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1 Central Photography Photoshop Tutorial Color Splash 1. Open Photoshop. 2. Go to File>Open (Command O).

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1. OpenPhotoshop.

2. GotoFile>Open(CommandO).

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ColorSplash3. Navigatetoyourfile,selectitandopenit.

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ColorSplash4. Fixyourphoto.Ifit’stoolight,darkenit.Ifit’stoodark,lightenit.Todothat,

addaBrightnessandContrastadjustmentlayer.It’sthefirsticoninthe

AdjustmentsPanel.AsyouhoverovertheAdjustmentLayers,itwilltellyou

whateachAdjustmentLayerdoes.MyphotoisdarksoI’lllightenitalittle.

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ColorSplash5. Now,adjustthesliderssothatyourimagelooksgood.Remember,youstill

wantthepropertonalcontrastofpureblacksandpurewhites.

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ColorSplash6. Here’showIadjustedmyphoto.

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ColorSplash7. Now,everyphotoneedssharpened.DONOTOVERSHARPEN.Therearemany

waystosharpenanimage,butIpreferthisstyle.Tosharpenyourphoto,

rightclickonyourBackgroundlayerandduplicateitandclickOK.

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ColorSplash8. Now,selecttheBackgroundcopylayerandnavigatetoFilter>Other>High

Pass.

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ColorSplash9. AdjustyourPixelsslideruntilyourimageisvisablebutnottoodark,then

clickOK.

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ColorSplash10. Yourimagewillbetotallygray.

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ColorSplash11. Now,gototheBlendingModesdropdownandselectLinearLight.

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ColorSplash12. Youwillseethatyourimagehasbeensharpenedsignificantly.Tryturningthe

Backgroundcopylayeroffandonbyclickingontheeyeballtotheleftofthe

layer.

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ColorSplash13. TurnyourimageblackandwhitebyaddingaBlackandWhiteadjustment

layer.SelecttheBackgroundcopylayerandclickontheBlackandWhite

adjustmentlayer.

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ColorSplash14. WhenyouaddtheBlackandWhiteadjustmentlayer,apopupwillappear.

YouhavetheoptionofplayingwiththePresetsoradjustingyourimage

manuallyusingthesliders.Experimentandadjustyourphototoyourliking.

Rememberthatyourimageshouldhavegoodtonalrange,whichisaneven

mixofblacks,whitesandgrays.

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ColorSplash15. IselectedtheNeutralDensitypresetbecauseitmademycat’seyespop.

16. TodotheColorSplasheffect,selectthefocalpointandthat’swhatyouwant

tokeepincolor.Iselectedthecat’seyestokeepincolor.

17. You’llnoticethatPhotoshopaddedawhiteboxtotherightsideofyour

adjustmentlayers.Theseboxesarecalled“Masks”.Whiterevealsthemask

andblackhidesthemask.

18. Besuretoselectyourmask,asshownabove.

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ColorSplash19. Tohidethemaskoverthecat’seyesandshowthecolorunderneaththe

mask,weneedtoselectaBrushToolintheToolsPallet.

20. Now,gototheColorPickeratthebottomoftheToolsPallet.Becauseyour

maskisselected,itshouldbeblackandwhite.However,youwantblackon

top.ThecolorontopiscalledtheForegroundcolorandthecolorbelowis

calledtheBackgroundcolor.Wearegoingto“paint”aholeinyourwhite

mask,sowewantblacktobeourForegroundcolor.Ifneeded,switchblack

totheForegroundcolorbyclickingthearrowintheColorPickerbox.

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ColorSplash21. Changethesizeofyourbrushinthetoolbaratthetopleftofthepanel.

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ColorSplash22. Now,zoominonyoursubjectandpaintonblacktorevealthecolor

underneath.

23. Ifyoumessuppaintingonblack,simplyusethearrowintheColorPickerbox

toflipbacktowhite.Usethewhitebrushtocorrectyourmistake.Thenflip

backtoblacktofinishyourcolorsplash.

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ColorSplash24. Whenyouaredone,saveyourfilefortheweb.GotoFile>SaveforWeb.

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ColorSplash25. Inthispanel,selectJPEG.Thenlookatthefilesizeatthelowerleftofthe

panel.Yourgoalistogetyourimagecloseto100K.It’sbettertobetoobig

thantoosmall.Mycameraisfullframeandhighresolution,sogettingmy

filesto100Kishard.SoIsetmyqualitytoLOW.Youmayneedtoadjustthe

qualitytogetyourfiletherightsize.

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26. Now,clickSaveandsaveyourfileinyourfolder.Iliketonamemyfileswith

“web”inthemsoIknowwhichfiletoaddtothewebsite.

27. Addyourassignmenttoyourwebsiteforgrading.Besuretolabelyour

assignment.