December 4 : Selections and Masks!
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PLEASE KEEP CELL PHONES AWAY!
PLEASE KEEP CELL PHONES AWAY!
Either in your backpack or the lock box!
Expectations:
Expectations:
C: Voice Level 2 (only the people next to you can hear you and no shouting across the room)
H: Ask your team, elbow partner or raise hand
A: Work on the assignment
M: Stay in your assigned seat
P: Work till assignment is completed
S: Finishing your work
At this point, students should know how to name files correctly AND turn in the correct format!
(scores will be 0/incomplete if incorrect!)
Photoshop continues!
Photoshop continues!
What you NEED to know!!!!
What you NEED to know!!!!
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING: Adobe Photoshop Masking Layers
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT: Layer masks in Photoshop are an essential tool for enhancing your creativity and flexibility when working with images. They allow us to hide or reveal parts of an image or layer without permanently erasing any content. If your layer mask isn't a perfect fit, open it in Photoshop's Select and Mask workspace to fine-tune the mask with powerful edge-refining tools.
HOW WILL MY TEACHER KNOW WHAT I LEARNED: You will practice different tools and techniques and gradually show your success!
How to replace a photo background
How to replace a photo background
Put your subject in a new environment by replacing the original background with a new image.
Put your subject in a new environment by replacing the original background with a new image.
We need to grab a file first!
We need to grab a file first!
Click the Ps Image on the left!
Left click the DOWNLOAD button on the top right
Left click the DOWNLOAD button on the top right
This will save the file to your Photography or Downloads folder!
Quick Tip! After you click the download button, notice on the top right corner the download should appear...simply click the file to open!
Quick Tip! After you click the download button, notice on the top right corner the download should appear...simply click the file to open!
OPEN THE IMAGE
OPEN THE IMAGE
SAVE (as) YOUR DOCUMENT!
SAVE (as) YOUR DOCUMENT!
Shortcut: Shift + Ctrl + S
(or File: SAVE AS)
Save as Type: PHOTOSHOP!
Then click Save to Cloud Documents
Save to CREATIVE CLOUD!
Click the Save to CREATIVE CLOUD button
Name the document:
"First Initial Last Initial DOG MASK"
Click SAVE
You are saving as a PHOTOSHOP DOCUMENT!
QUICK SELECTIONS
QUICK SELECTIONS
Let's Begin!
Check your workspace...
Check your workspace...
Click on the WINDOW tab on top
Select Workspace>Essentials (Default)
This will help us be consistent during the class!
Quick selection of the dog...
Quick selection of the dog...
Select the DOG layer
Use the Quick Selection tool
Quick Selection Brush options
Quick Selection Brush options
Click the Brush Options and set the brush size to 40 px
Drag over the dog and his hat
Drag over the dog and his hat
to select them. You can drag more than once to get everything selected
Don't worry about selecting the tiny whiskers!
Don't worry!
Don't worry!
If you include part of the green by mistake, click the SUBTRACT ICON at the top (3rd from the left in the group). Then brush over that area to substract it from your selection!
Click the Layer Mask icon!
Click the Layer Mask icon!
The mask is based on your selection of the dog. The mask hides the green wall, which reveals the landscape on the layer below!
ADD A VIGNETTE!
(all images MUST have this!)
Remember! PULL to the left to use the Dark Vignette!!!
ADD A SIGNATURE!
(all images MUST have this!)
Remember! If your image area is dark, make your signature WHITE. If the image area is light, make your signature BLACK!
Make sure you have added the vignette AND your signature!
Each image MUST have YOUR signature on the bottom right!
When you are done...
EXPORT Your IMAGE
Please make sure it is a JPG file!
You will export 1 image:
First Initial Last Initial DOG MASK.jpg
LESSON 2: How to refine a layer mask
LESSON 2: How to refine a layer mask
Make straight-sided selections with the Polygonal Lasso tool to cut out a building from the background.
Make straight-sided selections with the Polygonal Lasso tool to cut out a building from the background.
We need to grab a file first!
We need to grab a file first!
Click the Ps Image on the left!
Left click the DOWNLOAD button on the top right
Left click the DOWNLOAD button on the top right
This will save the file to your Photography or Downloads folder!
Quick Tip! After you click the download button, notice on the top right corner the download should appear...simply click the file to open!
