Shapes Shapes and More Shapes Photoshop

• Pick your FAVORITE photograph you have taken
  • This must be a photograph you have taken

Step 2

• Open it in Photoshop
  • File-Open

Step 3a

• Go to Image
  • Adjustments
    • Black and White

Step 3b

• Photograph will now be black and white

• Go to the Shape Tool
  • Right Click on the Shape Tool

Step 4b:

• Pick a Geometric shape. 
• It doesn’t matter which one you pick

Step 5:

• Go to the top of layer
  • Look below Select/Filter
    • Click on Fill box
      • Pick any color you would like (NOTE: this assignment works with lighter colors best)
        • Stroke must be white with red line through it

Step 6: 

• Draw the shape near the middle of the photo 
  • Don’t make your shape to big or small (see example below)

Step 7:

• Go to the Layers Pallet
  • Click on Shape Layer 
    • Change Opacity to 30-40%  (Adjust as needed)    
  • You need to be able to see through the image but still see the shape/color. 

Step 8:

• Click Control J
  • This will make a copy of the shape/layer
    • The shape will now look darker

Step 9:

• Choose the Move Tool
  • Move the Copied Shape and slightly overlap the Original Shape

• Go to the bottom of the Tool Bar
  • Click on the top color box
• Pick a different color
• You want to start planning ahead for the colors theme

• Click on the the Paint Bucket Tool
  • Click on the Copied Shape
    • A screen will pop up that says “the shape layer must be……..”  
      • Click OK
• Click the Shape again with the Paint Bucket Tool 
  • It will change the color

Step 12:

• Go to the Layers Pallet
  • Click on the Shape Copy
    • Click Control J
      • This will make a copy of the shape/layer

Step 13:

• Choose the Move Tool
  • Move the new copied Shape Layer
  • The shape should slightly overlap the previous shape

Step 14:

• Go to the bottom of the Tool Bar
  • Click on the top color box
    • Pick another color

Step 15:

• Click on the the Paint Bucket Tool
  • Click on the Copied Shape 
    • It will change the color of the shape

Step 16:

• Repeat the steps above
  • Control J to copy shape
  • Move Shape
  • Change Color
  • Use Paint Bucket Tool to change color

• Continue until you have filled
  • 75% of the entire photo

Step 17:

• On Layers Pallet
  • on Layers
    • Flatten Image

Step 18:

• Click on the Circle at the bottom of Layers Pallet
  • Pick Brightness/Contrast

Step 19:

• Change the Contrast and Brightness sliders
  • The edit should make the photo sharp