Step by Step directions for 1940s-1960s Graphic design project:
Background:
*students should have already chosen and dragged their largest enough image to a
folder on the desktop
1) Open a NEW File in Photoshop: the page should be 8.5 by 14
2) Open your background image in a NEW file. Don’t not drag your image onto your
8.5 by 14 page
3) Make a copy of the background image, by going up to Layer-then select duplicate
layer.
4) you will now see that you have two background images. You are now going to
drag your duplicate layer onto your NEW file. If you image is large enough it should
cover the whole “white” part of the background, if not continue to make duplicate
layers until you cover the whole page.
5) Really important step, once you are happy with your background layers, go to
layers- and flatten layers, this will make it easier for you to work as you add
additional images to the canvas/picture plane.
Adding an image:
1) Open an image that goes with your concept: a phone, a dress, ect whatever
you are working with.
2) Make a duplicate layer
3) Then use the lasso tool on the upper left tool bar, it looks like something a
cowboy would use to get his cattle.
4) Making sure you are on the duplicate layer, go ahead and lasso the image,
you should see a moving dotted line.
5) Push delete and get rid the “eye” on the original background image. You
should see a transparent background or light gray checker blocks.
6) You might have to use the easer tool to get all around the edges, to make it
clean.
7) Once you are happy with your image, you can drag into the page with your
layer (not image)
8) You might have to resize your image once on the project page, using the
transform control button. You can also play with the direction of the image,
upside down, detangle, ect
9) Still on the same layer, you can change the color of the image, go to image,
adjustments, and used any of the following tools:
-Hue/Saturation (favorite)
-Brightness/Contrast
-Curves
*make use that your color goes with the background and the rest of your
images. Remember we are creating a unified image here, not a collage.
*Don’t flatten your layers until I have approved your design*
Repeat: “adding image”, until you have created a pattern of images on your
background, your pattern can be anything fun.