1 00:00:00,822 --> 00:00:05,552 The link to today's presentation is in the chat for today. 2 00:00:05,552 --> 00:00:15,292 Now we'll get you this whole presentation and the fun links and all that good stuff to creating graphics to Photoshop. 3 00:00:15,292 --> 00:00:23,932 And then if you would like to follow along today or if you'd like to have the practice files that I use today to try later yourself, 4 00:00:23,932 --> 00:00:30,502 feel free to go ahead and download the practice files there. I would definitely encourage you to at least try. 5 00:00:30,502 --> 00:00:34,162 Try it later, maybe right after the workshop. 6 00:00:34,162 --> 00:00:40,942 If you can't do it during, that's OK, because it's kind of a lot of blending images today. 7 00:00:40,942 --> 00:00:47,542 So using your mouse a lot to make certain selections and things like that and to apply different kinds of effects. 8 00:00:47,542 --> 00:00:56,112 Yes, of course. Great. Well, it is three o'clock, so we will go ahead and get started. 9 00:00:56,112 --> 00:01:04,932 We may have some more people joining. We do. I'm going to keep posting the link to today's presentation in the chat, but the link is here. 10 00:01:04,932 --> 00:01:08,532 Obbie slash i r c for Innovation and research. 11 00:01:08,532 --> 00:01:17,292 Commins Adobe Photoshop too. So this is intended as a follow up to the first Photoshop workshop. 12 00:01:17,292 --> 00:01:21,552 So hopefully you either join that one or you got a chance to view it. 13 00:01:21,552 --> 00:01:28,752 If not, it'll still be OK. We're still going to be starting off by talking about layers and then kind of 14 00:01:28,752 --> 00:01:33,272 developing from there and doing some more advanced things with combining photos. 15 00:01:33,272 --> 00:01:37,692 The Photoshop one is really more about General the interface. 16 00:01:37,692 --> 00:01:47,082 How do you create layers? Kind of the concept behind them, some basic concepts applying certain effects. 17 00:01:47,082 --> 00:01:53,052 And so Photoshop too, goes a little bit more into depth with blending photos. 18 00:01:53,052 --> 00:02:01,062 So doing doing sort of more advanced ways of blending photos together in different ways, depending on what you need and so on. 19 00:02:01,062 --> 00:02:03,402 So that will be great. 20 00:02:03,402 --> 00:02:12,612 So if you have a question or something where a small enough group, it's OK to just meet yourself and ask or feel more comfortable posting in the chat. 21 00:02:12,612 --> 00:02:15,972 That's totally fine. I'll do my best to kind of check with the chat. 22 00:02:15,972 --> 00:02:24,162 And if we can kind of stop every so often and kind of ask questions about some of these things, specially the concept. 23 00:02:24,162 --> 00:02:31,242 So you guys will pick up on sort of the technical things that you need to do to add, you know, to your photograph. 24 00:02:31,242 --> 00:02:44,352 Once you understand concepts such as layers in Photoshop adjustment layers, the concept of a layer mask, which we'll be doing today. 25 00:02:44,352 --> 00:02:47,952 So once you kind of get those sort of basic concepts down, 26 00:02:47,952 --> 00:02:57,642 then when you go and look on YouTube for a specific problem to sell, you know, a specific solution to a problem you have, 27 00:02:57,642 --> 00:03:03,162 like how to remove such and such in Photoshop or something like that, you'll have a concept of what they're doing, 28 00:03:03,162 --> 00:03:06,582 what they're talking about, which is a lot easier than trying to start from scratch. 29 00:03:06,582 --> 00:03:09,222 And you don't know anything about the program. Right. 30 00:03:09,222 --> 00:03:18,402 So this is to empower you to have some more in-depth skills with Photoshop, which is an extremely powerful program. 31 00:03:18,402 --> 00:03:22,422 You know, we can have workshops forever on Photoshop and never get to the bottom of it. 32 00:03:22,422 --> 00:03:27,072 So the goal is to understand sort of the basic ideas behind it. 33 00:03:27,072 --> 00:03:34,482 And that way you can can you can problem solve on your own and continue to learn depending on what you use it for, 34 00:03:34,482 --> 00:03:38,442 which that becomes more specific as you start using it. So great. 35 00:03:38,442 --> 00:03:42,702 So if you guys would like to download the practice files, we talked about that. 36 00:03:42,702 --> 00:03:51,912 I'm Chelsea Hooper. I'm an instructional technology specialist in the Innovation and Research Commons, which is on the first floor of the library. 37 00:03:51,912 --> 00:04:00,332 And we have renovated the. And they're all the media digital resource lab and turned it into fantastic space with a makerspace 38 00:04:00,332 --> 00:04:08,082 database of space and support services and Adobe Creative Space of Maker studio with 3D printing, 39 00:04:08,082 --> 00:04:15,612 all kinds of neat things. So lots, lots to check out. And so this is Photoshop to suit. 40 00:04:15,612 --> 00:04:25,752 Today's session is designed as a follow up. We kind of pick up with some of the things we worked on at the end of Photoshop one workshop. 41 00:04:25,752 --> 00:04:34,212 And so and continue to do some additional photo photo editing techniques and also, of course, providing resources to continue learning. 42 00:04:34,212 --> 00:04:38,202 So, of course, you need to have your Adobe I.D. set up. If you don't, this is where you go to get it. 43 00:04:38,202 --> 00:04:42,462 And so on. The Creative Cloud desktop app helps you manage all of your applications. 44 00:04:42,462 --> 00:04:48,642 So I encourage you to get that installed. And so we also I also mentioned this in the last class. 45 00:04:48,642 --> 00:04:54,402 But if you're really interested in getting more into definitely Photoshop, there are courses on campus you can take. 46 00:04:54,402 --> 00:05:00,342 This is an example of one of them that's pretty unique. This is Dr. Beckman over an entomology. 47 00:05:00,342 --> 00:05:06,222 He teaches a class called Figure Fundamentals where he concentrates on scientific typic illustration. 48 00:05:06,222 --> 00:05:11,742 So it teaches students how to draw, you know, their insects or draw figures, 49 00:05:11,742 --> 00:05:19,392 graphics for their articles and proposals and things like that, which is a fantastic skill to have. 50 00:05:19,392 --> 00:05:27,792 And he has them actually, you know, do a digital illustration of, you know, whatever particular insect that they're studying. 51 00:05:27,792 --> 00:05:32,952 So some really neat, really neat skills. And that's a graduate level course. 52 00:05:32,952 --> 00:05:37,302 That's actually a full level courses being offered. So that's just one example. 53 00:05:37,302 --> 00:05:44,122 But today's presentation is based off of the getting started in Photoshop tutorials. 54 00:05:44,122 --> 00:05:49,062 They have a gettings, a whole course get to know Photoshop course. 55 00:05:49,062 --> 00:05:57,162 And so after today's workshop, you basically have all of the concepts that are in that entire course. 56 00:05:57,162 --> 00:06:01,602 But if you'd like to kind of review or go a little bit more into depth in some of them, 57 00:06:01,602 --> 00:06:06,492 you could kind of go to that course and kind of redo some of the activities. 58 00:06:06,492 --> 00:06:11,472 They haven't broken down to like three and three or four minute videos with the practice files. 59 00:06:11,472 --> 00:06:20,502 The practice files that we use in the workshops here are from these exact tutorials and many of the skills that show you are exactly from this course. 60 00:06:20,502 --> 00:06:26,412 I'm just pulled that out and kind of condensed it a bit more and separated this course 61 00:06:26,412 --> 00:06:32,982 into two one hour workshops to kind of fit it in for you and sort of an efficient way. 62 00:06:32,982 --> 00:06:35,952 This little cheat sheet is still a fantastic tool. 63 00:06:35,952 --> 00:06:44,502 So if you just kind of getting back into Photoshop, this reminds you about some of the ways you add and you can add new layers, some tricks. 64 00:06:44,502 --> 00:06:48,102 So today's workshop kind of takes you through some of the rest of these. 65 00:06:48,102 --> 00:06:57,042 Like today we're gonna be blending photos. So we kind of get through all of these things within today's workshop, which is great. 66 00:06:57,042 --> 00:07:03,362 But this little cheat sheet memory aid for you that you can refer to later. And so we're gonna open up Photoshop. 