TASK 1: Portrait Photo To Pencil Sketch With Photoshop CS6

Complete the two tasks on your own, if you stuggle use the help sheet

Here’s the photo you will be using (Teen Portrait Photo from Shutterstock):

Part 1: Black and White Pencil Sketch

Here’s what it will look like as a black and white pencil sketch. You need to achieve similar result

Part 2: Adding Colours from the Original

And here’s what it will look like adding back the colors from the original photo with the same effect:

Challenge yourself to get similar resulst

Use the helpsheet on Moodle for more help

Task 2: Colour Splash in Photoshop: Using Quick Selection Tool

In this activity we will learn to create a Colour Splash Effect in photoshop. We are using Quick Selection Tool to get the resut.

• Open an image you would like to work on in Photoshop. This is the image we will be using for this tutorial:

• Go to the Adjustments panel, and click on the Gradient Map icon. A new adjustment layer will be created.

Then make the following changes:


• Now choose the Quick Selection Tool from the Tools Panel.

• Click on Layer Mask and apply the Brush Tool on ball. You should see your first image beginning toappear. This is the desired effect.


Deselect the se;ection. (CTRL + D)

Final Picture:

Task 3: How to Clean-Cut or Put Images on a Transparent Background

In this activity you will learn how to clear-cut PSD images.

What is clear-cutting an image?

Cutting an image simply means removing the original background so that the focus of the canvas is just one object. The benefit of using a clean-cut image is being able to place the image on any background you choose. This is a great technique to learn when using images on websites or posters. In addition, you can also use clear-cut images on signs, banners, and icons without dealing with distracting backgrounds.

What is PSD?

PSD is simply Photoshop's special image (or photo) format. You have heard of JPEG (which is the most common format) or GIF formats. Most photographs on the internet are in JPEG format. PSD formatted images usually work better in Photoshop, so this is the format we will be using in this activity.

Why use PSD?

When we are editing images we need to store a lot more information than when we present the same image in the final production. We use the PSD format as it contains information about layers, and much more information about the image so that we lose less information when we edit the picture.

To start with, you will need to select an image to work with. Make sure the image will be easy to work with.

1. Open up your picture as a canvas in Photoshop. Always make sure the image is saved so you have the original to refer back to.
2. On your keyboard, hold down CRTL+A to select the entire image.
3. Next, hold down CTRL+C.
4. Then go to File -> New. This will make a copy of the image but with a background that is transparent. The image will also stay the same size. Click OK after.
5. Hold down CRTL+V to then paste the image.
6. Now you will work with the Polygon Lasso Tool, located on the vertical menu bar. Drag the tool around the part of the image you want to cut out and then hit the Delete key. If you end up deleting the wrong part, go to Select> Inverse to change the selection. This will allow you to cut the correct part.
7. You will now need to deselect the area. Hold down CRTL+D.
8. Choose the eraser tool and set it to a large size with a hardness of about 80-100.
9. Zoom in close to the edges of the pictures and erase the unwanted areas that were not deleted in the previous steps. This will insure a better end product.
10. Now save the image in PSD format and you're done with a perfectly cut image! Normally we then export the image to a different format depending on what we want to use the oimage for.

Upload your work into Moodle Activity Task 3 Upload slot

TASK 4: 5 Uses of Clipping Paths in Photoshop

Try the following methods:

1. Removing the Background from a Product

2. Multiple Clipping Paths for Colour Mask and Colour Corrections

3. Using Multiple Clipping Paths to make a Different Colour Product from a Single Shot

4. Using Clipping Paths to Recreate Graphics and Logos

5. Manipulating Images with Clipping Paths

Task 5: How to Whiten Yellow Teeth in Photoshop.

Original Image

1. Make sure other corrections are done before applying teeth whitening

It’s important to ensure that you have applied all edits, such as contrast, levels, colour and saturation before you start the teeth whitening edits.



2. Duplicate the layer and select your edit

The next step is to duplicate the layer. It can be helpful to name it something like ‘teeth whitening’ or similar for reference. Once this is done, you can select the area you want to edit – in this case, the teeth.


3. Using The Pen Tool


4. Using Paths

Before you start, make sure you have ‘paths’ selected (found in the top left hand corner).



You can then simply click to set the path points around the teeth, making sure that you click and hold, then move up or down to adjust curves as necessary. Remember, it doesn’t have to be perfect, as long as you have all the teeth outlined.(Complete Task 4: Learn 5 uses of clipping path to get the idea about some ways to apply the paths technique.)


5. Selecting and Feathering

Once you have your outline, right click and ‘make selection’. It can be useful to feather (the 1 pixel setting will be enough) just to smooth out the edges. Then, simply copy and paste the selection, where you can start adjusting the hues and tone as preferred.


6. Whitening the teeth

Once back in standard mode with your selection active, you can adjust the hues and tone of the teeth by setting the hue/saturation to yellow, value around 80, in the main menu (Image – Adjustments – Hue/Saturation). Use the dodge tool, and set range to midtones and exposure to around 15%. You can then use a large brush that covers your selection to make teeth look whiter.