Shadow Collage

Videos

Watch video I & video II & tutorials. In the video it will tell you different document setup directions but ignore them and use the ones above. In the video, when it tell you to type your name, type a nickname that some people call you. This could be a name your parents called you when you were a little kid or close friends use. Do not use the name that is on the class sign-in sheet or Renweb.

Shadow

• Create a large shadow of a side profile shadow photo of yourself and it should fill most of the page.
• Fill only your shadow with the pictures. Add your nickname in big text above your shadow.
• Use special text effects for the name.
• Do not add your signature photo/name (created by Your Name) since your shadow and name is already on the page

Cutting

Use any of the following tools to cut out your pictures:

• Use any type of Lasso to cut out something or someone from an image
• use the feather tool at least once when cutting out a picture
• Use the Magic Wand to take our a picture that has a solid background

Tools

Apply each of the underline words below to at least one picture in your collage. Label each layer appropriately (a picture of a basketball would be labeled basketball) and type the underlined word in a set of parentheses (e.g. (dodge)). If you use more than one underlined work, type both for the layer.

• -Your nickname should have at least the following Text Effects: -outer glow pattern overlay (164), drop shadow, and stroke
• -Invert the color of an image (hint: cmd + i)
• Duplicate an image (hint: cmd + click) and flip horizontally (hint: Edit > Adjustments > Flip) and

Invert Subtraction

Delete the parts of pictures outside the face shadow.

-Click on the Face Layer

-Click the magic wand and click on the face to select the face

-Go to Select > Inverse (CMD + Shift + i)

-Click on the layers of objects that bleed outside of the head shadow and delete the layers

RUBRIC

Meet Requirements 80%

Appearance 20%

o Layout

o Organization

o Creativity

o Picture Quality

Total 100

Grading Appearance

When I grade it, I am looking for a good balance that is not too busy and overcrowded but it is not spacious and boring. When you feather your pictures, they should mesh and connect well together. The picture edges should not have a sharp edge unless you cut out an object. If you place cutout objects over a collage feathered background it looks really good.

Post

When you are finished, save it as a JPG (name the file ca12yourClassID) and post it along with a screenshot of allyour PS layers. Post to posterous (it may look slightly different on posterous than it did on PS but that's okay. Then post the JPG to the MF Picasa album.