67 00:07:03,362 --> 00:07:08,512 We'll kind of review the interface a bit. And we're gonna start with kind of reviewing layer some. 68 00:07:08,512 --> 00:07:16,672 And I'm I post the link again real quick here so we can get started with that and talk about layers and shapes and things like that. 69 00:07:16,672 --> 00:07:18,702 So we're gonna work with background layer. 70 00:07:18,702 --> 00:07:26,112 So let's go ahead and open up Photoshop and we're gonna open up the practice files which have already got downloaded. 71 00:07:26,112 --> 00:07:29,022 So let's check out the background layer one. 72 00:07:29,022 --> 00:07:37,692 So you may remember from the previous one, we talked about the concept of layers and so on, that you can rearrange layers. 73 00:07:37,692 --> 00:07:42,852 You can double click to rename them, which is very smart to do to kind of keep organized, 74 00:07:42,852 --> 00:07:49,362 because as you get more, more layers, your image gets your file is gonna get very complicated and so on. 75 00:07:49,362 --> 00:07:54,792 And so what you can do is if you wanted to make some changes to this background layer. 76 00:07:54,792 --> 00:08:00,792 Notice that there's a little lock next to it. That's kind of an advantage if you're creating a Photoshop file. 77 00:08:00,792 --> 00:08:06,852 You don't if you don't want to accidentally make any changes to your first layer, 78 00:08:06,852 --> 00:08:11,862 which is technically your background layer, then you can leave it as a background layer. 79 00:08:11,862 --> 00:08:14,382 But sometimes you may want to make changes to it. 80 00:08:14,382 --> 00:08:20,952 So in that case, you can convert a background layer into a regular layer and you do that just by clicking on the lock. 81 00:08:20,952 --> 00:08:33,762 So now it's renamed itself to layer zero. So now that it's a regular layer, I can do things like I can apply an image adjustment to it. 82 00:08:33,762 --> 00:08:39,942 So if I wanted to make this sort of like brighter or darker or something like that, then I can do that. 83 00:08:39,942 --> 00:08:45,702 Previously, when it's locked as a background layer, you cannot make those changes. 84 00:08:45,702 --> 00:08:46,572 Remember, also, 85 00:08:46,572 --> 00:08:53,592 this little preview button is fantastic because you can actually see what you're going to do to your photo before you do anything to it, 86 00:08:53,592 --> 00:08:58,932 which is great. And then if you like what you see, you can head. OK. And so on. 87 00:08:58,932 --> 00:09:06,822 Another thing you can do to your layers, as you can add a layer called an adjustment layer. 88 00:09:06,822 --> 00:09:13,482 So if we let's maybe click on this first the second layer here and we want to make a change. 89 00:09:13,482 --> 00:09:19,632 So this particular layer. So remember, when you want to make changes to layers, you have to choose the layer you want to be working on. 90 00:09:19,632 --> 00:09:27,372 First of all. That's the only one that's active. So what we can do is instead of doing an image adjustment up here, 91 00:09:27,372 --> 00:09:37,602 if we wanted to maybe affect all of the layers below the layer we've selected, then we can do what's called. 92 00:09:37,602 --> 00:09:42,972 Let me make sure it pops up for you here. Yep. So if you're not sure what the tools down at the bottom are, no. 93 00:09:42,972 --> 00:09:48,252 You can mouseover and they'll show you. So you can create a new what they call an adjustment layer. 94 00:09:48,252 --> 00:09:55,902 So what this does is it applies an adjustment layer to that layer and any layer below it. 95 00:09:55,902 --> 00:09:59,322 Remember, Photoshop works top down with the layers. 96 00:09:59,322 --> 00:10:10,212 And so if we wanted to bring all of these more vibrantly up or if we wanted to change the hue and saturation of all of them below the layers, 97 00:10:10,212 --> 00:10:14,892 then we can bring that up and see notices changing these, too. But not this one. 98 00:10:14,892 --> 00:10:23,352 OK. So that's another thing you can do that can help you sort of manipulate what you're doing to each layer. 99 00:10:23,352 --> 00:10:28,482 Now, if you didn't like what it did. Notice it's really nondestructive. 100 00:10:28,482 --> 00:10:36,312 So if we want to, we can click on that layer and then we can delete that particular it's called called the the layer mask. 101 00:10:36,312 --> 00:10:44,632 But it's actually an adjustment layer. So we can delete that, you know, and then. 102 00:10:44,632 --> 00:10:49,162 Yeah, well, I think I messed that up. Let me undo a quick. 103 00:10:49,162 --> 00:10:55,602 So what we can do is we can go down here and we can actually just delete. 104 00:10:55,602 --> 00:11:06,192 This one, I think, is how we do it. Let's. Let's see if it'll do it correctly. 105 00:11:06,192 --> 00:11:11,742 OK, perfect. Yeah. So you have to make sure you click the actual adjustment layer first and then delete it. 106 00:11:11,742 --> 00:11:14,832 And then that way we've gotten back to our original image. 107 00:11:14,832 --> 00:11:25,242 So adjustment layers help you kind of make changes to your your file and your layers in a nonpermanent fashion. 108 00:11:25,242 --> 00:11:30,312 OK. So that's one way that you could that you could apply those changes. 109 00:11:30,312 --> 00:11:39,132 Now, just like what I did with Layer zero, if you wanted to apply different types of effects or adjustments to each layer, 110 00:11:39,132 --> 00:11:43,152 then you would want to go through and do that separately so you could click the top one. 111 00:11:43,152 --> 00:11:48,792 Make sure you click the one that you want, and then you can go over to your image adjustments, 112 00:11:48,792 --> 00:11:52,452 you know, adjust the brightness, you know, or something like that. 113 00:11:52,452 --> 00:11:54,972 And notice, it's only changing that layer. 114 00:11:54,972 --> 00:12:00,942 So depending on what you need to do, you know, adjusting the layers individually or applying an adjustment layer, 115 00:12:00,942 --> 00:12:06,732 can kind of group apply what you need to all of them below. 116 00:12:06,732 --> 00:12:12,252 And that's important. If maybe it's not a collage, maybe it's a bunch of blended layers together. 117 00:12:12,252 --> 00:12:16,092 You add the adjustment layer and it's going to affect all of those layers below it. 118 00:12:16,092 --> 00:12:23,922 So that's a neat thing to keep in mind, too. Also some other things and tips and tricks with layers in general. 119 00:12:23,922 --> 00:12:28,302 You can get new layers by going up to the layer panel up here. 120 00:12:28,302 --> 00:12:36,262 You can also go over here to the little button that kind of looks like a Post-it note turned up and get a new one from there. 121 00:12:36,262 --> 00:12:42,342 You if you decide you want to make one of your layers a background, 122 00:12:42,342 --> 00:12:47,262 so you want to kind of put it in the background and you want to get that lock back on it. 123 00:12:47,262 --> 00:12:52,032 You could choose new background from layer. Choose the layer you want first and then choose backroom from layer. 124 00:12:52,032 --> 00:12:58,512 So it's how you can kind of go back and forth. This is really nice option to you can do layer via copy. 125 00:12:58,512 --> 00:13:05,262 So if I do lay a very copy, it's going to copy that layer and just give me another one and put copy in it, which I can then rename. 126 00:13:05,262 --> 00:13:14,082 But this is a nice feature to have because maybe you want to really mess around with one of the layers. 127 00:13:14,082 --> 00:13:18,672 Try bunches of different things first and then decide which one you like. 128 00:13:18,672 --> 00:13:25,722 And then that way you're not messing your sort of original layer up. So sometimes people will duplicate layers to do that. 129 00:13:25,722 --> 00:13:32,922 Another time that people will duplicate layers and leave them there is if you have sort of a fuzzy or blurry 130 00:13:32,922 --> 00:13:39,972 image or not very strong sized resolution image and you can't get it in the original format in a better way. 131 00:13:39,972 --> 00:13:47,922 People will double the layers here and then that shows through the image and increases the way that it looks. 132 00:13:47,922 --> 00:13:51,492 It just looks better because it's sort of layering on top of itself. 133 00:13:51,492 --> 00:13:59,562 So it's kind of increasing the quality some as much as you can without having a decent quality in the first place. 134 00:13:59,562 --> 00:14:08,892 So let's go back to our presentation here and see what's next. Adjustment Layers BSD also, you know, we kind of use background layer to do that. 135 00:14:08,892 --> 00:14:13,752 But you can try it with adjustment layers to that's just another practice file that you could try. 136 00:14:13,752 --> 00:14:20,232 Which is cool. So that's a little reminder about layers. Let's go back and talk about custom shapes and so on. 137 00:14:20,232 --> 00:14:26,052 So we learned last time that when we add a new shape. 