Your Name Assignment
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For this assignment you will be creating your Name in Photoshop. You will be following the tutorial that is located below. Some prior examples are on display in the left column. Remember to place your background photos underneath your Name Layer- these will then be visible within the letters of your name. Make sure that when you are done - Save your Name as a JPG.
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Open your background photos- Hit Ctrl-A then Ctrl-C.
Click on your Name File- Paste them in- Ctrl-V
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Typography
4. Watch this video to get an intro to typography and the anatomy of letters.
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Typography Presentation Link
Text Portrait Project
Follow the Tutorial to complete your Text Portrait.
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In my example, I’m combing a stock photo with a transcript of the speech from the movie The American President (1995) to create a totally fictional presidential address, but this calligram effect would be a great style for a series of famous speeches from the real American presidents of the past.
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Crop your image to fit into your final poster dimensions.
Add a Black and White Adjustment Layer and add more contrast to the image by darkening the Red channel. Unlike a normal Levels or Brightness/Contrast adjustment, altering the Red channel only produces some lovely tones.
Select the image layer then add a Gaussian Blur from the Filter menu. Enter around 20px for the radius. This blurring will help soften the displacement effect.
Go to File > Save As and save this document as displace.psd, then use the Step Backward shortcut of CMD+Alt+Z to undo the blurring effect.
Select the Type tool and draw a container across the entire document. Paste in your chosen quote/speech and delete any line breaks to leave a continuous wall of text. Turn off the Hyphenate option and select a Justified paragraph layout.
If the text doesn’t completely fill the image simply copy and paste the contents to fill out the required space. Select a font for your design, I’m using Montserrat Bold in uppercase. Reduce the text size and leading so the text densely covers the portrait.
With the text layer selected, go to Filter > Distort > Displace. Agree to Rasterize the type, then enter 10 in the Horizontal and Vertical scale options. After clicking OK, navigate to the displace.psd file we saved earlier.
CMD+Click the thumbnail of the displaced text layer to load its selection, then turn off the layer visibility. Go to Edit > Copy Merged (or CMD+Shift+C) to take a clipping of the face using the outline of the words.
Create a new document, which Photoshop will automatically size to the dimensions of your text clipping. Paste in the artwork, then fill the background with black to see the original portrait constructed out of tiny words that warp around the facial contours.
Thanks to the displacement effect, the portrait image is still clearly visible despite being made from a wall of text. From a distance it looks like a simple pattern overlay, but up close it becomes intriguing to read the tiny words that construct the image.
Reflection
Head on over to Photoshop Lady, and start following the step by step instructions for how to make this castle look like its on the edge of a lake!
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Save the Reflection as a Photoshop file PSD. When you have completed the Project you can export it as a JPEG, 6 Quality is good. Save it to your Document and you will put it into a Presentation at the end of the Module.
Face Swap
You will take a photo of yourself and swap faces with someone from your class. Photos can be accessed on the student share drive. Once you have completed this assignment, find a "Famous Person" from the web and try a face swap with them. Save both Pictures, you will be handing them in for marks.
Vampire
For this assignment you will use the photo that we took in class to complete the Vampire transformation. Follow along completing the project while you watch Part 1 and Part 2. Remember to save while you complete the project.
Photos can be found on the student share drive- 0.Halverson (folder) - Vampire folder.
When you have completed your final image, save it as a JPEG to your documents. You will be handing it in for marks.
Photos can be found on the student share drive- 0.Halverson (folder) - Vampire folder.
When you have completed your final image, save it as a JPEG to your documents. You will be handing it in for marks.
Part 1 Part 2
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Abstract Portrait
For this assignment you will be taking your photo from the student share drive (crop your image into a Portrait) and create an Abstract Portrait. This project enables you to get two different layers to interact with one another. You will be using a shape and image layer. When combined, this has the effect of the shape layer being a Layer Mask for the image layer. Save both Picture's (Abstract & Face Flip) as a Jpeg. You will be submitting these for marks.
Zombie Portrait
Follow along completing the project from the tutorial below. Remember to save while you complete the project.
Photos can be found on the student share drive- 0.Halverson (folder) - Zombie folder.
When you have completed your final image, save it as a JPEG to your documents. You will be handing it in for marks.
Photos can be found on the student share drive- 0.Halverson (folder) - Zombie folder.
When you have completed your final image, save it as a JPEG to your documents. You will be handing it in for marks.
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Upside Down Face
For this assignment you will be taking your photo from the student share drive (crop your image into a Portrait) and create an Upside Down Portrait. Watch the tutorial and then follow along with the instruction to complete your assignment. When you have completed your final image, save it as a JPEG to your documents. You will be handing it in for marks.
New Backdrop
Watch the video and try your hand at completing the tutorial below. Files & Video can also be found on the Student Share Drive- 0.Halverson - New Backdrop. Save your picture, you will be submitting it for marks.
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