ACTIVITY 1: Modifying Backgrounds
STEP 1: Create a new Google Slide show, name it Week 4 - Photographic Angles - Modifying Backgrounds. Create a title slide and paste the 3 images from the photos you took of the class yesterday, one image per slide. You should have 4 slides.
STEP 2: The title for each image should reflect the Photoshop modification you will be making. 1. Soften Background - 2. Harden Background - 3. Blur Background
STEP 3: Open each of the images in Photoshop Elements - convert the background to a layer - duplicate the layer. You should have 2 layers per image.
STEP 4: On the top layer use the EFFECTS menu to create a soften affect to the layer.
STEP 5: With the top layer active, use the ERASER tool to erase the person in your image so that the bottom layer is showing through.
NEW SKILL: Eraser tool
STEP 6: Do a SAVE FOR WEB version of the image, then include it in your slide show along with the original image. See sample in shared photography folder.
STEP 2: The title for each image should reflect the Photoshop modification you will be making. 1. Soften Background - 2. Harden Background - 3. Blur Background
STEP 3: Open each of the images in Photoshop Elements - convert the background to a layer - duplicate the layer. You should have 2 layers per image.
STEP 4: On the top layer use the EFFECTS menu to create a soften affect to the layer.
STEP 5: With the top layer active, use the ERASER tool to erase the person in your image so that the bottom layer is showing through.
NEW SKILL: Eraser tool
STEP 6: Do a SAVE FOR WEB version of the image, then include it in your slide show along with the original image. See sample in shared photography folder.
STEP 7 etc.: Perform steps 4 to 6 for the remaining 2 images, one image should have a harden affect the other a blurred effect.
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