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EXERCISE IIV
Intro to Photoshop:
Selective Editing & Layer Masks
ASSIGNMENT
Use layer masks and adjustment layers to selectively edit certain parts of your images play with our perception of Truth or believability within the images. Consider how you can PROVE (insert winking gif) your idea/point through manipulation within this project. Use subtlety to create changes that feel strange but not obvious!
Use the following Linkedin Learning Tutorial to guide you through the following processes. Chapters listed below will help you quickly find the tutorials for each topic but feel free to explore other tutorials outside of these!)
+1.3: Opening Files from Lightroom Classic
+2.1: A tour of the Photoshop Interface
6.Layers
8. Layer Masks
9. Masking Selections
14. Adjustment Layers
1. Basic Concepts
3. Layer Mask Techniques
4. Improving Your Masks
METHOD
1. Choose 1 of your photos, make all global adjustments in LR.
2. Export photo from LR to PS (Ch. 1.3)
3. Take a moment to get acquainted with the Photoshop workspace. (ch. 2.1)
4. Duplicate base layer. (Cmmd + J with bottom layer selected or right click, Duplicate)
5. Select out one object/portion of your photograph using one of the quick selection tools. (Ch.8)
6. Select and mask (refine the edge within this window). (Ch. 9.5)
7. Once selected, create a new adjustment layer (ex: curves, hue/saturation, levels, ect…)
8. Adjust the part of the photo to make it appear slightly, perhaps noticeably different (so that if someone saw it they might think it was just off but not wrong).
9. If the edges of your selection are too harsh or off in some way, return to your “select and mask” dialog box and keep working on the edges until they are more precise (or softer if that’s what they need!).
10. When you have the image where you’d like it you can save it. Save as .PSD or .TIFF (workable files) so that you can return to them and edit the layers if you’d like. When you close Ps, your edited file should appear back in your LrCatalog. You can export it from here as a .Jpeg to share. You can also directly export as a jpeg (no editing capabilities) from Ps.
EXTRA Challenge:
Duplicate one aspect of one of your photos into another photo (move a tree into a photo where there was no tree).
Once you’re done:
Screen shot your before/after. Include the adjustment layer and layer masks in the screenshot (Proof!).
Turn in via Canvas.
File -> Save as -> Rename file with edited notation (you choose).
Save as PSD (you can come back and edit), or Tiff, without layers (you can’t come back and edit).
Find the edited version in your LR catalog (automatically updates).
RESOURCES: LinkedIn Learning
Layer Masking
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/photo-tools-2015/photoshop-layer-masking-fundamentals?u=57684881
Select & Mask:
