"Lady with an Ermine"Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1490

Photoshop Renaissance Art

ProjectKaren Blumberg

● Download a fair use image of a Renaissance painting to your Art Folder.

● Take a self photograph in front of a plain wall or with PhotoBooth.

● Try to mimic the face/head angle.

● Open the picture of you in Photoshop.

● Use the Eraser and Magic Wand tools in the left side menu to erase everything unecessary.

● Change the size of the Eraser and/or the tolerance of the Magic Wand.

● The higher the tolerance, the larger the area you will select.

● Zoom in and out for accuracy.

● Click on the white area with the Magic Wand tool.

● Go to Select --> Inverse to highlight only your face (or body). Copy this (command + C).

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● Open a new Photoshop file.● Give it a good file name like RenaissanceArtProject .● Change the Width, Height to print either 8.5x11 or

11x8.5 depending on whether your painting is more like a portrait or landscape.

● For good print quality, change the resolution to 150.

Create two new layers by clicking Layers --> New Layers: ● name the first one painting● name the second one me

Now you have a total of 3 layers:1. Layer 1 (the background layer)2. Painting3. Me

● On the me layer, paste the photo of you.● On the painting layer, paste your chosen painting.

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● Change the scale or rotate a layer by going to:Edit --> Free Transform

● Hold down the Shift key to keep things proportional (relatively sized).

● Flip the image horizontally or vertically by going to:Edit --> Transform

● Lock your transformation into place by pressing the Return button.

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● Move the me layer into place using the Move Tool.

● Continue to erase if necessary with the Eraser Tool.

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Adjust the color balance, exposure, contrast, hue under: Image --> AdjustmentsThere are many sliders you can use to experiment.

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A nice final effect is making the "me" layer slighly blurry using a very light eraser or play with the available filters.

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Save your final image as a JPEG in your Art Folder.Upload your JPEG to the class album on The Gallery.