Spring 2007

Who is this person ??

Do you Recognize him now ?

Liquifying Images After the image has been saved and opened in Photoshop, many changes can be made. Under Filter -> Liquify, changes can be made to someone’s face.

Forward Warp Tool, smudges the drawing. Pucker Tool, shrinks selection. Bloat Tool, blows up selection.

Transformation

Drawing a Background and selecting layers Make sure you open a new layer each time you want to make a change (Photoshop 1). Start with the background For a background of clouds, choose your color and go to Filter -> Render -> Clouds

Filter Gallery and Blending Once the clouds have been done, using the lasso tools , certain selections can be made. Once the ground is selected and painted using a desired color, the filter gallery can be used to blend the grass with the clouds, under Filter -> Filter Gallery

Transformation Once the image has been copied and pasted on to the new image on a new layer, certain transformations can be made to that new layer. Under Edit -> Transform -> Perspective

Adding an Image Once the background is done, the next step is adding the image. Find the image you want and open it in Photoshop. Once it’s opened, using the Magic Wand Tool and the Inverse selection under Selection, only the part you want of the image can be selected, copied and pasted into your new image.

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Pattern Stamp Tool In order to create an image on top of an existing background, the following must be done: First the background must be saved and opened up in Photoshop. By going to Edit -> Define Pattern, while selecting the Pattern Stamp Tool, the background pattern can be now selected as a painting tool. Once that has been done, the desired image must be cut and pasted onto the background on a NEW LAYER.

Creating an Image on a patterned background Select the layer, on to which the image is pasted. Make sure only the image is selected and not the background, that can be done by using inverse selection again.

Creating an Image on a patterned background On the right hand – bottom corner of Photoshop, different layers can be selected and edited. Under Layers, the blending mode can be changed to Luminosity, which will cause the image to blend in the background.

Painting and Drawing Painting is as easy as choosing a color, selecting a digital paint brush, and dragging the brush over the “canvas” First, choose a foreground color

Painting and Drawing Next, you need to choose the type of brush to use Note that toolbar buttons with arrows lead to more options. Just click and hold the button to see more options

Painting and Drawing Then, choose the brush options and specify opacity Opacity specifies how much the background shows through

Painting and Drawing You can also draw specific shapes in Photoshop, including rectangles, ellipses, polygons and custom shapes Simply select the shape you want to draw and then draw on the canvas Examples of Custom Shapes

Questions?

Attention !!! Duplex Printing is now available in our labs.

Additional Information www.micros.umsl.edu The Microcomputer Program at the University of Missouri-St. Louis offers day and evening computer courses as part of the Chancellor's Certificate series. http://mell.umsystem.edu Microsoft E-Learning Library has tutorials on many MS Office products available to all UMSL students and staff http://www.umsl.edu/stg The Online Student Technology Guide has answers to many computing questions.