Making of PosterFocal Image

Firstly, to find the silhouette image, I researched on Google and I found this picture;

However, I had to be careful when using an image from Google as this could be seen as copyright/plagiarism. On the other hand, my design idea for my poster involves me manipulating this image, therefore it wont be like this original version. I will be editing this photo on ‘Adobe Photoshop CC’.

Step 1

Firstly, I clicked on ‘file’ then ‘place’, allowing me to

insert my chosen picture into Photoshop. Before

submitting the image into Photoshop, I resized it to

make the black figures larger to make them more

dominate as a focal image for my poster.

Step 2

Before im able to do

anything to the image, I

have to click on ‘Rasterize

Layer’. To do this, I right

clicked on the layer which

is of the image. Once I right

clicked, it gave me all these

options, along with the one

I need.

Step 3

In the original picture,

you can see the

background has a

blue tint to it. I wanted

to get rid of this

background colour. To

do this I clicked on the

tool highlighted which

allowed me to click on

the area around/inside

the image which I

wanted to delete.

The screenshot above shows

an example of me getting rid of

the blue tinted background.

Step 4

For the

areas

that are

difficult

to erase

on the

image, I

used the

‘lasso

tool’ to

do so.

The screenshot above shows an example.

The selected background in-between the

two figures noses was done using the

lasso tool. This tool allows you to select

the small difficult areas, creating a more

perfect cut.

This screenshot shows the finishing of erasing the background to the picture.

As you can see, the silhouettes have also lost the blue tint to the colour. This

is because I wanted the image to be almost black, therefore at the bottom I

clicked on ‘solid colour’ which allowed me to change the

shape/contrast/brightness of the image to make it darker.

Step 5

In order for me to include the pattern of a kaleidoscope, I had

to find one from Google again to use. Again, to eliminate any

chance of plagiarism/copyright, during this process, I will be

cutting/pasting and changing this chosen image in order for it

to be different from the original however have some

similarities. Here is a picture I used;

Step 6

Creating a new file in Photoshop, I ‘placed’ the kaleidoscope

pattern in order for me to copy and past sections which I

wanted to include in the other image. To do so, I clicked

‘CMD+A’ which selected the whole image. I then clicked

‘CMD+C’ which copied the picture.

Step 7For me to paste the pattern into

the first image, I needed to use

the ‘Magnetic Lasso Tool’ which

allowed me to select and

highlighted the places which I

wanted the pattern to paste into.

In this screenshot, you can

see the highlighted space

in the middle of the two

figures. This is an area I

wanted to paste the pattern

into.

Step 8

To past the pattern into this selected area, I clicked

on ‘Edit’ then ‘Paste Special’ then ‘Paste Into’.

Here is the result.

Step 9

Using the same method, I pasted the pattern into different selected

sections of the image, as shown above.

Step 10

To make it clear to the audience that the pattern is

from a kaleidoscope, I wanted the focal image to

be within a circle, to represent the shape of the

kaleidoscope’s lens.

To do this, I

created a new

layer which

would allow me

to add/draw on

top of my first

image.

Step 11

I named the layer ‘Circle’ in

order for me to remember. To

make it clear from the

background and the

background, I clicked on ‘Solid

colour’ and changed the

background to a random

colour. I then dragged the

image layer over the

top of the circle layer

to ensure the image

was on top of the

background colour to

see it.

Step 12

To be able to

draw a circle

shape over

the top of the

image, I had

to duplicate

the layer in

order to do

so. To do

this, I right

clicked on

the ‘Circle’

layer.

To get the circle shape, I right

clicked on the highlighted

square and chose the option

‘Elliptical Marquee Tool’.

Step 13

Here I have selected a circle around the image. I have carefully

placed it to get the two characters heads in it, along with some of the

background in order for me to include more of the kaleidoscope

pattern.

Step 14

For me to delete

the images

around the circle

edges, I right

clicked on the

image and clicked

on ‘Layer Via

Copy’ then

deleted the

‘background’

layer.

I then clicked on ‘solid colour’ to change the background colour back

to white. Using the same technique as previous, I filled in the

additional blank spaces with the kaleidoscope pattern.

Here is my complete image.