An Introduction to Digital Photography Session 6

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An Introduction to Digital Photography Session 6

• By Paul Emecz

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Session 6

• More Special Effects

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Aims

• By the end of this session, you will be able to
• Merge and blend layers
• Use complex special effects

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Skills you have learnt so far

• Knowing the dimensions of your photo, and how to
  change the size and trim your picture
• Applying effects to an entire picture
• Making selections by shape, tracing or by colour
  selection (polygon tool is best)
• Creating layers by copying and pasting selections
• Applying effects to individual layers

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Vignette

• This tool allows you to put a fuzzy edge around
  an image
• It can be done really quickly by drawing an oval
  or rectangle around the image
• You can also draw round an exact shape
• You choose whether there is a background colour,
  and the extent of the feather (how fuzzy it is,
  in pixels)

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Examples
Get Fix Photogt Special Effectsgt Edge Effectsgt
Vignette
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Blending and merging layers

• You can create different effects by changing the
  properties of the layers
• For example, you can reduce the opacity of a
  layer

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Have a go

• Take a picture which has different layers and
  think about how you can blend them in together

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Things worth knowing

• You can move layers forward or back by clicking
  on the icon
• When you click on part of a picture, that layer
  is selected. View layers to confirm (the one
  with the bold edge is selected)
• When you erase or cut out part of a picture, what
  remains is not white but clear. To keep it
  clear, export as a gif