Exercise 2 / Mirroring, Symmetry
This assignment will be turned into the Dropbox
You will find and download 2 images from the Server
You will create a mirrored image of the face using the Transform Tool and Layer Management
You will also gain experience in File Management (saving to locations, and naming files)
Dolly Parton
Directions:
File Manage
- Double-Click PhotoHD
- Create New Folder: lastname_e2
- Create New Sub-Folder: assets
Log on to Server
- Find the Folder "Martin Schoeller"
- Select 2 images that you want to work with
- Download / Copy to PhotoHD > lastname_e2 > assets
Open in Photoshop:
- Open the downloaded image from Bridge (double-click)
- Save As: lastname_e2-1.psd (layers will be intact)
into new folder: lastname_e2 (on the Photo HD) - Double-click the "background" layer / rename "original", click OK
- Choose the Move tool
- Menu Bar > Show > Rulers (cmd R)
- Choose the Crop tool - make sure the "delete cropped pixels" is checked in the option bar
- Drag the crop to the guide (allow to snap / a feature that can be turned on/off)
- Menu Bar > Image > Canvas Size
Relative (check box), Width: 100%
And click the grid based on which side you cropped (will demo this in class). This will extend the workable canvas in a chosen direction. - Copy the layer (cmd j) - OR - Move Tool & option/drag (this moves AND copies)
- Transform (cmd t), Cntrl-click, choose "flip horizontal"
- Make sure that you have Moved the layer into the spot (either left or right of the original layer)
- SAVE
When you have completed the first face, REPEAT and do the whole process again with a new celebrity's face.
Back-Up
Always make back-ups to your Server Account AND to your Removable Media (USB drive)
Turn in to the Dropbox on the Server:
folder:
lastname_e2
image:
lastname_e2-1.psd
lastname_e2-2.psd
sub-folder:
assets
(all original files that you use are placed in this folder)