Photoshop breakdownTaking Photoshop apart to see what’s under the hood…

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• OpenPhotoshopandremovealloftheindividualpalettesfromtheirdefaultlocationsandplacethemonthescreenasshownbelow.

• TrytorememberwhereeachpalettecamefromasyouwillhavetoputPhotoshopbacktogetherwhenyouaredone.

• Thewindowdropdownmenuwillplaceatickbesideeachpalettethatyouopen.Makesurethatyouopenthemall.

Make a Photoshop jigsawUnderstanding how Photoshop handles basic selections by colour, using transform, move, magic wand and layers.

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• InthisexerciseyouarerequiredtomakeaPhotoshopJigsaw.

• ChooseoneofthethreeimagessuppliedasyourbaseimageandopenitinPhotoshop.

• OpentheJigsawtemplateandplaceitontopyourbaseimage.

• Youwillneedto‘transform’yourjigsawtomatchthe‘aspect’ofyourbaseimage.

• Usingyourmagicwand,makeaselectionofoneofthejigsawpieces,switchtoyourbaselayeranduseCMD+J(CTRL+J)tocopythepiecetothenewlayer.

• Continuethisprocessuntilyouhaveall24piecesdone.

• Notethatthemagicwandwillonlyselectthewhitearea.Thismeansthatyouwillhavegapsinyourselection.Youcanusethe‘Select>Modify>Expand’toincreaseyourselectionsize.

• Yourgoalistomakeaseamlessjigsawpuzzlewitheachofthe24piecesonaseparatelayer.