PHOTOSHOP – COMBINING IMAGES
Instructions
INTRODUCTION:
Use the cropping/selecting skills you learned in the action sequence to combine two or more images in Photoshop. The final image should look plausible, and realistic. A gerbil in your pencil case, elephant in your cupboard or celebrity in your closet are all possibilities.
BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
You can use images from the web and combine them with ones you have taken.
You will need to make 2 distinct images that look REAL or PLAUSIBLE – check if you are not sure!
STEPS:
- Spend no more than 1 class shooting, downloading or scanning your image
- Collect at least 8 different source files you can work with
- Spend at least one class selecting, cropping and refining edges of your image
- Trim, crop, remove backgrounds etc on all objects AND SAVE AS COPIES
- Keep your original files to submit..
- Spend one class combining your image.
- Use Layers, so you can try out different ideas
- Make at Least 2 images, using your same source materials
HAND IN:
- One InDesign File where you :
- Place your original images and edited pieces on one page
- Place your completed images on a second page
KEY CRITERIA: At least 8 images, cropping & editing, InDesign file complete
EXTENDING:
• Watch for direction of lighting, relative sizes and perspective
• Adjust colour balance of combined images to get a ‘perfect’ result
Gallery of Samples