Go To your flash drive. Make a folder named: Lastname.period.Photoshop

Fun With Layers! Fusing Black and White with color!

Go To Window. Check ONLY: Layers, History, Tools, Options.

Right now you have one layer. Your first layer is called “Background.”

Click and drag the background to the layers icon.

You have just created a background copy. There are now two layers to the photograph.

Highlight the background copy. Click on the layer adjustment Icon at the bottom of the screen and highlight “Gradient map”.

Choose the black to white gradient

Layer  Merge Down.

Eraser Tool. Use the eraser tool to make the Black and White layer disappear.

Master Diameter = Size of Brush

Hardness = How much the brush blurs 0= blurry

Opacity should be set between 80% and 100%.

It is best to use the zoom tool so that you can be more accurate.

As you erase, you will see each action appear in your history box. If you need to back up or undo something, click on the last action that was affective.

Zoom out to check your progress. ‘Save As’ into your Photoshop Folder.

PSD= Photoshop file Save as a PSD if you are not done.

JPEG= Image file Save as a JPEG if when you are done.

You can find stock photos to manipulate in S drive  Hand Out  Andreasen  Examples

Other Considerations: Clicking on the eyeball next to the layer makes the layer disappear.

Other Considerations: The hand tool allows you to move the picture around as you work. Double click on the tool to go back to full screen.

Lastname.period. Photoshop BWColor1.jpg (example(22) “sunflower”) BWColor2.jpg BWColor3.jpg BWColor4.jpg (your own 3 pictures from the “line scavenger hunt” assignment)