138 00:14:26,052 --> 00:14:35,292 So here we are done here. So when we add a new shape to our image, we it creates a new layer of force automatically right here. 139 00:14:35,292 --> 00:14:41,322 Right. So another great shape that you can use is the custom shape tool. 140 00:14:41,322 --> 00:14:51,132 So the custom shape tool is kind of like free icons. So if you're looking for really quick icons like arrows, you know, circles, 141 00:14:51,132 --> 00:14:56,322 whatever it is, you know, different kinds of, you know, quick icons that you might need. 142 00:14:56,322 --> 00:15:05,532 You can go to the custom shape tool and then this little gear gets you sort of different menus of shapes. 143 00:15:05,532 --> 00:15:09,672 So you can go to animals and I'll say, do you want to replace current shapes? 144 00:15:09,672 --> 00:15:15,282 Yes. Let's go ahead and replace it. Meaning, can you just show it to me as an item? 145 00:15:15,282 --> 00:15:20,712 A pen means keep adding. So if you need to see a bunch of shapes at the same time, then you can do that. 146 00:15:20,712 --> 00:15:30,882 So this is kind of like, you know, of freebie free icons that you can use, that you can just add to your to your Photoshop file. 147 00:15:30,882 --> 00:15:36,702 So this would be great for like infographics, signage, you know, quick things like that. 148 00:15:36,702 --> 00:15:41,442 That way you don't have to, like, go find, you know, one of those icons and bring an end. 149 00:15:41,442 --> 00:15:46,422 Some of it's already built in here. And then, of course, it acts like a regular shape. 150 00:15:46,422 --> 00:15:49,752 And that once you've selected it, you can resize it. 151 00:15:49,752 --> 00:15:56,952 And then, of course, you can, you know, adjust its fill color, the stroke color, the thickness of the stroke. 152 00:15:56,952 --> 00:16:02,692 All that stuff we already learned about before. And then you can then notice it made itself a new layer. 153 00:16:02,692 --> 00:16:08,662 So it keeps it really editable and you can move things around so customers shake tool. 154 00:16:08,662 --> 00:16:13,282 That's a fun way to get icons pretty quickly, which is great. 155 00:16:13,282 --> 00:16:17,272 All right. Let's see what we're going to do next. OK, so next is going to be the selection tool. 156 00:16:17,272 --> 00:16:24,232 So last time we were together, we did we use a LASO selection tool to remove an object. 157 00:16:24,232 --> 00:16:30,892 So it's kind of just remind ourselves how we did that. OK. Because that's a good sort of place to start as we're thinking about that stuff. 158 00:16:30,892 --> 00:16:36,172 So let's go to file open and let's go to the remove object. 159 00:16:36,172 --> 00:16:47,782 So remember, we wanted to get rid of this boardwalk. So we use the lasso tool, which means free hand select. 160 00:16:47,782 --> 00:16:54,532 So let's go ahead and freehand select. And the reason why we're using the lasso tool to let us freehand select is because we 161 00:16:54,532 --> 00:17:02,212 have to capture some of the pixels around the object first as well as the object. 162 00:17:02,212 --> 00:17:07,642 So that Photoshop can see the pixels here and use those pixels to replace the object. 163 00:17:07,642 --> 00:17:13,162 And then once we've got our selection done and another concept to understand is that when you get these, 164 00:17:13,162 --> 00:17:18,742 you know, they call in the marching ants when you get the march against, that's an active selection. 165 00:17:18,742 --> 00:17:23,582 So you could apply an adjustment to the selection. 166 00:17:23,582 --> 00:17:28,682 You could copy the selection and pasted into another file. 167 00:17:28,682 --> 00:17:38,902 You know, you could whatever it is that you choose to do next affects only that selection, only what you've chosen to select in that in that area. 168 00:17:38,902 --> 00:17:43,432 And so here we're going to use the content of Phil Tool. 169 00:17:43,432 --> 00:17:46,852 And so we're going to sell it content, aware, fill this object. 170 00:17:46,852 --> 00:17:56,452 And so it's going to be thinking and using Adobe Sensei to determine, you know, what pixels were there and how it can replace it and so on. 171 00:17:56,452 --> 00:18:04,132 And if we like what it does, we can go ahead and hit, OK? What's nice is we're previewing it and if we don't like it, we can cancel. 172 00:18:04,132 --> 00:18:12,382 And then we can try this again because it uses A.I. and because also because you probably won't lasso it. 173 00:18:12,382 --> 00:18:19,552 Exactly the same way that you did before. It's gonna be different pretty much every time that use the content or overfill tool. 174 00:18:19,552 --> 00:18:26,332 It's going to keep, you know, so you can keep trying. And so you get like a really good version of it. 175 00:18:26,332 --> 00:18:30,562 Which would be nice. And then notice says output to new layer. 176 00:18:30,562 --> 00:18:34,582 So if you choose to outputs a new layer, then it's going to put it in a new layer. 177 00:18:34,582 --> 00:18:41,452 And you've maintained good adaptability. So if you wanted to bring that boardwalk back at some point, you know, you could do that. 178 00:18:41,452 --> 00:18:45,112 So those are your options there with that. 179 00:18:45,112 --> 00:18:51,292 So we use the lasso tool know, because we needed to capture some of the pixels around the edge. 180 00:18:51,292 --> 00:18:58,172 Another thing to remember is if you don't do a good job with your selection and you want to redo it or you just want to start over something, 181 00:18:58,172 --> 00:19:04,282 command DB or Control D four D select means get rid of my selection. 182 00:19:04,282 --> 00:19:08,242 And let me start over or I'm done editing the document. 183 00:19:08,242 --> 00:19:17,722 I'm done editing that selection and I don't want to mess with my selection anymore is what is is what that essentially means. 184 00:19:17,722 --> 00:19:22,792 And then there are different types of selection tools. So we use the lasso tool. 185 00:19:22,792 --> 00:19:28,492 We're going to be using the quick selection tool. And then there's also just a rectangular. 186 00:19:28,492 --> 00:19:33,232 These are Malky. This means selection. So these are different types of selection tools. 187 00:19:33,232 --> 00:19:38,452 So if you wanted some sort of neat effect where you just put a circle here and you made it really dark 188 00:19:38,452 --> 00:19:43,202 because maybe you were like pretending there was a black hole in the middle of this valley or whatever, 189 00:19:43,202 --> 00:19:50,602 you know, you want to create that effect and you can use that to make a single selection of a spot, you know, on there or whatever. 190 00:19:50,602 --> 00:19:55,342 But the quick selection tool is very nice tool. 191 00:19:55,342 --> 00:20:03,112 And what it does is it reads the areas within your photo and finds the edges for you. 192 00:20:03,112 --> 00:20:10,852 So quick selection tool means help me select the area with in this space and look for the edges. 193 00:20:10,852 --> 00:20:19,012 So if we were going this is a very nice edge here that we have in this photo for the sky so we can use the quick selection tool. 194 00:20:19,012 --> 00:20:22,972 We just kind of click and drag and you kind of like it's kind of like painting. 195 00:20:22,972 --> 00:20:27,442 So you click and drag to kind of paint the area that you want it to select. 196 00:20:27,442 --> 00:20:33,772 And you can see it's done a pretty good job, right? I mean, it's found all the little nooks and crannies pretty much is what it looks like. 197 00:20:33,772 --> 00:20:42,772 All the light blue area looks great. So if we wanted to do something like add some kind of adjustment, hue and saturation, you know, 198 00:20:42,772 --> 00:20:50,272 and just kind of make it kind of darker or more purply or something like that, bring up the saturation, you know them. 199 00:20:50,272 --> 00:20:54,892 That might be cool effect that we might want to do to our image. 200 00:20:54,892 --> 00:20:59,692 And then when we're done with our selection, we can, you know, command D to D select. 201 00:20:59,692 --> 00:21:03,052 And so we've made that effect, you know, on our background right now. 202 00:21:03,052 --> 00:21:12,112 So and then what we can do next is we're going to practice some more selection tools, because that's the way you get to blend photos. 