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My Sunny Day Self-Portrait Project

November 20, 2010 at 6:18 PM | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Darrell’s entry about his self-portrait project makes me think of my own self-portrait project.  I don’t have a studio or lights so I did mine outside, in the fall sunshine.  First, I set up my tripod and I took three pictures of myself.

Then I merged them in Photoshop using layers:  Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil!

Here’s how I did it:

First, I opened the three images in Photoshop and copied them as layers into one .psd file.  So, myself on the left was the background layer, myself on the right was Layer 1, and myself in the middle was Layer 2.  Then, I created a mask on Layers 1 and 2 and filled them with black.  Now, only the background showed through.  Then, I selected the Brush tool and, with a medium-size diameter and white paint, highlighted each layer and painted my two selves back into the picture.

I had so much fun, I did it again!

When you’ve got a camera and Photoshop, there’s no excuse for being bored!