Quick Tip! After you click the download button, notice on the top right corner the download should appear...simply click the file to open!
OPEN THE IMAGE
OPEN THE IMAGE
SAVE (as) YOUR DOCUMENT!
SAVE (as) YOUR DOCUMENT!
Shortcut: Shift + Ctrl + S
(or File: SAVE AS)
Save as Type: PHOTOSHOP!
Then click Save to Cloud Documents
Save to CREATIVE CLOUD!
Click the Save to CREATIVE CLOUD button
Name the document:
"First Initial Last Initial TREE MASK"
Click SAVE
You are saving as a PHOTOSHOP DOCUMENT!
How many layers are there?
How many layers are there?
Select the Tree Layer
Select the Tree Layer
Choose SELECT (at the top) then SUBJECT
Choose SELECT (at the top) then SUBJECT
That will cause Photoshop to make a selection around the tree.
It's a pretty rough selection
Turn the selection into a layer mask
Turn the selection into a layer mask
At the bottom of the layers panel, click on the layer mask button
Now we have a layer mask
There is still quite a bit of white around the edges of the tree
There is still quite a bit of white around the edges of the tree
This is ok because we are going to be able to refine that in our select and mask workspace
Select and Mask Workspace
Select and Mask Workspace
This is a separate interface from regular Photoshop
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE LAYER MASK SELECTED NOT THE IMAGE THUMBNAIL
(You should see a WHITE box around it!)
Go to SELECT (at the top)
Go to SELECT (at the top)
Choose SELECT AND MASK
New tools/Properties
New tools/Properties
In Select and Mask mode, there are alternate tools and properties
Choose how we view...
Choose how we view...
A good place to start, is to select how we want to view our mask
Click the View pull down in the properties panel
Select On Layers
Radius
Radius
Take a look around the edges of the tree, we can see there is a lot of white there.
Drag the RADIUS slider to the right (to about 140)
What happened?
Another way to refine the edge...
Another way to refine the edge...
(pull the radius back to 0 to try this!)
Refine Edge Brush Tool
Refine Edge Brush Tool
There is still a lot of white on the INSIDE of the tree. Let's choose the Refine Edge Brush Tool
Change the brush size to around 200 (large!)
Now simply start dragging over the tree
Notice that now we can start to see through the tree to the lake
Notice the trunk and bottom are also refined!
Final step
Final step
Once we are happy with the mask, we need to output a refined layer mask
On the right, go to output setting and click on output to
Choose New Layer with Layer mask
Now
Now
We now have two layer masks
The original and the REFINED layer Mask!
If you click on the refined mask, you can see a lot more detail!
ADD A VIGNETTE!
(all images MUST have this!)
Remember! PULL to the left to use the Dark Vignette!!!
ADD A SIGNATURE!
(all images MUST have this!)
Remember! If your image area is dark, make your signature WHITE. If the image area is light, make your signature BLACK!
Make sure you have added the vignette AND your signature!
Each image MUST have YOUR signature on the bottom right!
When you are done...
EXPORT Your IMAGE
Please make sure it is a JPG file!
You will export 1 image:
First Initial Last Initial TREE MASK.jpg
To get credit!
To get credit!
Go to our Classroom in TEAMS
Select Assignments
Select
Adobe Photoshop: Selections & Masks!
Scroll down to MY WORK
Click +ATTACH
Click UPLOAD FROM THIS DEVICE
Select DESKTOP (on the left) then the PHOTOGRAPHY Folder
Find the JPG files we EXPORTED and select them:
First Initial Last Initial DOG MASK.jpg
First Initial Last Initial TREE MASK.jpg
Click OPEN
Wait for file to upload
File will show up below under My Work
CLICK TURN IN!
NOTE: There MUST be TWO (2) JPG files (that have been adjused in Photoshop) attached to get credit. Simply clicking TURN IN will not do!!!
TOTAL: 20 POINTS!!! (10 points EACH file)
SHORTCUT TO LOG OFF COMPUTER!
SHORTCUT TO LOG OFF COMPUTER!
Remember to SAVE (ctrl + S) any file before doing this shortcut!
Remember to SAVE (ctrl + S) any file before doing this shortcut!
Ctrl+Alt+Delete then select SIGN OFF!
Please place HEADPHONES on your Monitors!
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