Staple Cities Background and Characters

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

Step 2

  • Find and save a photo online that will become the background behind your Staple City

Step 3

  • Find and save 3 characters that match the theme
  • The characters MUST be full body.
    • Cut off images will not work with this
      • Google the characters name + full body

 

Part 2: Adding the Background 

Step 1

  • Set Camera to an Apeture F/6.3
    • Take a photograph of Staples City with no special background or lighting
      • We want the city to look plain

Step 2

  • Open Staple City Photograph
  • Pick the Quick Select Tool
    • Select the Staples City area
      • Make sure you select ALL of the staples!!!!!

 

Step 3

  • Go to the Layers pallet
  • Click on Background Layer
    • Select the Mask (box at bottom of layers pallet) 
      • This will make the Background disappear

Step 4

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

   

Step 5a

  • File
    • Place Embedded
      • Select the background photo
        • Click enter when it is placed

Step 5b

  • Click Control T
    • Move the background until it covers all of Staple City

Step 5c

  • You will now have 3 Layers

Step 6

  • Click and Hold the Top Layer (the backgroun image you picked)
    • Drag this Layer down so it’s 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