American Gothic Short Video

Use your own family photo

Step 1:

You must add color to EVERY SECTION of the photograph 

• Open the black and white image in Photoshop
  • Pick the Quick Selection Tool
    • Select ALL of the face/skin
      • Avoid going into the hair

Step 2:

• If you select to much of the face
  • Choose the Paintbrush
    • Deselect that area

Step 3:

• Click the black/white circle at the bottom of the layers pallet
  • Pick Solid Color

Step 4:

• Choice a brownish/orange/yellow color for the skin depending on the person’s nationality
  • Click ok

Step 5a:

• On the layers pallet where it says Normal
  • Change to Color

Step 5b:

• If the color does not look natural
  • Lower the opacity

Step 5c:

• If you picked the wrong color you can change it
  • Click on the box with color
    • Pick a new color from the color picker

Step 6a

• If you painted outside of the skin you can remove it
  • Click on the Mask on Color Fill Layer
    • Select the Brush Tool
      • Make sure Black color is selected
        • Paint off the color

Step 6b

• If you missed coloring the parts of the skin, you can add more color to it
  • Click on the mask on Color Fill Layer
    • Select the Brush Tool
      • Make sure White color is selected
        • Paint on the color

Step 7

• You MUST paint the color OFF the eyes and lips
  • Click on the mask on Color Fill Layer
    • Select the Brush Tool
      • Make sure Black color is selected
        • Paint out the color from the eyes and the lips

Step 8:

• Click on BACKGROUND Layer

********You must ALWAYS be on the background layer before starting a new color/section*********

• Quick Select the Lips

Step 9:

• At the bottom of layers, click the black/white circle
  • Pick Solid Color

Step 10:

• Choice a nutral red color for the lips
  • Click ok

Step 11:

• On Layers Pallet
  •  Change Normal to Color

Step 12:

• Lower the Opacity of the lip color to look natural
  • • If you do not like the color you can go back  and change the color
      • Click on the colored box that you want to change the color

Step 13:

• Return to the BACKGROUND Layer!!!!!!
  • You must ALWAYS be on the background layer before starting a new color/section
    • Quick Select another section of the photo

Step 14:

• At the bottom of layers, click the black/white circle
  • Pick Solid Color
    • Pick a Color

Step 15:

• On the layers pallet
  • Change Normal to Color
    • Lower the Opacity

Step 16:

• Return to the BACKGROUND Layer

You must ALWAYS be on the background layer before starting a new color/section

• • • Quick Select around another section of the photo
      • Follow the steps  3-6 again for each section of color

******You must do seperate sections of color for each section of the photo.  DO NOT make everything the same color.*******

Step 17:

• When you are done you should have 5-10+ color layers.  The more the better!!!!
  • Don’t forget to do the background
    • *********You must add color to EVERY SECTION of the photograph you pick!!!!!!*******
      • When you are finished, Flatten the image
        • Do NOT put your logo on it.  This is not your photo