| Mask | Mask using Blinds | Mask using Fur |
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| Mask using Mosaic Antique | Mask using Mosaic Glass | |
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| Using blend modes | Using paint behind | |
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| Adding selections | Subtracting selections | Using color replacer tool |
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| Extra Credit I've been working with a lot of photos lately, so I thought I try a few things from this class. Here's the first original photo. My niece was nice enough to pose for me recently. |
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| I first used the makeover or blemish tool. Then I freehand selected the brick background and copied to a separate layer. I first applied a user defined filter to soften, and when I couldn't get it as soft as I would like (not enough experience) I applied a softener filter by "namesuppressed". Next I did an elliptical selection, expanded it, inverted it, feathered it inside and outside and flood filled with white. Then I added alternating borders for the frame, applying bevel and drop shadow on the brown borders. |  |
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| For this photo I first created a mask. I did two concentric elliptical selections, one slightly smaller than the other and flood filled with black between them. Then I did a third concentric elliptical slightly smaller still and flood filled it with black. For the corner pieces of the mask, I made a square selection, followed by a circle selection, while holding down the control key, resulting in a "cut-out". I duped that 3 times, and moved one to each corner and rotated into the correct postion. I used the results to create a mask and save it. On the original picture, I duplicated the layer, applied the mask to the top layer, and applied softener to the bottom layer. |  |
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| Same as above, just used mosaic antique instead of softener on the last step |  |
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