Staple Cities Background and Characters

Part 1: Choosing Theme and Files 

Step 1

• Pick the theme for your city.
  • Your theme can be anything as long as it’s school appropriate
    • My example below is of a concert for Twenty One Piolets

Step 2

• Find and save a photo online that will become the background behind your Staple City
  • I picked a concert for my background

Step 3

• Find and save 3 characters that match the theme of your background
  • You may do mor than 2 characters if you like
• To find the best photos:
  • Google the characters name, along with full body so that the image is not cut off

Part 2: Adding the Background 

Step 1

• Open Staple City Photo
• Pick the Quick Select Tool
  • Select OUTSIDE of staples 

Step 2

• Go to the Layers
  • Select the Mask (box at bottom of layers pallet) 
    • This will make the staples disappear

Step 3

• Click
  • Control  i
    • The background will now disappear

Step 4

• Right Click on the Layer 0
  • pick Duplicate Layer
    • You will now have 2 layers

Step 5

• Open the background file you have choosen
• Select the Move Tool
  • Move and Drag the background file so it covers Staple City

Step 5a

• You will now have 3 Layers

Step 6

• Click and Hold on the Top Layer
  • Drag this Layer down so that it Between the two Staple City Layers
    • The background photo will now be behind Staple City

Step 7

• Flatten your image

Part 3: Adding the People

Step 1

• Open the Characters you saved from Part 1
• Choose the Quick Select Tool
  • Choose Select Subject
    • If it doesn’t select the whole character, use the plus anad minus to select and deselect the image

Step 3

• Select the Move Tool
  • Drag the character onto Stpale City

Step 4

• Control  T  to make image smaller or bigger

Step 5

• Follow Steps 1-4 and to add more characters

Step 6

• Flatten Image

Step 7

• Open in Camera Raw
  • Edit so the characters colors and exposure blend into the scence