Digital Collage

Today and tomorrow you will continue to experiment in Adobe Photoshop by creating a digital collage for your blog. The collage should include a background, a minimum of 5 images you find on the Internet, a text layer, a layer effect, a filter effect, and a drawing/painting layer. The theme of the your digital collage should relate to the theme of your project and convey why you care about the project in the first place. There is a list of tools and tips on the board to help you, but we will revisit the project soon. If you are really struggling with Photoshop ask Gavino or Gary for help as they have been very good working in the program.

Procedure:

• Open up Adobe Photoshop in the applications folder.

• Create a new file 600 x 600 pixels. (File>New)

• Reset all the palette locations using Window>Workspace>Reset palette locations.

• Use the Paint Bucket or Gradient Tool to create a colorful background for your image.

• Open up Safari or Firefox and COPY and PASTE 5 images you discover on the Internet that you want to include into your digital college into NEW FILES. Save them as image1, image2, image3, image4, image5.

• Use the marquee and lasso tools to select areas of the images that you want to include in your blank canvas. Use the feather tool to soften edges on 2 -3 of the images.

• Remember, each time you paste in Photoshop it creates a new Layer. Make sure you select the layer you want to manipulate.

• Arrange your images using the Move Tool (black arrow).

• Apply a Filter effect to at least one of your image layers.

• Create a new Painting layer using Layer>New>Layer and try and use the paintbrush/drawing tools to unify parts of your collage.

• Use the Type Tool to add a relevant phrase, quote, or word to your collage.

• Apply a layer effect to your type using Layer> Layer Style > and choose one of the options.

When you are finished working for the day on Thursday SAVE the file as yourname.PSD in photoshop format.

When you are finished working for the day on Friday SAVE the file as yourname.psd and then SAVE FOR THE WEB as yourname.JPG and choose the JPEG option.

Post the file to your blog using the IMAGE option in your post and UPLOAD the image. It will appear in your post. Title the post Digital Collage. Please post your image even if you are not done. I will be checking them over the weekend and need to see whatever progress you were able to make in class.