Picking your image
- This assignment works best if you use one of your images from class because it will be large in pixels
- If you pick an image from online you MUST be sure it has a pixel size of at least 1000 pixels.
- This will not work with a LOW pixel photo.
- You may pick a person or animal. No cartoons
- Make the photo show some kind of Action
High Pixel Number Low Pixel Number
Step 1
- Pick the Quick Select Tool and select around the image.
- Get in as close as possible so you don’t have extra background selected
Step 2
- Click the Select and Mask
- At the bottom click Output Settings
- Pick Output To
- Choose New Layer
Step 3:
- At the bottom of Layers Pallet
- Click on the black and white circle
- Pick the Gradient
Step 4:
- Click on the Gradient bar
- A choice of colors will pop up
- Pick any color you would like for your background
Step 5:
- Click the Gradient Fill Layer
- Hold your mouse and drag the Gradient Fill Layer below the Background copy
Step 6:
- Click on the Background layer
- Hold the background layer and drag it into the trash can at the bottom of the layers pallet
- You will now only have 2 layers
Step 7:
- Click Control-T and make your image bigger or smaller. It should fill up about half of the canvas
- Move the person to the edge of the page
Step 8a:
- Before starting the next step, be sure you are on the BACKGROUND Layer
- Click on the Rectangular Marquee Tool
Step 8b:
Stop! This project works best with doing multiple small areas at a time! Do NOT do to big of areas at once!
- Start at the bottom of the person/animal/etc
- Draw a Thin Rectangle over a small area of the photo that looks similar in colors
- Example the blue jeans
Step 9:
- Click Control-J (this will copy the layer)
- Click Control- T (you can now streach the box)
Step 10:
- Hold the SHIFT KEY
- Click on the far right middle of the box
- Drag it to the edge of the canvas.
- Click on the far left middle
- Drag it to the other edge of the canvas
Step 11:
STOP!!!!! MAke sure you are on your Background Copy layer
- Click on the Rectangular Marquee Tool
- Draw over an another small section of the photo where the Color is similar
- Example the guitar
Step 12:
- Click Control-J (this will copy the layer)
- Click Control- T
- Click on the far right corner
- drag it to the edge of the canvas.
- Click on the far left
- drag it to the other edge of the canvas
Step 13:
- You will be repeating steps 8-10 until you get to the top of your person
- Before you start each streaching section make sure you are on the Background Copy layer
- Click on the Rectangular Marquee Tool
- Draw over a another section of the photo where the color is similar
- Click Control-J (this will copy the layer)
- Click Control- T
Stop when the entire person/animal has been streached
Step 14:
- Click on Layer 1
- Hold the Shift Key
- Click on the layer Above the Background Copy
- All of the Layers above the background layers should be highlight
- Right click
- MERGE LAYERS (not merge visible)
- You should now have 3 layers
Step 16:
- Click on the top layer with all of the stretched colors
- Hold and drag the layer below the Background copy layer.
- This will put the stretch colors underneath your image.
Step 17:
- Click on Layer 1
- Right click on the Lasso Tool to revel the Polygono Lasso Tool
- Draw around the section of the photograph where you will not want the swoop to show
- (I want the swoop to come out of the guitar so I drew on the opposite side of his body).
Step 18:
- Click on the Mask at the bottom of the layers pallet.
- Click Control-i and it will flip the swoop to the opposite side
Step 19:
- Click on Layer 1
- Make sure that you are clicked on the Layer Thumbnail and NOT the layer mask
Step 20:
- Click Control T
- Right click and pick Warp
Step 21:
- Click on bottom point
- Drag the lines up and over to a swoop
Step 22:
- Click on another point and drag it up.
- Continue dragging the points until you have created the swoop you would like for your image.
Step 22:
- Make sure that the swoop starts at the very top and ends at the very bottom.
