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PHOTOSHOP CHALLENGE - SPOT COLOUR 1. Open TWO of your own colour photos in Photoshop. 2. Crop the photo if you wish. 3. Duplicate the Background layer. 4. Choose a selection tool (lasso, marquee—whatever works best for the kind of selection you want to do) and draw around the object you want to have Spot Colour. If you want to add more than one selection hold your shift key. 5. Once you have a good selection of your object, go to Layer New Layer via Copy. 6. Deselect the selection if selected. 7. Make your Background Copy layer black and white: Custom Black and White (Image Adjustments Black & White). Use sliders to adjust highlights and shadows. OR Desaturate (Image Adjustments Desaturate) 8. You can erase, blur/smudge the edges on the new layer/selections to smooth them out. 9. Save as a PSD. 10. Flatten Image and save as a JPEG. 11. Post the original image + your edited JPEG for both pictures on your Weebly. No need for a caption. Sample: Original Photo Spot Colour
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Page 1: melansonphotography.weebly.commelansonphotography.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/5/13552358/... · Web viewPHOTOSHOP CHALLENGE - SPOT COLOUR Open TWO of your own colour photos in Photoshop.

PHOTOSHOP CHALLENGE - SPOT COLOUR

1. Open TWO of your own colour photos in Photoshop.2. Crop the photo if you wish.3. Duplicate the Background layer.4. Choose a selection tool (lasso, marquee—whatever works best for the kind of selection you want to do)

and draw around the object you want to have Spot Colour. If you want to add more than one selection hold your shift key.

5. Once you have a good selection of your object, go to Layer New Layer via Copy.6. Deselect the selection if selected.7. Make your Background Copy layer black and white:

Custom Black and White (Image Adjustments Black & White). Use sliders to adjust highlights and shadows.

OR

Desaturate (Image Adjustments Desaturate)

8. You can erase, blur/smudge the edges on the new layer/selections to smooth them out.9. Save as a PSD.10. Flatten Image and save as a JPEG. 11. Post the original image + your edited JPEG for both pictures on your Weebly. No need for a caption.

Sample:

Original Photo Spot Colour

You should have 4 pictures posted to your Weebly