Water Colour Effect

Learning Goals * Resources

Students will be able to:

apply filters to multiple layers of smart objects
experiment with different filters
apply adjustment layers to a layer that only effects the layer below it
experiment with different adjustment layers
work efficiently with brushes, brush sizes, brush angles

Timeline

Timeline 1 class

Grading

10 / 10 = Tutorial completed and all What I've Learned questions answered correctly.

7-9 / 10 = Tutorial completed and most WIL questions answered correctly.

6 / 10 = Most of the tutorial completed but WIL questions are missing.

0-5 / 10 = Tutorial is less than half complete and WIL questions are missing.

Student Tasks

1. 2000 px X 2000
2. Go to Unsplash Images and download a textured background
  - I used Annie Spratt's Canvas with black lines
3. Go to usplash images and choose an image to do adjustmetns to or even better use you own image
  - must be colour - not black and white
  - should be able to fit in a square frame
  - I used Ben Collin's Guitar player
4. Watch Video 1
  - Optional: there are 4 extra videos that do things a little differently and use some different filters if you want to explore more
5. Export and post image and screenshot of the layers palette
6. Complete a What I've Learned section
  - criteria below
  - Include an image of your layers palette
7. hand in link to google classroom

Examples

Video 1

Other Treatments you could try not on this video

Stylize / Emboss / 135-4-100 with sharpen blend mode
Cutout 7-4-1 Overlay blend mode
Filter / other high pass 2 with overlay blend mode (this one was a top layer by itself

Should include

How do you convert a layer to a smart object?
What are the advantages of a smart object?
How do you change the blend mode of a layer?
How do you change the blend mode of a smart filter?
How do you clip an adjustment layer to only the layer below it?
What is the easiest way to resize your brush?
How can you make your brush change angles and/or size each time you use it?

Extra Videos: Optional Viewing

uses many filters and some legacy brushes

simpler, not as nice end result

favourite so far but would use masking technique of 1 or 2

Student Exemplars

Jake Carter '24

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