Transforming an image.

To start you need to double click the background layer so it comes up with the name Layer 0.

 By clicking 'Edit' then clicking 'Transform' a variety of options will come up so you will be able manipulate the image.
















By clicking 'Scale' you will be able to choose the size of the image you want to manipulate.

By clicking 'Rotate' you will be able to decide what angle you want to view your image.

By clicking 'Screw' you will be able to pick a piont and it will strech or compress the image to wherever you drop the piont.

By clicking 'Distort' you will be able to change the view of the picture. You can bend the picture fowards and backwards and side to side.

By clicking 'Perspective' you will get a similar effect to 'Screw' however it only stretches the image.

Photoshop Workshop 5

Lassoing. Quick mask mode. Edit, Copy and Paste.

These were my starting images. I wanted to put the geese from the first picture into the second. 

 

Firstly you will need to zoom into the subject you want to cut out.

                                                                        

You will need to see the entire subject.

The Lasso Icon looks like this. 

Depending on the image, you could use the Lasso Tool, here you can draw freely. If you choose Polygonal Lasso Tool you will be able to draw in straight lines and finally, if you choose the Magnetic Lasso Tool this will stick to edges. I selected the Polygonal Lasso Tool  and drew a box around my subject.

 Now you can select the Quick Mask Mode.

  The background will go red apart from what you have selected.

Now select the rubber, now you can rub out what you don't want, the background will also turn red, however you are adding colour and rubbing the red you will need to switch the colours over in the colour palette.

                      

                                                                                      Once you have selected the subject you want you can zoom out, click 'Edit' then click 'Copy'.

Now go onto the image you want the subject to be placed and click 'Paste'.

You can now decide where to place the new subject.

If you do these techniques you will be able to produce something like this.

Photoshop Workshop 4

Vignetting.

This was my starting image which I decided I wanted to vignette. To vignette an image it gives an almost border effect. You can decide where you want to vignette.









To start make a new blank layer.

On this new layer click on the paint brush icon.

Then select any colour you want. 

 Now Select brush type.

 Now you can draw on the border. If you hold shift when you put on the border this will give you a straight clear line.

 Then click 'Filter' then click 'Blur' then select 'Gaussian Blur'.

Once selected this screen will come up.

Here you can decide how you want the vignetted image to look.

Photoshop Workshop 4

Adding Colour.

This was my starting image.

To add colour to a photo make a duplicate layer of your image.

Then select the paint brush tool.

Now you can choose the clour you want. Once selected you can run the paint brush over where you want making the picture turn the colour you want.

Once you have coloured everything in accordingly, click 'Overlay' in the layers box.

By doing this it will give this effect.

Photoshop Workshop 4

Half in Colour and half of the picture in Black and White.

This was my starting image.

 To make a picture some colour and some in black and white duplicate the layer to begin.

Then, make the new layer black and white. Your image should now look like this.

Then select the rubber and rub out where you want colour to come through.

Doing this will give this effect.

Photoshop Workshop 4

Adding text.

To add text to an image go to the image you wish to write on then open it on photoshop. Once opened, on the tool palette click on the 'T' icon. If you click on the small triangle in the corner of the box you will be able to choose if you want to write across or down.

Once selected a line will flash, here you can write whatever you want. You can also move the text by clicking it so you can place the text where ever you desire.

 Finally you can choose what font and what font size you want at the top of the page. Once you have changed everything you have wanted, click the tick, also at the top of the page, this will save what you have written.

Liquifying an image.

To Liquify an image click Filter then Liquify.

Once clicked it will take you to a new screen where you can warp the image to get the desired effect. 

Starting image.