Media A2 project

1. Making of Poster
Focal Image

2. Firstly, to find the silhouette image, I researched on
Google and I found this picture;
However, I had to be careful when using an image
from Google as this could be seen as
copyright/plagiarism. On the other hand, my design
idea for my poster involves me manipulating this
image, therefore it wont be like this original
version. I will be editing this photo on ‘Adobe
Photoshop CC’.

3. Step 1
Firstly, I clicked on ‘file’ then ‘place’, allowing me to
insert my chosen picture into Photoshop. Before
submitting the image into Photoshop, I resized it to
make the black figures larger to make them more
dominate as a focal image for my poster.

4. Step 2
Before im able to do
anything to the image, I
have to click on ‘Rasterize
Layer’. To do this, I right
clicked on the layer which
is of the image. Once I right
clicked, it gave me all these
options, along with the one
I need.

5. Step 3
In the original picture,
you can see the
background has a
blue tint to it. I wanted
to get rid of this
background colour. To
do this I clicked on the
tool highlighted which
allowed me to click on
the area around/inside
the image which I
wanted to delete.
The screenshot above shows
an example of me getting rid of
the blue tinted background.

6. Step 4
For the
areas
that are
difficult
to erase
on the
image, I
used the
‘lasso
tool’ to
do so.
The screenshot above shows an example.
The selected background in-between the
two figures noses was done using the
lasso tool. This tool allows you to select
the small difficult areas, creating a more
perfect cut.

7. This screenshot shows the finishing of erasing the background to the picture.
As you can see, the silhouettes have also lost the blue tint to the colour. This
is because I wanted the image to be almost black, therefore at the bottom I
clicked on ‘solid colour’ which allowed me to change the
shape/contrast/brightness of the image to make it darker.

8. Step 5
In order for me to include the pattern of a kaleidoscope, I had
to find one from Google again to use. Again, to eliminate any
chance of plagiarism/copyright, during this process, I will be
cutting/pasting and changing this chosen image in order for it
to be different from the original however have some
similarities. Here is a picture I used;

9. Step 6
Creating a new file in Photoshop, I ‘placed’ the kaleidoscope
pattern in order for me to copy and past sections which I
wanted to include in the other image. To do so, I clicked
‘CMD+A’ which selected the whole image. I then clicked
‘CMD+C’ which copied the picture.

10. Step 7
For me to paste the pattern into
the first image, I needed to use
the ‘Magnetic Lasso Tool’ which
allowed me to select and
highlighted the places which I
wanted the pattern to paste into.
In this screenshot, you can
see the highlighted space
in the middle of the two
figures. This is an area I
wanted to paste the pattern
into.

11. Step 8
To past the pattern into this selected area, I clicked
on ‘Edit’ then ‘Paste Special’ then ‘Paste Into’.

12. Here is the result.

13. Step 9
Using the same method, I pasted the pattern into different selected
sections of the image, as shown above.

14. Step 10
To make it clear to the audience that the pattern is
from a kaleidoscope, I wanted the focal image to
be within a circle, to represent the shape of the
kaleidoscope’s lens.
To do this, I
created a new
layer which
would allow me
to add/draw on
top of my first
image.

15. Step 11
I named the layer ‘Circle’ in
order for me to remember. To
make it clear from the
background and the
background, I clicked on ‘Solid
colour’ and changed the
background to a random
colour. I then dragged the
image layer over the
top of the circle layer
to ensure the image
was on top of the
background colour to
see it.

16. Step 12
To be able to
draw a circle
shape over
the top of the
image, I had
to duplicate
the layer in
order to do
so. To do
this, I right
clicked on
the ‘Circle’
layer.
To get the circle shape, I right
clicked on the highlighted
square and chose the option
‘Elliptical Marquee Tool’.

17. Step 13
Here I have selected a circle around the image. I have carefully
placed it to get the two characters heads in it, along with some of the
background in order for me to include more of the kaleidoscope
pattern.

18. Step 14
For me to delete
the images
around the circle
edges, I right
clicked on the
image and clicked
on ‘Layer Via
Copy’ then
deleted the
‘background’
layer.
I then clicked on ‘solid colour’ to change the background colour back
to white. Using the same technique as previous, I filled in the
additional blank spaces with the kaleidoscope pattern.

19. Here is my complete image.