Warhol Project Tutorial!

-Open Photoshop and Reset your tools! -From the top menus choose
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-Open the practice image file or an image of
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-The image should be a medium to close up shot!
-DO NOT unlock the Background Layer!
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!-Image will change to black and white image!
-Threshold window opens! -Drag the triangle slider on the Threshold window
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where can’t see the outline of the person.!

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the image used and there is not exact number!

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-Choose the Magic Wand Tool (W)! -From the top menus choose:!
Select > Select Similar!
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-Click on any solid white area on the image!
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-A selection pattern of dancing ants will appear!
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-From the Switches window, click on a bright/ -Click the double curved arrow just above the
vibrant color to select the foreground color. This color boxes on the bottom of the toolbar to swap
color will appear in the top square color box at the foreground and background color boxes at

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the bottom of the tool bar (X)!
-This will become the color of your person ! -Click on a different bright/vibrant color in the
! Swatches window to select the background color.!
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-Click the curved arrow just above the color -Press the Alt key + Delete key on keyboard to
boxes on the bottom of the toolbar to swap back Fill the selection with the foreground color!
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the bottom of the tool bar (X)!
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person & Green my background!
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-Deselect (Command D)! -Using the Eraser tool, outline the person and
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-Choose the Eraser tool from toolbar (E)!
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-Set the brush to be a solid hard brush!
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-Double click on the Background layer in the -Right click on the blue highlighted bar of the 1
!-Label the layer as 1, click OK!
Layers window to unlock it! layer in the Layers Palette window and select

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-Label the new layer as 2, click OK! -Right click on the blue highlighted bar of the 2
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-Label the new layer as 3, click OK! -From the top menus choose:!
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-Change the size measurement from Inches to -Expand only the width 3 times the original size,
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so set the Width to 300!
-Click OK!
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-Canvas will widen by 3 sizes and original image -Click on the layer named 3 in the Layers Palette
will appear in center!
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Window to make it the active layer!

-Zoom out (Command - ) to see the expanded !

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-Choose the Move Tool (V) and slide the image -Click on the layer named 1 in the Layers Palette
to the right side of the canvas so you end up with Window to make it the active layer!
an image in the middle and a copy of the image !
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aline the image either up/down/left/right!
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-Choose the Move Tool (V) and slide the image -Layers in the Layers Palette Window now look
to the left side of the canvas so you end up with like a staircase (each thumbnail from left to right)!
an image in the middle and a copy of the image !
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aline the image either up/down/left/right!
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-Change the background color and the person -From the top menus choose:!
color on of two of the 3 layers! Select > Similar!
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-Click on the layer in the Layers Palette Window
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-Select the Magic Wand (W)!
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-Click on a solid color area of the person on that !
layer (in my example the yellow of the helmet)! !
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the person, repeating the process of gathering
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-From the Switches window, click on a new -Click on the solid color background of the image
bright/vibrant color to select the foreground color.! with the Magic Wand tool to select the
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the background of the active layer)!
Fill the selection with the new foreground color!
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-Deselect (Command D)! !
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-Repeat this process to change the person color -Find something, or somethings in your image
and background color for one of the other layers! that can stand out and add some extra “pop” to
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! -Use the Magic Wand to select something to

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keyboard shortcut!
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*Remember to have the correct layer chosen -Click on the layer named 1 in the Layers Palette
in the Layers Palette Window that you are -Save your final work as a .psd file named (last
working on, if you are on the wrong layer name+first initial+warhol) (ex. !
then you will get large selection boxes pettywwarhol.psd)!
around multiple Warhol squares instead of -Save it again as a .jpg (JPEG format), Save As
selecting the part that you want.! (last name+first initial+warhol) (ex. !
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