Combining

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