203 00:21:12,112 --> 00:21:16,762 Well. Is by taking the selection tools and kind of implementing them very well. 204 00:21:16,762 --> 00:21:22,252 So it just takes a little practice. So definitely tried these different ways of selecting. 205 00:21:22,252 --> 00:21:27,322 So we're gonna go into a file called Selection Basics. 206 00:21:27,322 --> 00:21:35,732 So let's go back here and we'll just open a new file and we're gonna go to selection basics. 207 00:21:35,732 --> 00:21:44,322 OK. So this is kind of a nice square edge as well, so we'll probably use the quick selection tool for that. 208 00:21:44,322 --> 00:21:50,832 But we're going to talk about the selection basics like how do you add to your selection? 209 00:21:50,832 --> 00:21:58,932 How do you subtract from it? That kind of thing. So let's say we wanted this to maybe be brighter or something like that. 210 00:21:58,932 --> 00:22:05,832 So over here, we've got the quick selection tool selected. And notice now that I've got the quick selection tool selected. 211 00:22:05,832 --> 00:22:12,222 We have several options up here. So right now, the setting is add to selection. 212 00:22:12,222 --> 00:22:23,142 So as I click and drag on the photo, the places where I click and drag and it'll find the edges automatically for me will add to the selection. 213 00:22:23,142 --> 00:22:32,412 But if I go a little overboard, I can use the subtract from selection option and I can just keep manipulating it, you know, adding and subtracting. 214 00:22:32,412 --> 00:22:34,782 And so I get exactly what it is I want. 215 00:22:34,782 --> 00:22:42,942 So if you're trying to select a very specific object with lots of like ins and outs and stuff like that, this is how you can do that. 216 00:22:42,942 --> 00:22:47,922 You can also adjust your brush size essentially, so you can get really fine. 217 00:22:47,922 --> 00:22:53,862 You can zoom in, you know, and get really sort of fine tune those selections. 218 00:22:53,862 --> 00:22:58,812 And also, it's a tip is the bracket keys, the bracket keys on your keyboard. 219 00:22:58,812 --> 00:23:02,272 The left one goes down and then the right one goes up. 220 00:23:02,272 --> 00:23:10,632 So that's a great keyboard shortcut. So if you're if you're choosing a lot of space, then you can get a much bigger brush that you're working with. 221 00:23:10,632 --> 00:23:17,172 So let's try that quick selection tool on it. It's got sort of like a crosshairs and it's got also sort of a plus sign in it. 222 00:23:17,172 --> 00:23:21,612 So I can just keep painting and I just keep dragging across. 223 00:23:21,612 --> 00:23:26,892 And it did a pretty good job, but maybe I don't want, like, this part down here. 224 00:23:26,892 --> 00:23:34,302 So another thing I can do, which is another shortcut, is I can hit the AWALT or option key on my keyboard. 225 00:23:34,302 --> 00:23:44,322 And now I'm choosing to take a way for my selection so I can kind of very carefully do this and kind of subtract from it. 226 00:23:44,322 --> 00:23:53,772 And that's pretty good for what I want as far as maybe trying to isolate just this building and then making some changes to it. 227 00:23:53,772 --> 00:23:57,702 And then if I didn't want this old green light here, then I could come and get rid of that, 228 00:23:57,702 --> 00:24:02,562 too, in kind of a race, erase that part, remove the selection from there. 229 00:24:02,562 --> 00:24:08,252 And so now, of course, we can go up to our image adjustments if we want to make that brighter. 230 00:24:08,252 --> 00:24:12,672 Then we can kind of adjust that a bit. And now we've kind of make that a little bit brighter. 231 00:24:12,672 --> 00:24:18,882 Looks a little better. So that's how you can kind of, you know, manipulate using the selection tool. 232 00:24:18,882 --> 00:24:26,932 So definitely get some practice in on that. The fact that you can go plus or minus and you can keep adding and subtracting from your selection. 233 00:24:26,932 --> 00:24:32,532 There's also this new option in Photoshop called Select Subject. 234 00:24:32,532 --> 00:24:43,302 So it does a pretty good job if you bring in a photo and maybe it's just got like a photo of one person in it or a car or something pretty simple. 235 00:24:43,302 --> 00:24:51,042 You can click select subject and it will use the quick selection tool essentially to isolate that subject for you automatically. 236 00:24:51,042 --> 00:24:54,342 So you don't have to click and drag and that kind of thing. 237 00:24:54,342 --> 00:25:02,472 So this is some options with the selection basics and then member command D is to d select form or finished. 238 00:25:02,472 --> 00:25:08,682 And so next we will go on to some more selection tools because this one's a little trickier. 239 00:25:08,682 --> 00:25:13,302 That was pretty easy because the shape. Right. So let's try a trickier one. 240 00:25:13,302 --> 00:25:19,932 So we're going to not new. We want to get it open. Let's kinsel that. 241 00:25:19,932 --> 00:25:25,552 And let's go to file open and then we want to go to Selection Tools is the one we're going to try. 242 00:25:25,552 --> 00:25:34,932 So you can see this one's a bit more intricate, right. And remember, command plus or control plus zooms in command, minus control, minus zooms out. 243 00:25:34,932 --> 00:25:41,682 And then remember, the spacebar is to pan around. So that might help us as we're kind of working with this. 244 00:25:41,682 --> 00:25:46,692 So let's say we wanted to alter the garment, you know, in some way. 245 00:25:46,692 --> 00:25:54,012 So that's a little tricky. Right. So we could still use the quick selection tool, which is totally fine. 246 00:25:54,012 --> 00:25:59,082 But maybe we want to take this garment out and put it on just a plain background 247 00:25:59,082 --> 00:26:02,892 or something different like that so we can use the quick selection tool. 248 00:26:02,892 --> 00:26:10,002 And this is a great one to practice on because it's got a few little tricky edges, you know, like this. 249 00:26:10,002 --> 00:26:16,962 This border of the material that you have to kind of get into. 250 00:26:16,962 --> 00:26:20,082 And so you can kind of just paint down. 251 00:26:20,082 --> 00:26:30,402 And so you can see how you can kind of, you know, zoom in and do a little bit more fine or work by reducing your brush size. 252 00:26:30,402 --> 00:26:34,752 Remember, the bracket keys do that. We actually did a pretty good job over here. 253 00:26:34,752 --> 00:26:37,712 And then over here. That's not too bad. Pretty good. 254 00:26:37,712 --> 00:26:44,802 Maybe up here, just a little bit of taking it away, because I'm not sure that's really part of it right there. 255 00:26:44,802 --> 00:26:49,122 Yeah. So that's pretty good, right? So we've got this selection. OK. 256 00:26:49,122 --> 00:26:53,432 And then we can pan over here and then we can keep adding to our selection. 257 00:26:53,432 --> 00:26:58,602 So notice that on the left hand side is still active. Right. So we can. 258 00:26:58,602 --> 00:27:02,772 So see you when we went a little too far. So we want to take this out. 259 00:27:02,772 --> 00:27:07,722 We want to take this part out. So we need to undo that. Right. 260 00:27:07,722 --> 00:27:13,602 So you can see how you can basically use those tools to help you manipulate. 261 00:27:13,602 --> 00:27:21,852 I would I would want to probably go up there and reduce my brush size some more and zoom in and carefully do that. 262 00:27:21,852 --> 00:27:26,512 But you guys get the idea. It's a little painful to, like, watch somebody do that the whole time. 263 00:27:26,512 --> 00:27:35,292 Right. So we won't do that. But practice that this file on particulars that go into practice on to get your selections just right. 264 00:27:35,292 --> 00:27:43,992 OK. And so what we can do next is if you look at our lesson here today, basically says we've done that lesson tool, we can. 265 00:27:43,992 --> 00:27:50,092 Here's an option that we can do. We can isolate this selection and a couple of different ways. 266 00:27:50,092 --> 00:27:54,342 So the first one we're going to use is called Select and Mask. 267 00:27:54,342 --> 00:28:02,532 And so if we needed to keep fine tuning this and we needed some help with that, we can use the selective mask tool up here. 268 00:28:02,532 --> 00:28:15,612 So we're going to select and mask and then depending on what we need to look at here, we can use sort of different different ways of looking at this. 269 00:28:15,612 --> 00:28:22,212 So right now, we're using the onion skin, which usually means, like the rest is transparent, 270 00:28:22,212 --> 00:28:29,292 is using what that means in Photoshop or illustrator, but you can even use like overlay. 