Colorizing And compositing

Open Car original Squash Kitten

From To

Check Modes Be sure are all RGB (Image> Mode>RGB color What do the three letters mean? What is the print model?

Kitten-resize Magic wand

Use magic wand Select background White area Select>Inverse

Move Move to car-original New layer, name it kitten:

Background issue One way: Right click on Background layer Choose Layer from Background Name it car Or just double-click and provide a name

Select car Quick Select Be sure are on Car layer Quick select properties: 20 pixels Hardness 88

Notes: Use “[“ to reduce brush size while selecting, “]” to increase. For example, make smaller brush to get windshield bracket

Result

Touch up Remember alt-click and shift-click

Paint Paint the selection View>Fit on screen Double click the brush tool Mode: Color…makes paint you apply transparent Paint…adjust brush size You choose

Show/Hide Ctrl-H Also recall Ctrl-D

Practice –color: His pants His shirt Her blouse, skirt His tie—use magnetic lasso

More selections Make trees green (shift-click) Magic wand Tolerance 45 Brush 15

New tool Spot Healing brush Great for small areas Just click on a pixel and it disappears! Use it :click power lines

Adding Lens Flare Filter>Render>Lens Flare Choose any…I like 50-300 lens 50% Brightness Click on the hub cap in the thumbnail , or move the cross hair

Practice: Gravel Select, colorize

Creating a new background Layer masks Use brush “paint” black on areas you don’t want…mask them out,

Switch to Squash background Ctrl-A Ctrl-C Switch back to car layer Edit > Paste (Ctrl-V) Note a new layer1 Rename the layer as Barn Squash now hides the car

Questions: What image is under the car image? What if I erase the trees? What would show where I erased Got it?

Mask cont. Rearrange layers—be sure Barn Layer under car Going to erase portions of car To show the underlying squash Q: What would we see if we erase the trees?

Mask… masking out the trees Choose car layer Find Add Layer Mask at bottom of Layers panel. Click it Shows a white box—that’s the mask White masks nothing Black hides what you paint black, via a mask

Mask… White hides nothing, thus nothing is hidden/masked We will: Click white box (the mask) Choose black as foreground color (D) Choose a brush Paint We will actually use color black to paint over what we don’t want. Black hides Want to hide the trees Select brush tool Try size:25, Hardness 25% Be sure the Foreground color is Black

Mask… Click inside the white box, or else you will end up actually paining black Reset Mode to normal D key (default) “paint” what you want masked out...trees No need to select first Switch to white if you make a boo boo (reverse colors)

Filter…

Density about 65% Result:

Increase vibrance-Barn Select Barn layer Again, choose Create new fill or adjustment…… Select Vibrance

Text Make up your own slogan Large text You choose font, text color

Mask… The hub caps Result:

My Final version