Project #8 - Masking, Adjustment Layers, New Tools and Combining Images Seamlessly

If you don't have headphones, you can borrow some that are in the camera closet for the duration of the class period.  Please return them at the end of class.
If you don't have any portrait photos, you will need to take some (2 or 3 should do).  Try to frame the subject in a Close Up (from the shoulders, up).
You will also need a photo of textured surfaces.  (You can use your own, or one you find online).

What is Masking?  You can add a mask to a layer and use the mask to hide portions of the layer and reveal the layers below.  Masking layers is a valuable compositing technique for combining multiple photos into a single image or for removing a person or object from a photo.

Below you will be watching the following video tutorials using your own photos, or photos you find online, as examples to follow along with.  

1 - Beginning in Layer Masks and using Adjustment Layers

• You will only need 1 photo of a cityscape to use as an example, and you can download. Name this "Mask1".

2 - Combining Photos Seamlessly with Layer Masks

• You will need 1 Portrait photo (that you've taken) and 1 Landscape photo (you can use your own, or one you find online) to use as an example. Name this "Mask2"

Getting More In Depth with Masking and Using the Liquify Tool:

3 - Adding Cracks to a Face Part 1

4 - Adding Cracks to a Face Part 2

• You will need 1 Close Up Portrait photo and 1 Textured (or Cracked) Surface photo to use as an example. Name this "Mask3"

You will be turning in all 3 photographic examples that you completed above onto a Contact Sheet 1 Column and 3 Rows and using the naming convention "_masking"

This assignment is due by the end of class on Thursday, December 19th.

If you want to learn more, go to some other free tutorials on phlearn.com:

https://phlearn.com/free-tutorials