271 00:28:29,292 --> 00:28:36,012 So something like this might provide you with some good contrast so you can keep working in this. 272 00:28:36,012 --> 00:28:40,332 And so we may want to notice that we have a new workspace. 273 00:28:40,332 --> 00:28:44,832 Right. So we're inside the selected mask workspace right now. 274 00:28:44,832 --> 00:28:54,252 And so we have just a very limited amount of tools because the purpose of select a mask is to help you fine tune your selection. 275 00:28:54,252 --> 00:28:57,852 So it's like a whole another little workspace that we've jumped in to. 276 00:28:57,852 --> 00:29:01,212 Right. And then notice we have a lasso tool. 277 00:29:01,212 --> 00:29:07,212 So if we need to sort of free, select and keep adding to it, we have the zoom in the pan. 278 00:29:07,212 --> 00:29:16,002 You so we can we can still use, ah, keyboard shortcuts and kind of zoom in and then notice we've got the plus sign here. 279 00:29:16,002 --> 00:29:24,162 We can adjust the size here if we want to. And so if we need to kind of keep adding to this just a little bit to get that top top part. 280 00:29:24,162 --> 00:29:28,272 And it looks like, you know, as I went a little over there, 281 00:29:28,272 --> 00:29:36,672 so probably we should reduce the size of the brush and then we should take part of that away because it looks like. 282 00:29:36,672 --> 00:29:42,792 So you're kind of painting a little bit, you know, and just really fine tuning it. 283 00:29:42,792 --> 00:29:50,712 And then once you have done the best stub that you can because, you know, you're only human, you're using a mouse or trackpad, maybe even. 284 00:29:50,712 --> 00:29:59,802 Right. Professionals sometimes use like external tablets to do this so they can really fine tune it a little bit more. 285 00:29:59,802 --> 00:30:05,032 And once you have done the best job you can with your selection. 286 00:30:05,032 --> 00:30:09,762 OK, then over here you have some settings that make your selection even better so 287 00:30:09,762 --> 00:30:15,252 you can smooth out the edges of your selection by increasing the smooth option. 288 00:30:15,252 --> 00:30:19,382 You can feather it out a bit so you can kind of see the difference. 289 00:30:19,382 --> 00:30:28,542 It's too much, of course, but you can kind of see what it's doing. And then if you need it to be more sharp contrast, you could do that. 290 00:30:28,542 --> 00:30:34,062 And then here is shifting the edge shows, kind of shifting the edge of all of them. 291 00:30:34,062 --> 00:30:40,432 Of all of your selection, where should the edge go? So if you if I move it way over to the right, you can see over here on the right hand side. 292 00:30:40,432 --> 00:30:45,282 Everything's kind of shifting that way. So typically, you don't want that. 293 00:30:45,282 --> 00:30:52,392 But if you're selection's a little off or something that I can help you, typically, you want a little smooth, maybe a little feather. 294 00:30:52,392 --> 00:30:58,932 Not that much contrast and less. It's like a super sharp image, like maybe a perfect sphere that you're cutting out or something. 295 00:30:58,932 --> 00:31:07,992 Maybe you want good contrast. And then if you want to, you can always clear this thing and start over is an option as well. 296 00:31:07,992 --> 00:31:13,692 And then notice down here before you head, OK? Check to see what your output is set to. 297 00:31:13,692 --> 00:31:18,042 So right now the output is set to the selection. 298 00:31:18,042 --> 00:31:24,372 So if we wanted to keep that in mind, would say, yes, we just wanted to use this little area to help us fine. 299 00:31:24,372 --> 00:31:29,442 Tune the selection. Then then we can do that. So we're gonna go ahead and hit. 300 00:31:29,442 --> 00:31:34,212 OK. And now we're back to our original file. 301 00:31:34,212 --> 00:31:38,142 And all it did was help us, you know, fine. Tune that selection a bit more. 302 00:31:38,142 --> 00:31:46,662 And we could continue working. And thus we could, you know, now we could do a really good image adjustment to these areas if we wanted to. 303 00:31:46,662 --> 00:31:51,942 This is how you would maybe change coloring on a shirt, you know, for somebody and things like that. 304 00:31:51,942 --> 00:31:58,422 You would do a really good job with selecting the object first, and then you would work on, you know, 305 00:31:58,422 --> 00:32:04,752 maybe putting a layer that know, altered the color and so on, which is more advanced, which we'll get into today. 306 00:32:04,752 --> 00:32:11,502 But selections are important. So understanding how to do your good job with your selections is really huge. 307 00:32:11,502 --> 00:32:17,962 Let's see what is next. OK, so we're going to come back to our slices in just a minute. 308 00:32:17,962 --> 00:32:24,942 Go back to layer mask. But now that we've kind of got that concept down, let's go to something easy, sort of like a little break here in the middle. 309 00:32:24,942 --> 00:32:32,412 So combining images, you can add some pretty neat texture by just using layers and blend modes. 310 00:32:32,412 --> 00:32:36,722 So let's go try that. So we want texture, want to and texture, too. 311 00:32:36,722 --> 00:32:46,722 So let's go open those files. So let's say you have a sort of an image, a nice image, but you want it to be sort of interesting. 312 00:32:46,722 --> 00:32:50,712 So you've got this image. It's a nice image of flowers. That's great. 313 00:32:50,712 --> 00:32:57,732 But one way we can make it interesting, in addition to you guys learned about image adjustments, 314 00:32:57,732 --> 00:33:05,232 you also learned about layer adjustments, which give you the same thing, that the option to take it away if you want to later. 315 00:33:05,232 --> 00:33:09,042 And you guys in the previous one, we also learned about filters. 316 00:33:09,042 --> 00:33:16,512 You can get some shortcut sort of filters here, or you can go the filter gallery and make your objects look more interesting there, too. 317 00:33:16,512 --> 00:33:24,252 But here's another one that you can do. So we're going to place another image on top of this once and make it a new layer. 318 00:33:24,252 --> 00:33:27,552 So remember to bring in a new image as a new layer. 319 00:33:27,552 --> 00:33:35,292 We're gonna go a fireplace embedded. And then once we are here in fall place embedded, we're going to add the one called texture, too. 320 00:33:35,292 --> 00:33:39,942 So you can get some neat textures just by taking pictures of stuff. 321 00:33:39,942 --> 00:33:48,732 So, like, take a picture of brick four, take a picture of concrete or feathers or leaves or whatever you want. 322 00:33:48,732 --> 00:33:55,542 Adobe CAPTCHA is a mobile app that you can get that also helps you, you know, capture things like that. 323 00:33:55,542 --> 00:34:01,032 Interesting patterns. It will help you make a pattern, too, out of something specific as well. 324 00:34:01,032 --> 00:34:07,242 So if you wanted to do that, that's another option as well. You can also just get some of these off of stock. 325 00:34:07,242 --> 00:34:14,022 So if he goes stock dot adobe dot com, we have access to some Adobe stock and there's texture's there, 326 00:34:14,022 --> 00:34:19,752 too, like, you know, different kinds of stone and whatever you want and that kind of thing. 327 00:34:19,752 --> 00:34:25,572 So remember, after I've placed my item, if I'm happy with it and of course I want it to cover up the whole thing, 328 00:34:25,572 --> 00:34:30,732 because if I'm blending these two images, I want them to be the same size and all that stuff. 329 00:34:30,732 --> 00:34:38,832 Remember, when we're done with our selections or we're happy with weight is and so on, because it's expecting me to resize it right now if I want to. 330 00:34:38,832 --> 00:34:43,602 What it's kind of asking for. Then we hit the checkmark. It's like the commit button. 331 00:34:43,602 --> 00:34:49,512 Right. And so now we've got two layers over here. We have a background layer and a texture layer. 332 00:34:49,512 --> 00:34:54,852 Now it's automatically going to give it a layer type of normal. 333 00:34:54,852 --> 00:34:58,932 OK, so normal just means, you know, that's how it's. 334 00:34:58,932 --> 00:35:03,972 That's the default that it's going to bring it in as it's going to bring that image in as a new layer. 335 00:35:03,972 --> 00:35:08,202 Exactly. In the way that image was loaded on your computer. 336 00:35:08,202 --> 00:35:15,432 OK. But what you can do to make some really neat effects is you can change the type of layer that it is. 337 00:35:15,432 --> 00:35:19,022 So you have all kinds of options here, which are pretty. 