The name of the game in PhotoShop is layers



A FEW NOTES….

The name of the game in PhotoShop is layers. You must have a good understanding of how layers work (think of paper dolls!) in order to make really nice digital artwork.

Layers have an opacity level. Opacity refers to the transparency of the layer, how much you can see through it. If a layer has 100% opacity, you cannot see through it. Opacity is the measure of how opaque or see-through a graphic or a piece of paper is.

SOME VOCABS…

|Adjustment Layer |A special type of layer that lets you experiment with color and tonal adjustments to an image without |

| |permanently modifying the pixels in the image |

|Aliasing |The jagged edges on curves and diagonal lines in a bitmap image. These jagged edges are commonly called |

| |jaggies. Enlarging a bitmap image accentuates the effect of aliasing or jaggies |

|Anti-aliasing |The process of smoothing out jaggies on a graphic |

|Brightness |The intensity of light illuminating the graphic |

|Byline |Short phrase or paragraph that indicates the name of the author |

|Crop |To cut out or trim unneeded portions of an image or a page |

|Duotone |When a photograph is printed using two ink colors |

|Embossing |The creation of a three-dimensional design or image on paper |

|Feathering |The process of softening the edges of an image in the foreground so that it blends into the background image|

| |with less contrast |

|GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)|A graphics file format developed by CompuServe to allow exchange of image files across multiple platforms |

| |and it a standard graphics format on the Internet. Uses only 256 colors. |

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|Gradient |When elements within a specified area are filled with a smooth transition between two or more colors |

|Hue |Color (as in the color wheel.) |

|JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts |A file compression standard that is best used for photographs. JPEG is a lossy compression algorithm, |

|Group) |meaning that is slightly degrades image quality. Uses 16 million colors. |

|Masks |Way of protecting specific areas of your image, just as you would use masking tape when painting your house.|

| |A mask consists of a grayscale channel, called an alpha channel and is often displayed as a ruby overlay so |

| |the underlying image can be seen through the mask. The darkest areas of a mask are the areas most protected |

| |and the white areas are unprotected. Shades of gray represent areas of partial protection that corresponds |

| |with the level of gray. |

|Monochrome |A black-and-white photograph or slide; painting done in a range of tones of a single color; having or |

| |appearing to have only one color |

|Opacity |Measure of how opaque or see-through a graphic is |

|Opaque |Not see-through, non-transparent |

|Saturation |An indication relating to the richness or vibrancy of the color |

|Scale |To change the size of an object while maintaining its shape |

|Sepia tone |A reddish brown monochrome tint. When applied to a photo, it gives the picture a warm, antique feeling |

|Transparency |A measure of how see-through something is or how much light can pass through |

|Watermark |An image or text that appears on the background of a graphic to decorate or prevent illegal copying of the |

| |graphic |

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS TOOLBAR

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1) Rectangular marquee

1a) Elliptical marquee

2) Lasso

2a) Polygonal lasso

2b) Magnetic lasso

3) Crop tool

4) Custom Shape

4a) Rectangle

4b) Rounded Rectangle

4c) Ellipse

4d) Polygon

4e) Line

4f) Shape Selection

5) Airbrush

6) Paint bucket

7) Eraser

7a) Background Eraser

7b) Magic Eraser

8) Blur

9) Sponge

10) Red eye brush

11) Clone stamp

11a) Pattern stamp

12) Hand

13) Foreground color

14)Default colors

15) Move

16) Magic wand

17) Type

18) Gradient

19) Paintbrush

20) Pencil

21) Impressionist brush

22) Sharpen

23) Smudge

24) Dodge

24a) Burn

25) Eyedropper

26) Zoom

27) Switch colors

28) Background color

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2.0

BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY ROTATION

Complete the tutorials listed below for completion points. Upon completion of these tutorials, you will complete several projects. Be sure to keep all of your work and to clearly name each item so you can locate it for printing. Completing tutorials should help you to better learn PhotoShop so that you can complete the more complicated assignments later. Be sure to save frequently!! You receive 20 points for completing each tutorial correctly.

