Step By Step Tutorial: 1.) Start by creating a new image. 2.) Title your project: Final Exam Semester 1 (or something like that) 3.) In your Presents--Select 1024x768 to select your canvas size. 4.) Click "OK" 5.) Go to "Image" and "Rotate Canvas 90 degrees CW" to rotate your canvas into PORTRAIT ORIENTATION 6.) Take a profile photo in front of the Green Screen. 7.) Open in Pixlr Editor. 8.) Unlock the background layer 9.) Crop image. 10.) Use the Wand Tool to select the green backround. 11.) INVERT your selection by going to "Edit-->Invert Selection" Only your profile should be selected now rather than the background. 12.) Delete your portrait so that the green is all that is left. You should see the gray and white checkered print when you delete your face. 13.) Now you need to change the green so that it is black. The easiest way to do this is to go to.... - "Adjustment-->Hue and Saturation" - Pull the Saturation slider all the way to the left (-100) - Pull the Lightness slider all the way to the left (-100) 14.) now you are ready to find images to layer behind your silhouette. 15.) find and save images of things that you like or that represent you. One at a time, open them in Pixlr. 16.) Use the lasso tool to select the part of the image you would like to use. 17.) Edit-->Copy 18.) In your Silhouette window go to Edit-->Paste 19.) you will need to resize your image using Edit-->Free Transform 20.) Layering and Placement: - You need to have your black silhouette as your "TOP" layer. To do this you need to drag it up above your image layers. -This way you can place images at the edge of your silhouette and the black will overlap the image so we can still see your silhouette. 21.) Repeat this process with all of your images. You should have roughly 25-30 images in your Self Portrait. I will be flexible with this number but I just wanted to give you a ballpark number. SAVING!!!!!!! Each day when you save your file... -Save it in your Pixlr Library -File Format Should be PXD-Layered Pixlr Image Otherwise your work will be flattened into one image and can no longer work with individual layers. This means you will most likely have to START OVER :( YOU WILL BE GRADED ON.....
- Craftsmanship - Effort (you have two weeks to work on this project, it should not only take you 2-3 days to get done.) - Use of editing tools (don't just drag every photo as is onto your artwork) it should be edited or manipulated in some way--(cut out, use a filter, change the hue and saturation etc) - Number of images--I will be flexible with this number--but shoot for 25-30 images. - Include a Text/Type element--See Pixlr Tutorial #4
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This is a step by step tutorial of how I created my color wheel. This does not have to be the way you do your project. It is simply a starting point if you are stumped. 1.) Go to Pixlr Editor 2.) Find an image for the background. Go to "Adjustments"-->"Hue and Saturation" to Desaturate your photo (black and white). 3.) Crop your background image so you have a square. 4.) Find an object to use for your Primary Colors. Unlock the background layer. Delete the background, and drag the layer onto your black and white image. **Hint! it will be easiest if you select an image of the object with a plain background. It will be easier to select and delete the background. 5.) Go to "LAYER-->Duplicate" Layer to duplicate this layer twice so that you have three of the same images. 6.) Go to "Adjustments-->Hue and Saturation" to change the HUE of each layer so that you have the PRIMARY COLORS (Red, Blue, Yellow). 7.) Go to "Edit-->Free Transform" to rotate and resize your images so they are in the right place. 8.) Find an object to use for your Secondary Colors . Unlock the background layer. Delete the background, and drag the layer onto your black and white image. **Hint! it will be easiest if you select an image of the object with a plain background. It will be easier to select and delete the background. 9.) Duplicate the layer twice. You should have three of the same layer to create your Secondary Colors.. Using "Edit-->Free Transfrom" Arrange each element where they belong to represent the secondary colors. 10.) Using "Adjustments-->Hue and Saturation" you should be able to change the Hue to match that of the Secondary Colors (Green, Orange, Purple) 11.) Find an object to use for your Tertiary Colors. Duplicate and arrange that object in your composition. 12.) Adjust the Hue and Saturation to create a minimum of 12 Tertiary Colors. 13.) if you finish and have time to spare you can add tints and shades for extra credit. Print you final color wheel to submit. Email it to me as well. [email protected]
For this Pixlr Tutorial you will be experimenting with Hue and Saturation. HUE = Color SATURATION = How BRIGHT or DULL a color is. Open Pixlr Editor 1.) open one of the images below in Pixlr. 2.) Go to "Adjustments" and "Hue and Saturation" 3.) Drag your Saturation Bar all the way to the LEFT. It should read -100. Your photo is now desaturated. 4.) Adjust the "Lightness" of your image as well so there is not as much CONTRAST 5.) open one of the below images. Be sure to UNLOCK the background layer before you do anything else. 6.) Using the Magic Wand Tool and other selection tools remove the green screen from this image and add it to your original photo. 7.) Duplicate your layer so you have at least 3--From this point forward you will need to be select the layer you want to work with. 8.) Play around with the size and placement of each image so that you have an interesting composition. 9.) For each individual image, change the HUE and SATURATION so that they all are a different color. 10.) When you are finished. "Save" and "Print" a copy and turn in with your name on it for credit.
It is important to learn to use color in any form of art. Especially with digital art and graphic design. The most successful graphic designers are experts in composition and color. They know what combinations to use to really catch peoples eye and ultimately increase business for the people they have created the ad or product for. Here are some examples of the completed project. See below for project requirements. Your Project Must include:
- 3 Primary Colors - 3 Secondary Colors - 12 Tertiary Colors--I will be very flexible with this number if it takes away from your design idea. - A Gray Scale Element (Desaturated) - EXTRA CREDIT row of tints or shades of each color (18 tinted or shaded color) At the end of class today, your first project is due......you should be busy working on. 1.) Finishing your drawing (if you have not done so already) A.S.A.P. 2.) Take a photo of your hand holding your drawing in front of the green screen (email to Mrs. Castellano and upload from flash drive) 3.) Remove green background and drag over to your original photograph. 4.) Make minor adjustments to make your drawing match your photograph. ***this can be a difficult process and there can be a lot of hiccups that can happen. I have created a "Green Screen Cheat Sheet" for you to use in Pixlr. This handout contains a lot of common issues one can run into when merging two photographs together.
This project is graded on how developed your drawing is as well as how accurately you can match up your drawing to your original photograph using Pixlr.
**Be sure to log in to pixlr so that you can save your project if you do not finish today. This way you won't have to keep repeating steps. |
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