338 00:35:19,022 --> 00:35:31,232 Cool. And you can use that texture to really blend them, so overlay is a very common kind of popular layer type for people to implement. 339 00:35:31,232 --> 00:35:38,022 But a lot of people like things like soft light, you know, as as a mixed layer. 340 00:35:38,022 --> 00:35:45,332 Know, so depending on what it is that you've brought in and what effect you're trying to go for. 341 00:35:45,332 --> 00:35:54,482 This is one way that people can get sort of like that kind of greenie type of fact, you know, all kinds of neat stuff that you can do. 342 00:35:54,482 --> 00:36:02,102 Another thing you can do after you've chosen a certain blend layer is to adjust the opacity of that layer. 343 00:36:02,102 --> 00:36:06,372 So if it's a little harsh, you don't want all the concrete showing through, 344 00:36:06,372 --> 00:36:10,562 you know, then you can adjust the opacity of it and see that gives it some nice, 345 00:36:10,562 --> 00:36:17,162 interesting kind of texture, almost like it's a little bit kind of like an older photograph maybe, or somebody crinkle it up at one point. 346 00:36:17,162 --> 00:36:25,112 Little bit used, maybe something like that. Then that's another way you can get some interesting effects out of it. 347 00:36:25,112 --> 00:36:28,802 So bring it in as a new layer and then adjust. 348 00:36:28,802 --> 00:36:35,822 What type of layer is it? Is is a neat effect and opacity is another good option as well. 349 00:36:35,822 --> 00:36:40,832 OK. So that's that's a fun one to use with blend modes. 350 00:36:40,832 --> 00:36:47,672 People, you know, that sort of soft light of fact, that's all people get that a lot of times they'll add a new layer. 351 00:36:47,672 --> 00:36:54,392 Sometimes even just a layer of like white. And then at an end, tell it to be a soft white layer if they want to kind of make it everything. 352 00:36:54,392 --> 00:36:58,782 Look, Castelli and stuff. So that's that's a fun thing. 353 00:36:58,782 --> 00:37:02,132 The way you can blend images, which is great, too. OK. 354 00:37:02,132 --> 00:37:07,052 So the last kind of parts to this are kind of concept timing. 355 00:37:07,052 --> 00:37:12,152 So that was our break. Let's get into the next feature here. 356 00:37:12,152 --> 00:37:20,252 So let's say another way of blending images is you want to maybe take part of one image and keep it, 357 00:37:20,252 --> 00:37:25,202 but then have it be have it be in a different background. 358 00:37:25,202 --> 00:37:30,272 Or combine the images. But you don't want everything that's in that one image. 359 00:37:30,272 --> 00:37:36,092 You want to remove some of them. This is a one technique that you can use to do that. 360 00:37:36,092 --> 00:37:41,402 So in addition to doing a quick and dirty. Using the selection tool like we did earlier. 361 00:37:41,402 --> 00:37:48,782 And then once you have your things selected, you can literally copy it and then pasted into a new file in Photoshop. 362 00:37:48,782 --> 00:37:52,772 That's kind of a quick and dirty and not great to do because it's not really editable. 363 00:37:52,772 --> 00:38:03,182 Like you'd have to go back and do that again. So the one the next couple of techniques that might show you help you maintain at its ability. 364 00:38:03,182 --> 00:38:08,552 So if you need to keep adjusting it or you want to make changes to it in the future, then you have that. 365 00:38:08,552 --> 00:38:12,782 So what we're going to do first is we're gonna bring in these files. 366 00:38:12,782 --> 00:38:18,692 So let's go to file open and we're going to use. 367 00:38:18,692 --> 00:38:23,492 We want to bring in our background first. So we're gonna bring in this one called Object One. 368 00:38:23,492 --> 00:38:27,812 This is gonna be a background and we're gonna place sort of an object in his hand. 369 00:38:27,812 --> 00:38:31,622 OK. So let's go to open that. Now we've got that. 370 00:38:31,622 --> 00:38:35,762 Now we just want to get the other file and the other image in. 371 00:38:35,762 --> 00:38:42,842 So to do that, we want it as a new layer. So remember, we go to file place embedded to do that part. 372 00:38:42,842 --> 00:38:53,012 And what we're gonna be doing is choosing the file that has the picture, that has the object that we want to display in the person's hand. 373 00:38:53,012 --> 00:39:00,362 So we're gonna hit place here. And then remember, we could resize it at this point, you know, or what? 374 00:39:00,362 --> 00:39:06,992 We don't really know how to resize it because we know we want to get rid of this stuff first. 375 00:39:06,992 --> 00:39:13,292 And so we can't really see how it's going to look at. And we can always resize this later. 376 00:39:13,292 --> 00:39:19,832 So we're gonna go in and hit the check mark to say, yes, I commit. And now I have a new layer over here. 377 00:39:19,832 --> 00:39:30,802 OK. So then what we're going to apply here is we're going to apply a special layer called a seam and get pop up layer mask. 378 00:39:30,802 --> 00:39:41,432 OK. So what you're going to do is a layer mask essentially helps you cover up part of whatever's in that layer. 379 00:39:41,432 --> 00:39:50,202 And what you choose to cover up can either be determined by a selection or you can use a 380 00:39:50,202 --> 00:39:57,932 paintbrush to get rid temporarily of some of the pixels in that image that you don't want. 381 00:39:57,932 --> 00:40:02,222 So we're going to use the second one that I said for right now. 382 00:40:02,222 --> 00:40:05,852 So we're going to use the paint technique. 383 00:40:05,852 --> 00:40:13,562 So we're first going to apply our layer mask here and notice we get a new little layer mask thing over here. 384 00:40:13,562 --> 00:40:19,062 And now what we do seems weird, but we're gonna actually just use the paintbrush. 385 00:40:19,062 --> 00:40:20,852 So now that we have our layer mask apply, 386 00:40:20,852 --> 00:40:30,492 we're going use the paint brush and then what we do is if we want to remove pixels from this layer, we paint with black. 387 00:40:30,492 --> 00:40:34,752 If we want to add pixels back, then we paint with white. 388 00:40:34,752 --> 00:40:41,692 So we're gonna switch these because I already am black and white selected and we're gonna choose black. 389 00:40:41,692 --> 00:40:51,492 Will the box already selected. So if you needed to select it, you can do that. And now we literally just paint with this black brush. 390 00:40:51,492 --> 00:40:56,742 Right. But what it's doing is it's painting away the pixels. 391 00:40:56,742 --> 00:41:07,092 However, this is completely editable. OK, so you may think to yourself, hey, why don't you just use the eraser tool, right? 392 00:41:07,092 --> 00:41:10,992 And you could just erase part of this image. You could do that. 393 00:41:10,992 --> 00:41:16,122 But when you do that, you are deleting the pixels and they will basically be forever lost. 394 00:41:16,122 --> 00:41:23,412 I mean, yeah, you can maybe hit command Z like 50 times is usually like the max or what. 395 00:41:23,412 --> 00:41:28,032 You can't actually set your command zaide to your undo to more than that. 396 00:41:28,032 --> 00:41:36,042 It's under preferences. But I wouldn't recommend doing that too much because you don't want to waste time undoing stuff that way. 397 00:41:36,042 --> 00:41:40,662 So now if I decide it looks let's say I'm painting with Blackfield like ERPs. 398 00:41:40,662 --> 00:41:46,032 I went in to my pencil a little too much and that's the object I want. So now we just switch. 399 00:41:46,032 --> 00:41:51,132 And now when we paint with white, we get that object back. 400 00:41:51,132 --> 00:41:56,052 OK. So that is one technique I could use. I can keep switching back and forth. 401 00:41:56,052 --> 00:41:59,782 I can adjust my brackets. I use my bracket keys. 402 00:41:59,782 --> 00:42:09,342 So adjust my paint depending on how big this is itoh and what my tolerance level is for painting. 403 00:42:09,342 --> 00:42:18,072 This could be a good option, though. So if you have like most of the picture that you want to keep in that layer, you know, 404 00:42:18,072 --> 00:42:25,362 and it's really just one object you're working towards and you want to really kind of fine tune that pretty carefully. 405 00:42:25,362 --> 00:42:29,652 And what's also nice about this is notice that I'm kind of painting away that image. 406 00:42:29,652 --> 00:42:34,302 I can kind of see how it's going to look with that new background. Right. 