erase the gaps between parts of the tree effectively. We were also shown how to use the history brush tool in order to add colours back into the trunk that may have been deleted by the previous action.
It was time to import the palm tree layer into the sand dune file. We flipped the palm tree around horizontally by selecting Edit and Transform. Next, we had to create a shadow. Using 'Apple-click' to select the entire layer, it was possible to copy it and fill the palm tree with the colour black. We renamed the layer 'shadow', and applied gaussian blur [5.1]. Using Apple T, we were able to edit the position of the shadow; Shift altered the scale, while the Apple button changed the angle. We then set the blending to overlay.
The final stage was to swap the layers 'Shadow' and 1, add a layer mask in the the layer box and set a black to white gradient by clicking and dragging.
So, that's how to create a tropical island in your own home.
