Outlining Objects with Photoshop CS3 - GST...

Outlining Objects with Photoshop CS3

Outlining Objects with Adobe Photoshop CS3

To start this project: * Right-Click on the School image. * SavePictureAs to your Computer. * Open image in Photoshop.

Now your ready to start.

When starting a new project first make a copy of the origianl.


The power of Photoshop is the abiltiy to assess an image and make changes to the image.

The light in this image needs to be adjusted to do this go to Image > Adjustments > Levels

When the Levels dialog opens you'll see a Histogram, right away you can see that the Black needs to be adjusted. Use the triangle slider to adjust.


With the Black adjusted into the histogram it doesn't look so washed. Try moving the Gray Slider for fine adjustments.


Next the color needs to be adjusted. Go to Image > Adjustments > Color Balance.

Color Balance is a great tool to fix slight adjustment needs with color.


When using the sliders you want to see images warm up or cool down depending on the adjustments needs. In this case I warmed this image up by adding more Reds, Greens, and Yellows.


Next each boy needs to be selected seperatly to do this I used the new Quick Selection Tool the brush size was 15. To use this tool left click and hold the mouse down and drag or paint which every makes more sense to you. In the first image below notice with the Quick Selection Tool I did end up with more area selected than what I was looking for. Notice in the second image I selected the Quick Selection Tool - which takes away selection to fine tune my selection.


Go to the Tools Palette > select the Zoom Tool click in the area you want to zoom into to see

it better. Next select the Lasso Tool notice in the Option Bar you can add or take away from the selection, use this tool for the very fine adjustments of the selection.


Once you have just the first boy selected > Right Click with the Lasso Tool on the boy to get a menu > choose > Layer via Copy. This will create a new layer of just the first boy without any background, don't forget to name the layer.

Repeat the selection process for the second boy and put him on his own layer. (Don't forget when you start the selection of the second boy you have to be on the Background copy layer or it's not going to work.)


Next with the Boy 2 layer selected go to the bottom of the Layers Panel and select the Fx (Adding a layer Style) Choose > Stroke


By default the stroke will be Red > Left Click on the color swatch and change the color to White.


Change the Stroke Size to 6 from the default of 3 > Click OK


Now copy the Style in the Boy 2 Layer by Right Clicking > Choosing > Copy Lyer Style.


Select the Boy 1 layer > Right Click > Choose > Paste Layer Style.


This is a short cut when repeating the same function.


Now select the Background Copy Layer. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.

Change the Radius to 2.0 pixels in the Gaussian Blur dialog box and make sure you always select the Preview to see the changes you're making. Click Ok. This allows us to soften the background to put more focus on the boys.


Next select the Text Tool , font > Arial Black, Regular, size 49 pt, color White. Type "Back to school" using the text tool.


In the Layers Panel with the Text Layer selected go to the Fx at the bottom of the panel and add a Drop Shadow and Outer Glow. Click on the Outer Glow text to select it, in the swatches palette Left Click on it and change the color using the Eye Dropper select color from the shadow of the steps.


By adding the Drop Shadow and Outer Glow the text will stand out.

Next go to the Tool Palette and select the Rectangle Tool I used a light Gray for fill of the Rectangle. Draw a Rectangle at the bottom of the image.


With the Rectangle Layer selected > go to the Blending Modes > select > Multiply.

Move the text on to the Rectangle to finish the project. If you can't see you text very well you'll have to look at where the text layer is located in the Layers Panel you may have to drag it above the Rectangle layer.

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