• Tutorials #1 and #5 are from



• Tutorial #3 is from

• Tutorials #2 and #4 are from

TUTORIAL #1

Harness the Power of Layers

NOTE: You’ll find the sample file under C, Program Files, Adobe, Adobe PhotoShop, Tutorials

TUTORIAL #2

Beautiful America Photo Gallery

You will need to obtain six photos of American related things… such as flags, the White House, the President, etc. This is a good site for free photographs---

TUTORIAL #3

Masking with the Selection Brush

You will need a photo of something that you can crop out (such as a person or a piece of fruit, etc.) and something for the background so you can use it as the bottom layer.

TUTORIAL #4

Springtime Window Decoration

NOTE: DO NOT change print settings; we will not print on transparencies

Your project does not have to use the same colors or shapes, but do use the same ideas (gradients, layers, etc.).

TUTORIAL #5

Create a Greeting Card

You do not have to use the same pictures or words. I would prefer you use a picture of your own and make something personal! Use the same features, but yours does not have to look exactly like the example project.

Remaining Projects (will use scoring guides)

• Color Accent (50 pts)

• Custom Pattern Fill, Cropping, and Custom Shapes (50 pts)

• Sepia and Photo Blending (60 pts)

• Put Me There (50 pts)

• Blur the Background (30 pts)

• Custom Collage (100 pts)

TOTAL FOR ROTATION:

100 (tutorials) + 340 (projects) + 10 (vocab quiz)= 450 points

COLOR ACCENT

A popular photo effect these days is adding color accents. You start with a color photo, duplicate the layer, add an adjustment layer (hue/saturation of zero—check colorize), and then erase the parts where you want the color to show through.

Example— (before and after)

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|Requirement |Points Possible |Score |

|Obtain a color photo from the internet (or take one digitally) |10 | |

|Follow instructions above (duplicate layer, add adjustment layer, etc.) |10 | |

|Colorize only one color or portion of the photo (zoom in very close so it is exact) |10 | |

|Professionalism/neatness |10 | |

|A byline in script (created by you) |5 | |

|Before and after photo is turned in |5 | |

|TOTAL |50 | |

CUSTOM PATTERN FILL, CROPPING, AND CUSTOM SHAPES ASSIGNMENT

Using Adobe PhotoShop Elements 2.0, create a new graphic from scratch (600 x 485 pixels). Locate a texture for your background. Obtain a texture from—



To add a custom pattern to the pattern picker:

1. To create a pattern from a texture, make a rectangular selection with Feather set to 0 px. Or, to create a pattern from the entire image, deselect everything (you should not have to select an area if you used the above website so just open it and go to step 2)

2. Choose Edit > Define Pattern.

3. Enter a name for the pattern in the Pattern Name dialog box.

4. To deselect the rectangle, choose Select > Deselect.

5. Close the pattern; it should now be listed in your patterns box when you go to fill (paint bucket) with a pattern

|Requirement |Points Possible |Score |

|Take a photo of something (a person, a thing, etc.) |10 | |

|Use the pattern obtained above and fill in with the paint bucket |10 | |

|Crop the thing or person out of the photo you took digitally; cut and paste it to your new graphic |10 | |

|Insert a custom shape that would be appropriate; use a brush if needed and eraser if necessary to clean up the |10 | |

|photo | | |

|Add a beveled edge to the custom shape layer |5 | |

|A byline in script (created by you) |5 | |

|TOTAL |50 | |

Example--

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SEPIA AND PHOTO BLENDING

Using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, work with existing photographs to create a blended photo with sepia tones. Obtain two photos from the internet or bring in your own. Ideally, you will include nature/animals as your subject, but other subjects are allowable with instructor approval. You must include—

|Requirement |Points Possible |Score |

|Two photos from the internet (should be fairly big, high quality photos!) |20 | |

|List websites where photos were obtained below for points: | | |

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|(5 points each for the website addresses!!!) | | |

|One photo as the main background |5 | |

|The second photo as a blended element with a layer opacity of around 50% (we should see it but it should be |10 | |

|partially transparent so we can see the other photo through it) | | |

|A soft eraser texture is used to edit the secondary photo |10 | |

|An adjustment layer is added and hue/saturation are modified for a sepia tone (Check colorize; hue of 16 and |10 | |

|saturation of 22; lightness if needed) | | |

|A byline in script (created by you) |5 | |

|TOTAL |60 | |

PRINTOUT MUST INCLUDE ORIGINAL PHOTOS AND MANIPULATED PHOTO

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PUT ME THERE! ASSIGNMENT

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Locate a graphic on the internet of a place (such as the beach, in front of a monument, etc.). Make sure this is a good size graphic so it will not be blurry. Additionally, have someone take a picture of you with the digital camera posed and dressed appropriately for the location.

