Gordon Parks Photoshop Project - CVHS Photography

Part 1: Picking Gordon Parks photos

Step 1:

Save the 2 photos below to your computer

Step 2:

Pick 3 Colored Photos of Gordon Parks work
- Save the 3 photos to your computer

Step 3:

Pick 3 Black and White Photos of Gordon Parks work
- Save the 3 photos to your computer

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Part 2: Creating the Graph

Step 1:

Open the photo of Gordon Parks

Step 2:

Go to
- View
  - Guides
    - New Guide Layout

Step 3:

Color
- Custom……White
Columns
- Number 4
- Gutter 0.08 in
Rows
- Number 5
- Gutter 0.08 in
Click OK

Step 4:

Select the Rectangle Tool
Fill: White
Stroke: White box with Red line through it

Step 5:

In the Bottom Right Corner Box
- Draw a White Box
- Make sure you draw the box so that it is touching the inside white graph line

Step 6:

You will be duplicating the White Box
Click
- Control J
Move the duplicated white box to the FAR left bottom square

Step 7:

Click
- Control J
This made another copy of the white box
Move the duplicated white box to the Top Left square

Step 8:

Click Control J
Move the duplicated white box to
- 4th row
  - 1st Column

Step 9:

Click Control J
Move the duplicated white box to
- 4th row
  - 2nd Column

Step 10:

Click Control J
Move the duplicated white box to
- 2nd row
  - 1st Column

Step 11:

Click Control J
Move the duplicated white box to
- 4th row
  - 2nd Column
You should now have 7 white boxes

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Part 3: Adding Gordon Parks Photography

Step 1:

On the Layers pallet
- Click on Rectangle 1 Layer
Go to
- File
  - Place Embedded

Step 2:

Choose the photography you saved of American Gothic (Lady in front of American Flag with broom)
You MUST use American Gothic and no other photograph for this square!
- The photo will show up in the middle of the graph

Step 3:

Move the image ontop of the Bottom Right white Box
- Don’t worry if the whole photograph does not fit
  - Move it around so that the most important parts of the photograph will fit into the box
    - Click Enter when done

Step 4:

Right Click on American Gothic Photo Layer
- (yours may have a different name but it is the Layer above Rectangle 1)
Pick Create Clipping Mask
The photo will now be locked into the square shape
- You can still move it around if you need to change it’s position

Step 5:

Click on Layer
- Rectangle 1 Copy (This will select the white box on the bottom left side)
Go to
- File
  - Place Embedded

Step 6:

Choose any colored or black/white photo you saved from Part 1
- It will show up in the middle of the graph

Step 7:

Move the image ontop of the Bottom Left white Box
- Don’t worry if the whole photograph does not fit
  - Move it around so that the most important parts of the photograph will fit into the box
    - Click Enter when done

Step 8:

On the Layers Pallet
- Right Click on the photograph you just inserted
  - It is the Layer above Rectangle 1 Copy
    - (Everyones photo will have a different name than what is shown below)
Pick Create Clipping Mask
The photo will now be locked into the square shape
- You can still move it around if you need to change it’s position

Step 9:

On the Layers Pallet
- Click on Rectangle 1 Copy 2
Go to
- File
  - Place Embedded
Pick any Colored or Black/white photo you saved

Step 10:

Move the image ontop of the white box
- Don’t worry if the whole photograph does not fit
  - Move it around so that the most important parts of the photograph will fit into the box
    - Click Enter when done

Step 11:

On the Layers Pallet
- Right Click on the photograph you just inserted
  - It is the Layer above Rectangle 1 Copy
    - (Everyones photo will have a different name than what is shown below)
Pick Create Clipping Mask
The photo will now be locked into the square shape
- You can still move it around if you need to change it’s position

Step 12:

On Layers Pallet pick
- Rectangle 1 copy 3
Add another photograph by following the steps from above
Continue steps 5-8 until all the white boxes are filled with Gordon Parks photographs that you picked

Step 13:

You should have on your graph
- American Gothic
- 3 Colored photos
- 3 Black/white photos
On Layers pallet
- Right click on Background Layer
  - Merge Visible

Part 4: Adding Color Overlays

Step 1:

Choose the Eye Dropper Tool
Pick a Blueish color area on any of the colored photos on the graph
- Click the Eye Dropper tool over the blueish area
  - This will select that blue color and it will show up at the botton of the tool bar

Step 2:

Choose the Rectangle Tool
At the top of Photoshop click
- Fill
- Recently Used Colors
  - Choose the first color (this will be the blue you selected)
- Stroke: White box with red /

Step 3:

Draw a Blue box on any square that is Gordone Parks Face/Camera/hand
DO NOT Draw a box over one of the colored or Black/white photos you insterted

Step 4:

Go to the top of Layers pallet
- Change Normal to any overlay between Darken – Hard Mix

Step 5:

Make a copy of the blue square by clicking
- Control J
With the Move Tool
- Move the blue square copy to any square that is his Face/Camera/hand/neck
  - DO NOT cover a photograph you inserted

Step 6:

On the Layers pallet
- - Change Normal to any overlay between Darken – Hard Mix
    - You may keep the same overlay from step 4 if you like.
- Make a copy of the blue square by clicking
- - Control J

Step 7:

Continue Steps 5-6 until you have filled 5 squares with Blue Overlays
Your blue squares do not have to be in the same locations that I put mine

Step 8:

Choose the Eye Dropper Tool
Choose any colored photo and pick any area of skin
- Click the Eye Dropper tool over the skin area

Step 9:

Choose the Rectangle Tool
At the top of Photoshop click
- Fill
- Recently Used Colors
  - Choose the first color (this will be the brown color you selected)
- Stroke: White box with red /

Step 10:

Draw a Brown box on any square that is Gordone Parks Face/Camera/hand
DO NOT Draw a box over one of the colored or Black/white photos you insterted

Step 11:

On the Layers pallet
- Change Normal to any overlay between Darken – Hard Mix

Step 12:

Make a copy of the Brown square by clicking
- Control J
With the Move Tool
- Move the Brown square copy to any square that is his Face/Camera/hand/neck
  - DO NOT cover a photograph you inserted

Step 13:

Repeate Step 12 until you have 3 Brown Squares
Right click on Background
- Merge Visible

Part 5: Adding Lines

Step 1:

Pick the Rectangle Tool

Step 2:

Fill: White
Stroke: White box with Red line through it

Step 3:

You will be drawing a line between the squares along the gutter lines
- Start at the top right
  - Draw a straight line from the top of the photo to the bottom of the photo

Step 4:

Make a Copy of the white line
- Control J
Select the Move tool
- Drag the white line copy to the left
  - Stop between the next set of boxes

Step 5:

Make another Copy of the white line
- Control J
Select the Move tool and drag the white line copy to the left
- Stop between the next set of boxes

Step 6:

You will continue drawing a line between the squares goint horizontal
- Draw a straight line from one end of the image to the other end

Step 7:

Make another Copy of the white line
- Control J
Select the Move tool and drag the white line copy down
- Stop between the next set of boxes

Step 8:

Repeat Step 7 until you have white lines between all the boxes
Flatten Layers
Save as jpeg
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