407 00:42:34,302 --> 00:42:47,472 I can also do some settings up here to make it make the brush more or less hard, you know, so I can I can I can work with that. 408 00:42:47,472 --> 00:42:51,192 I can work with the size. There's all kinds of other stuff you can do with your brush. 409 00:42:51,192 --> 00:42:55,932 But this is the basics of what we want to do today. And we can also zoom in. 410 00:42:55,932 --> 00:43:00,042 We can make this make the brush smaller. Keep zooming. 411 00:43:00,042 --> 00:43:04,452 And we can get this exactly where they want. The way we want it to be. 412 00:43:04,452 --> 00:43:12,582 And just keep working at it until we get what we want. And then notice over here that it is kind of emulating what I've done. 413 00:43:12,582 --> 00:43:17,062 Right. It's kind of showing the mask that I created by that painting. 414 00:43:17,062 --> 00:43:21,462 And again, if we want to reveal, we to start painting with white. 415 00:43:21,462 --> 00:43:29,202 So kind of a neat feature. So that's one fantastic way that you can blend two images. 416 00:43:29,202 --> 00:43:38,772 And then, of course, if we wanted to make any changes, you know, to to, you know, to the picture here, then we can still move it around. 417 00:43:38,772 --> 00:43:44,082 And notice that it's going to move the layer mask around over here with this object. 418 00:43:44,082 --> 00:43:51,182 So that's pretty cool. Right. And if we want to rotate it a little bit. Command T is free transform. 419 00:43:51,182 --> 00:43:57,492 I think that's also under image. Free transform. And we can rotate this a little bit. 420 00:43:57,492 --> 00:44:03,702 So you see, it really helps you maintain good editing within Photoshop. 421 00:44:03,702 --> 00:44:11,742 Wow. You are blending photos. So if I just deleted those pixels, they will be gone and I wouldn't be able to make a bunch of adjustments like that. 422 00:44:11,742 --> 00:44:16,162 So this is a better option because I can manipulate this. 423 00:44:16,162 --> 00:44:21,352 You know, I can move this around if I just deleted the pixels. I wouldn't be able to work with that mask. 424 00:44:21,352 --> 00:44:26,922 You know, it just would it wouldn't work. So this is a great technique to use. 425 00:44:26,922 --> 00:44:33,252 And so that was applying your layer mask, which is what we did done here, which is the little option down here. 426 00:44:33,252 --> 00:44:37,362 And then if I like what I do did, then I hit the commit button. 427 00:44:37,362 --> 00:44:44,022 And now I've got my image. But even after I had commit, I can keep going back and adjusting, you know, with the layer mask. 428 00:44:44,022 --> 00:44:48,342 So it's hard to make sure I choose the layer mask and then make those adjustments. 429 00:44:48,342 --> 00:44:56,622 OK. So when you're working with that paint, black and white, so it's black to conceal and white to reveal. 430 00:44:56,622 --> 00:45:00,642 Make sure you've got the layer mask chosen because that's what you want to make edits to. 431 00:45:00,642 --> 00:45:05,922 And then if you want to make edits to the image like moving around, make sure you've chosen the image section of that layer. 432 00:45:05,922 --> 00:45:14,932 So pretty cool, right? OK. So let's go to the last one that we're going to get to today is replacing a background. 433 00:45:14,932 --> 00:45:22,792 So this is just another technique that you can use, which. Mom's selection first and then adding a layer mask. 434 00:45:22,792 --> 00:45:28,502 So we did a layer mask first and then we painted. So here's another technique. 435 00:45:28,502 --> 00:45:39,952 Essentially is what we're doing next. So let's go to file open and we want the background layer first. 436 00:45:39,952 --> 00:45:44,392 So this is our background. And this is our image that we want to put on top. 437 00:45:44,392 --> 00:45:48,712 So we're going to choose replace background and then hit open. 438 00:45:48,712 --> 00:45:56,002 And then we're gonna go in place, embedded our other file so that it adds it automatically as a new layer. 439 00:45:56,002 --> 00:45:59,452 So here we go. This pencil is just gonna go everywhere with us today. 440 00:45:59,452 --> 00:46:06,532 It's going great, but it's neat because it kind of shows you it's an object that is somewhere else or it is more of a vector image. 441 00:46:06,532 --> 00:46:12,242 So it wouldn't normally be in that photo. So that's why it's a good sort of example to work with. 442 00:46:12,242 --> 00:46:21,082 OK, so we know about our selection tools. So depending on what we want to happen, we would use our selection tool. 443 00:46:21,082 --> 00:46:28,072 So if we want this pencil to appear with the other background, here's a sort of a quick technique we can use. 444 00:46:28,072 --> 00:46:31,442 So we're gonna use the quick selection tool. 445 00:46:31,442 --> 00:46:38,692 Remember, you can press and hold to get more options if you're not sure. And my brush is tiny, so let's maybe bring that up a little bit. 446 00:46:38,692 --> 00:46:44,122 And this has nice sharp edges. So I don't see any problem which is painting this with a quick selection tool. 447 00:46:44,122 --> 00:46:47,182 I don't think I need to go into more detail. 448 00:46:47,182 --> 00:46:55,792 If I did remember, I can go into that selecting mask and be in that other little sort of masking area and really fine tune it. 449 00:46:55,792 --> 00:47:00,532 So depending on what you have, if you have like a furry dog or somebody with hair or something like that, 450 00:47:00,532 --> 00:47:08,452 you're gonna have to, you know, finesse that a little bit more. This is good because it's a pretty clean example. 451 00:47:08,452 --> 00:47:14,632 But now you know how to go back in and do that like that masking and do that with more detail. 452 00:47:14,632 --> 00:47:22,612 So now that I have this selection selected, now I can go to add my new layer mask here. 453 00:47:22,612 --> 00:47:30,922 And because I already had that selected, it's automatically masked the rest of that image because I told it. 454 00:47:30,922 --> 00:47:36,312 I just want this part. And then I added the layer mask. 455 00:47:36,312 --> 00:47:41,962 OK, and so that forced it to get rid of everything else. 456 00:47:41,962 --> 00:47:48,892 That was sort of a nice, clean image to work with. So that was pretty easy to do in that case. 457 00:47:48,892 --> 00:47:56,332 But if we undo that, another technique you can use is if you with with selecting things, 458 00:47:56,332 --> 00:48:04,612 if you have part of your image, that's easy to select, but you actually want everything else. 459 00:48:04,612 --> 00:48:08,812 Instead, there's a nice little tool called inverse. 460 00:48:08,812 --> 00:48:18,802 So if it's if it's easier for you to select one small part of it and then use the inverse tool to tell it, to select everything else instead. 461 00:48:18,802 --> 00:48:24,952 Because if this has like tons a little flowers and stuff or whatever, you know, or, you know, 462 00:48:24,952 --> 00:48:28,102 there's something small here that you don't want and you want everything else, 463 00:48:28,102 --> 00:48:32,162 it's OK to select the one thing you know and then tell it to select the inverse. 464 00:48:32,162 --> 00:48:39,532 Some using your selection tools to choose different things to select depending on what you need. 465 00:48:39,532 --> 00:48:45,622 So now if I go back and apply the layer mask, it's gonna keep this part right. 466 00:48:45,622 --> 00:48:47,542 So if I apply that, you know, 467 00:48:47,542 --> 00:48:54,982 now the background is showing through the rest of that image because I told it essentially to remove this and to keep this part. 468 00:48:54,982 --> 00:49:02,242 So just playing with that back and forth is going to be an important thing to practice. 469 00:49:02,242 --> 00:49:09,172 So you can kind of get the idea down behind. And that's kind of a weird concept as well. 470 00:49:09,172 --> 00:49:11,872 And getting the ideas behind, you know, 471 00:49:11,872 --> 00:49:23,482 adding the layer mask and then doing your correct selection depending on what you need to do using them, select a mask area to help with that. 472 00:49:23,482 --> 00:49:29,162 Another thing you can do is let's say let's go back and say inverse again. 473 00:49:29,162 --> 00:49:39,052 So let's say I just want this part. You can also under the selected mask area, I wanted to show you down here. 474 00:49:39,052 --> 00:49:46,852 Instead of telling it to output to the selection. So let's say I need to fine tune this better. 475 00:49:46,852 --> 00:49:51,282 I can keep working fine. Tune this really good. Get this all set. 476 00:49:51,282 --> 00:49:57,892 And instead of outputting to selection, I can output to a new layer with a layer mask. 477 00:49:57,892 --> 00:50:04,422 And then that will automatically add that layer mask for me. And do the same thing that I did before. 