COMP 1850 Photoshop Time
Now we're using Photoshop. Here's a basic bit of manipulation:
That's a very introductory thing and I've been asked to find something new to learn and implement it. No problem!
No problem!
...Except that I'm not supposed to violate the BCIT TOC.
Well then... What do I want to learn to do? I think I'll re-learn Masking.
I haven't done it in long enough that I forget how and I should really re-learn it so I can update the image-swap nav features on my personal site.
So, here are the steps I went through.
Step 1: Google Keywords
I knew that what I wanted to do was find a Photoshop tutorial on Masking so I Googled for:
- Photoshop
- Masking
- Tutorial
In the results was a Wikihow tutorial link and I've had good luck with them in the past so I dove in.
Step 2: RTFM
Sitting down I read through the instructions on the page.
While I was doing that, I also thought about what I'd like to do and decided that putting Death Stars into the eyeballs of the Overly Attached Girlfriend meme would be amusing. Even if slightly rude to the girl in question. Or so I thought - so I did some research and found out that she made the image deliberately as part of a contest. So, fair game and the guilt faded away. Thank you Google, our not-so-secret lord and master.
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Step 3: Implementation
I took the images in question, cropped the Death Star out of the starry background, and prepared for surgery.
Following the Wikihow instructions I used the Marquee to select the OAG's pupils and applied a Mask to hide them. Once that was done, I set a layer below the OAG and populated it with the Death Star right where her pupils would have been.
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Step 4: Masking Notes
If you know your Photoshop then you probably realize I could have simply dropped the Death Star onto her pupils. But, by using Masking, I have her set up so I can simply & easily swap out the Death Star for anything else I want to use.
Cheers,
Adrian