|Requirement |Points Possible |Score |

|Photo from the internet (should be fairly big, high quality photos!) |10 | |

|List website where photo was obtained below for points: | | |

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|A digital photo of self is taken and cropped neatly for insertion |10 | |

|Effects are added to make layer look more real (may need to sharpen, soften, adjust colors, etc.) |5 | |

|If necessary, landscape modifications were made to make the photo look real (for example, a shadow was added in |5 | |

|the example above behind the subject on a layer with a half opacity) | | |

|Professionalism/realism |10 | |

|A byline in script (created by you) |5 | |

|Before and after picture is printed |5 | |

|TOTAL |50 | |

BLUR THE BACKGROUND

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Locate a graphic on the internet someone standing in front of a clear background, trees, or something that is otherwise sharp and a distraction. You could take a digital picture of someone for this activity, if you wish.

|Requirement |Points Possible |Score |

|Photo from the internet or photo taken the meets requirements (must be high quality with contrasting, clear |5 | |

|background) | | |

|Person is selected freehand and then selection is inverted so that change can be made to the background area |10 | |

|(Select, Inverse) HINT: Be sure to use the tips presented in the tutorial on masking selections for a precise | | |

|selection of your subject | | |

|Background area has two effects applied to it: Soft Flat Color and then Soft Focus (use Effects tab) |5 | |

|A byline in script (created by you) |5 | |

|Before and after picture is printed |5 | |

|TOTAL |30 | |

CUSTOM COLLAGE ASSIGNMENT

Using Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, design a large photo collage of your family or something meaningful to you (your friends, your pet, your favorite things, etc.). You must include—

|Requirement |Points Possible |Score |

|At least six photos (probably should use an 800x600 size, RGB) |30 | |

|A shape filled with color (set a layer style so this appears raised or beveled) |10 | |

|Text in the shape (watch spelling) |10 | |

|Soft lines around photos (use soft eraser tool) |10 | |

|WHEN FINISHED, add a frame. Save first in case you mess up as adding a frame will require flattening |10 | |

|(losing and merging) your layers. Under the effects tab, select either a foreground color frame and set| | |

|it to match your colored shape or use the wood frame. | | |

|A byline in script (created by you) |10 | |

|Professionalism |20 | |

|TOTAL |100 | |

Optional: Modify opacity if desired on certain layers

Example—

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Another Example of a Photo Collage--

(does not meet all the requirements, but gives you another idea; notice they use a blurred photo behind the other photos for a neat effect)

SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECTS

If you finish early, try some of these

Obtain a photograph that has “redeye” in it. Then, use this tutorial to remove the redeye. Be sure to print your before and after photograph. This must be an original photograph (so ask to borrow one from someone or take one… seems it happens more than we want it to anyway) and not one from the internet someplace.

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Obtain a texture using the texture site listed earlier in this booklet. Then, complete this tutorial. Print your texture by itself and your finished project.

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Obtain a photograph of a flower. Then, follow the tutorial to create a symmetrical flower.

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Obtain a photograph of yourself or have someone take a photograph of you. Then, complete this tutorial.

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ROTATION TEST

Constructed Response Questions

Answer the following questions thoroughly using complete sentences. SHOW me you know the program! You may type or handwrite your responses, and you may get into the program.

1. Explain the importance of layers in PhotoShop. How can moving the order of layers around change your picture? Why do layers matter?

2. What is hue/saturation and how can this affect the appearance of a photograph? Why would this be used?

3. What are three different effects you learned in PhotoShop that professional photographers might use in the field to achieve a neat result? Explain each one.

4. What was your favorite project in PhotoShop? Why? Explain.

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