478 00:50:04,422 --> 00:50:12,442 OK. Only I was able to be in that select and mask area and fine tune that some more first. 479 00:50:12,442 --> 00:50:17,002 So paying attention to when you're using the selected mask area. 480 00:50:17,002 --> 00:50:20,742 What are you. Putting two is important, 481 00:50:20,742 --> 00:50:28,972 and you can even output to a new document if you just needed to kind of pull this object out and put it into something brand new. 482 00:50:28,972 --> 00:50:32,472 And you can do that. It's nice to have it all in one document. 483 00:50:32,472 --> 00:50:38,202 The stuff that you're manipulating and messing with, because then if you need to go back and change it, then you can. 484 00:50:38,202 --> 00:50:44,832 But, you know, if you need to sort of get it into a brand new document because maybe you've got another background prepared and something else, 485 00:50:44,832 --> 00:50:51,582 then you can do that or you can say new documents, layer mask, and then you still got good at its ability. 486 00:50:51,582 --> 00:50:56,202 Or if you just need to keep working with your selection, you just want to output it to the selection. 487 00:50:56,202 --> 00:51:00,642 And you're still working on this, you know? That's an option as well. 488 00:51:00,642 --> 00:51:10,722 So, yeah. So those are the main concepts that we wanted to go over in Photoshop, too. 489 00:51:10,722 --> 00:51:18,852 So hopefully that's kind of helped you get some ideas as far as how you can blend images in a couple of different ways. 490 00:51:18,852 --> 00:51:25,032 And also maybe pull some things out of images. This is a great little video here. 491 00:51:25,032 --> 00:51:33,762 We won't watch it, you know. But I went to if you wanted to try something, maybe a little more advanced as well. 492 00:51:33,762 --> 00:51:38,292 We'll just get to a good part, maybe to kind of just show you. 493 00:51:38,292 --> 00:51:44,292 So this is a nice little tutorial here about selecting. 494 00:51:44,292 --> 00:51:52,902 Taking a picture of yourself that walks you through a tutorial of taking a picture of yourself and putting yourself into a historical photo. 495 00:51:52,902 --> 00:51:57,672 So they do a really good job of showing selections. 496 00:51:57,672 --> 00:51:59,622 The selected mask area. 497 00:51:59,622 --> 00:52:09,792 See how he has to address the cutouts and, you know, between his arms because he wants the original photo to show through that area. 498 00:52:09,792 --> 00:52:17,382 And so he had to work really carefully to kind of make sure he gets himself selected properly here. 499 00:52:17,382 --> 00:52:21,322 And then he adds himself to the historical photo. 500 00:52:21,322 --> 00:52:26,772 So he's actually using the copy paste option, which is fine, you know. 501 00:52:26,772 --> 00:52:33,432 And if he messes up, he can go back and, you know, try the selection again and so on. 502 00:52:33,432 --> 00:52:42,292 But you can you can do that, too. That's kind of a fast way to, you know, get something an object kind of by itself and get it into you. 503 00:52:42,292 --> 00:52:47,652 And then you still have the original one over here. So you can always go back in the reselected again. 504 00:52:47,652 --> 00:52:52,512 But you say layer mask is very helpful as well. He's talking about this for a minute. 505 00:52:52,512 --> 00:52:58,422 Let's see. OK. So now he's put himself in. So then what he does is he kind of walks to the rest of toward tutorial and talks. 506 00:52:58,422 --> 00:53:06,042 And of course, he has to use an image adjustment to himself to make himself black and white. 507 00:53:06,042 --> 00:53:07,212 So he walks through that. 508 00:53:07,212 --> 00:53:19,962 And then he also adds noise under the filter or under the image adjustment area to emulate the sort of older photograph that this is. 509 00:53:19,962 --> 00:53:24,522 And so he just does a neat job of showing you some little bit more advanced techniques. 510 00:53:24,522 --> 00:53:30,232 And blending photos in this way and putting yourself in a in a historical photo is pretty cool. 511 00:53:30,232 --> 00:53:33,642 Think this is like man on the moon or something like that. 512 00:53:33,642 --> 00:53:38,802 Like historical. Like we finally did it. And so he walks through doing a couple of things like that. 513 00:53:38,802 --> 00:53:43,182 But that's a great little tutorial to get there is like only it's like less than 10 minutes. 514 00:53:43,182 --> 00:53:50,712 And that might be neat to do. And so now you're kind of empowered to Photoshop all kinds of things. 515 00:53:50,712 --> 00:53:57,672 Right. So just kind of keep in mind, though, we want to always maintain digital ethics with that as well. 516 00:53:57,672 --> 00:54:01,752 So now you know how to manipulate photos. 517 00:54:01,752 --> 00:54:06,312 You know, in a more advanced way. You just want to make sure you do that responsibly. 518 00:54:06,312 --> 00:54:16,392 Right. You know, not using, you know, your skills to falsify something or misrepresent something. 519 00:54:16,392 --> 00:54:20,112 So, of course, we want to always maintain digital ethics. 520 00:54:20,112 --> 00:54:25,422 You don't want to take a picture of something happening, like a news photo or something like that. 521 00:54:25,422 --> 00:54:28,592 And then just, oh, I'm just gonna use content full where to conveniently remove, 522 00:54:28,592 --> 00:54:33,762 you know, the sign or that sign or this person or whatever, stuff like that. 523 00:54:33,762 --> 00:54:41,892 You want to use it in a responsible way, you know, maybe for for graphic art, you know, not to falsify information and stuff like that. 524 00:54:41,892 --> 00:54:45,582 So just keeping them on, you can do a lot with stock images. 525 00:54:45,582 --> 00:54:53,592 So if you need some great sort of images to work with, to play around with and definitely you can use stock to help you do that. 526 00:54:53,592 --> 00:54:59,292 There's also Adobe creative jams. So they hold online contests. 527 00:54:59,292 --> 00:55:03,852 I don't know if I've seen a Photoshop one. You I've seen X Day and a video one. 528 00:55:03,852 --> 00:55:08,532 Oh, and by the way, they have content aware Phil for Premier Pro. 529 00:55:08,532 --> 00:55:15,222 So now you can remove entire people from video. So you thought you couldn't trust photos. 530 00:55:15,222 --> 00:55:20,452 Now you can't trust videos. Right, because people could have just been automatically removed from them. 531 00:55:20,452 --> 00:55:24,412 So it's kind of crazy, but also kind of a neat feature. 532 00:55:24,412 --> 00:55:33,592 I would encourage you also to do they have an there's an Adobe Creative daily creative challenge, the like email, you know, something daily Behance. 533 00:55:33,592 --> 00:55:37,372 They do artists do live demonstration. 534 00:55:37,372 --> 00:55:44,542 So this is a great way to get more advanced with Photoshop because they'll say this is, you know, what I needed to do and this is how I did it. 535 00:55:44,542 --> 00:55:48,922 So just like lots of things with art, they're going to show you, you know, 536 00:55:48,922 --> 00:55:53,842 you might get 10 artists in the room and each one of them does it slightly differently. 537 00:55:53,842 --> 00:55:59,302 So, you know, it just kind of know that in the way you learn a way you like to work. 538 00:55:59,302 --> 00:56:03,872 Some people love the painting, you know, with the layer mask. And some people are like you. 539 00:56:03,872 --> 00:56:09,742 No, I don't like that. I'm going to I'm going to use the selection tool, you know, and just refine it that way. 540 00:56:09,742 --> 00:56:17,062 But it just kind of depends for faculty. The Adobe Education Exchange is a great resource free lesson plans. 541 00:56:17,062 --> 00:56:23,782 They also do badging and all kinds of neat stuff. So there's more for Photoshop there, too, which is great. 542 00:56:23,782 --> 00:56:28,372 And our link to our new Web site is here also. 543 00:56:28,372 --> 00:56:38,602 And if you guys have a minute or two, it'd be great if you can give me a little bit of feedback on today's session. 544 00:56:38,602 --> 00:56:42,742 It just helps us to, you know, get better and all this good stuff. 545 00:56:42,742 --> 00:56:52,292 And it takes about two minutes. So feel free to take a minute or two to maybe complete click that link and complete a follow up survey for me. 546 00:56:52,292 --> 00:56:57,423 But that is what I have for you today with Adobe Photoshop, too.