Week 14b 2025 Mask Layer, Shadow and Reflections

Nov. 17 - 21, 2025

Objective: Adding details like shadows or reflections.
Assignment: Mask Layer, Shadows & Reflections
Details: Cutout and image place it into a new background then add a shadow or reflection.

Save As: Cutout1_XX.psd, Cutout2_XX.psd
Export As: Cutout1_XX.jpg, Cutout2_XX.jpg

Assignment: Profile Picture
Details: Take a picture of yourself then download a new hairstyle and add some new facial parts. Change the background.

Week 14 2022 Mask Layer, Shadow and Reflections

Week 14 2025 Cutout: Mask Layer

Nov. 17 - 21, 2025 

Objective: Use a Mask Layer to combining images.
Assignment: Cutout: Mask Layer.

Details: Use three images and combine them using a Mask Layer.
Save As: cutout1.psd & cutout1.jpg




Assignment
-Cutout 100pts.

Photoshop Mask Layer

Week 13b 2025 Fixit Part 2

Nov. 10 - 14, 2025 

Objective: Use Photoshop tools to enhance photos.
Assignment: Fix the images in the Fixit folder. Use the clone stamp tool and healing tools to touch up the images.
Link: Images Gallery

Download: Fixit_

Save As: Redeyedit.psd
Export As: Redeyedit.psd

Red Eye, Healing Patch & Change color

Video Tutorial Red Eye  & Spot Healing Brush


Video Tutorial Color Change


Lighten image

Sharpen image: Download

Video Tutorials
Red Eye, Healing Patch & Change color

Lighten image

Sharpen image

Week 13 2025 Fix It Part 1

November 10-14, 2025 

Objective: Use Photoshop tools to enhance photos.
Assignment: Fix the images in the Fixit Gallery. Use the clone stamp tool and healing tools to touch up the images.

Download: Fixit_

Link: Images Gallery

Save As: Fixed_XX.psd

Export As: Fixed_XX.jpg

Clone Stamp Tool

From Photoshop

Assignment
-fixit 50pts

Clone Stamp Tool


Touch ups & adding color using layer blends



;-)

Distort


Liquify Filter

Week 12b 2024b Web Header

November 3 - 7, 2025 

Objective:  Use Web measurements.
Assignment: Web Header 50 pts.
Size: ? inches by ? inches, 72 Resolution

  

Objective:  Use Web measurements.
Assignment: Customize Portfolio 50 pts.
Size: ? inches by ? inches, 72 Resolution

Links: Portfolio

Week 12 2025 Melon Man

November 3 - 7, 2025 

Objective:  Use Select Tool to select objects.
Assignment: Melon man 50 pts.
Size: 5 inches by 5 inches, 200 Resolution

Download: Melon Head

Images Gallery

Using the melon man image create a melon man using layers.






Video Tutorials

Move & Rectangular Marquee Tools



Layers



Free Transform



Magic Wand Tool

Week 11 2025 Photoshop Wallpapers

October 28 - 31, 2025 

Objective: Learn the how to use Filters to create textures.
Assignment: Photoshop Wallpapers.

Photoshop 



Create 5 Desktop Wallpapers using filters in Photoshop.
Start out by creating a 1920 px x 1440 px image 72 resolution.
Start by going to filters/render/clouds. Then experiment with all the different filter effects. Each texture you create use a minimum of 5 filter effect. On the 11th texture, open an image of yourself and use the liquify filter effect to distort yourself.

 Photoshop Filters



Photoshop Hot Keys
-Add Color : Command + B (Color Balance)

-Change color : Command + U (Hue/Saturation)






Assignment
-Wallpaper1.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper2.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper3.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper4.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper5.psd 20 pt.

With pictures
-Wallpaper6.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper7.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper8.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper9.psd 20 pt.
-Wallpaper10.psd 20 pt.

Assignment: On the 11th texture, open an image of yourself and use the liquify filter effect to distort yourself.


-Texture11.psd 20 pt. (Distorted image of yourself)

Photoshop Filter

Photoshop Liquify Filter