Examining the cultures of France, England, and Peru
B Y C L A I R E C O N D R O , M A G G I E
E M E R S O N , A N D E D W A R D K L E I N

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Gathered 6 pictures of famous landmarks from each location of interest
Cut them out using the magnetic lasso, and lined them up on a blank page so that they looked like a skyline
Once the images were where as desired, the images were flattened into one layer, and the layer was duplicated and flipped in order to create the reflection
Reduced the opacity of this layer, and added color and texture to the backgrounds using more photographs.
Added a glow to the skyline layer by using the Layer
Properties tab

 Street signs from
Paris, France, Lima,
Peru, and London,
England

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The base image was of the corner of a brick wall and the sign that says “Barton Street”
The 2 additional signs were cut from other images using the magnetic lasso tool and pasted onto the base image
The images were rotated and skewed to match the perspective of the original sign
The pattern/stamp tool was used to replicate some of the brickwork behind the 2 additional signs
The coloring of the 2 additional signs was dulled (by selecting the area and changing the hue/saturation) to match the coloring of the original sign

Yield signs

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The 3 yield signs (France, Peru, and England from left to right) were cut from other images using the magnetic lasso tool and pasted onto the background image
All three were rotated and skewed so that the perspective was the same for each sign
Below the right two signs, the pattern/stamp tool was used to replicate the field and sky and cover up the shadows that came from the original images
The white in the left-most yield sign was dulled to match the other signs using hue/saturation reduction

Examples of public transportation in the 3 cultures

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The background image was the world map
The train, the boy with a llama, and the bus were cut from 3 other images and moved onto the background
The images were positioned onto the map coming from the respective places of origin

Schools in Peru,
England, and
France

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The education image depicts classroom setting in the
3 different countries in the shape of the respective countries
Outlines of the 3 countries represented were carefully cut out and placed on the picture of their education photo
Leaving the background activated, the background eraser tool was used to cut the photos of education in the shape of their country
The three photos were then placed upon a blue ripple background in their relative geographical position

“Classic” food dishes

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The background was created in a blank Photoshop document by coloring in a wooden table
Images of a main dish, a dessert and a drink representative of each of the 3 cultures were cut out using the lasso tool
The food images were placed on white dishes using the lasso and move tools
The place cards were created to indicate which food corresponded with which culture
“Set the table" by putting the dishes onto the table

People on a busy street, surrounded by aspects of their respective cultures

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The background for this image was created from 3 pictures of the types of roads that one would find in each country
Cut out portions of all three road images and placed them next to one another in Photoshop
The edges of the 3 road images were feathered so that it looked as if they blended together into one continuous road
A similar technique was used to create the upper half of the background with buildings typical of each place
People representative of each culture were cut using the magnetic lasso tool and pasted onto the road

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