My project uses Googleʼs search engine to find and download images to then import and
manipulate in Photoshop.
Part 1: Gathering Your Images into Photoshop and Naming them as Layers.
1.Use the number of the month of your birthday to extract letters from your first and last
name. If you have a double digit month like December (12), add the two numbers
together.
ex: December = 1 2= 1+2 = 3
If your birthday is in January or October, use your birth day. If your born on January 1st or October 1st, then add your month and day together.
Continueing from the example, then extract every third letter from your name.
ex: anDy zEvaLloS
Every third letter spells “DELS” in this example.
2.Search this random word in Google. Use the spell corrected version if necessary.
- if nothing comes up, invert the letters and search again. ex: SLED
3.Look into the “images” for your search result. Using the number of letters in your
searched word, ex: d.e.l.s = “4”, select the “4th” image displayed on the page
beginning from the upper left position moving right. (This number will also determine
how many images you will download). If your number is greater than the number of
images displayed horizontally on the first line, continue to the next line.
4.From this point you will collect two things: the image, which will be opened in
Photoshop as a layer and the word directly next to your search word in the images
caption. You will use this along with the number of letters in the word to name the
layer.
ex: caption under images reads: Mapa general dels Països. This layer would be named
“Paisos6” .
This image will also be a starting point from which to collect the remaining images
(unless your number is 1). Collect the remainder of your images and layer names
beginning with the image directly under your first image, then the image under that
one, etc. If the number of images exceeds the number of images displayed vertically
on the search page, continue to the next page continuing in the same column from
the previous page.
5.Save and name as you go or copy and paste directly into Photoshop..doesnʼt matter.
This does- The size of your canvas will be determined by the first image loaded into
Photoshop. This first layer is referred to as the “background”. Open it up in Photoshop
and rename the “background” layer so you can manipulate it. You can do this by
“control” clicking on the “background” in the layers window and selecting “layer from
background”. Name it using the information from the example in step 4. Now import
all of your images into Photoshop as their own layer with their own “chance” name
and number.
-Using my DELS example I now have 4 layers in Photoshop all having a specific
name and number associated with them.
Part 2: Manipulate Images and Layers.
More than likely your images will be of various sizes at this point. So weʼll size them to
the canvas, which was determined by our first image. Donʼt change the resolution of the
images. Weʼll use the Transform function to size the images.
1.In your “layers window”, highlight the top layer. On your keyboard hold down the open
Apple key, next to the spacebar, and hit the letter “t”. A wire box will appear around the
image size. This will either be larger or smaller than the canvas size. Notice there are
smaller wire boxes around the wire frame. Moving your mouse over the smaller box
creates an arrow icon. Click and drag this in the direction needed to fill the canvases
space. Do this for each side of the image until it is the same size as the canvas. This
will pixelate and/or warp your image, but so what. Double-click with the mouse within
the larger wire frame box. This sets the image size. Now proceed to do this with the rest
of your images. Notice the top layer obscures your view of the layer underneath. Donʼt
worry, use the wire frame as guides and size all the layers.
2. Notice there is an area directly under the layer tab in the layers window that says
“normal” with a blue end on it that has arrows. By clicking on the blue area, 25
options appear. Using the number associated with the layer name, in my example in
part 1-step 4 it was 6. Divide 25 (the number of options in the layer blending mode)
by your number and round it up or down to a whole number, below .5 down, above .
51 up. Use your divided number to select an option for each layer, starting at the top
of the options and moving downward. Start with “normal” = 0. If you happen to have a
negative number, then start from the bottom up. Repeat with every layer.
3. Now, use the same number in each layer, to set the “opacity” of the layer, located to
the right of the layer blending mode scroll in the layer window. Only divide the number
100 by each layers number (the total percentage value). Round to a whole number and
use this number to set each layers opacity.
4.Click on the type tool in the “tools palette”. Click anywhere on the picture, the less
thought the better. Type out a sentence stringing together the words from each layer.
Start with the top layers word and move downward. Do not use the numbers in the
sentence.
5. Lastly, set the font size and color. Multiply each number in sequence, top to bottom,
the sum of each two numbers multiplied by the next number, etc. Then divide the total
by the number of layers. This number in your font size and your color. Highlight the
sentence you just wrote by double clicking on it with the type tool. Change the font size
to this number. Then select the “eyedropper tool” from the tool palette and click on your
canvas, anywhere. This will change your selected color in the tool palette area. Double
click on this color, this will bring up the color picker. If the color displayed on the screen
looks red to you change the “R” value to the number you multiplied and divided (mine
was 144 for type size and color). If it looks more blue to you, change the “B” value, more
green, change “G” value.
Almost done. Notice in the layers palette, when you scroll the mouse over the layers a
hand appears. By clicking and holding you can drag each layer, up or down. This places
the layer on top, or below the other layers. Like me, your image may be too transparent,
if this is the case, add a layer, use the paint bucket to paint it white, and drag it to the
bottom of your sequence of layers. To change things up a bit, use your original birthday
month number to determine the number of moves you can make rearranging the layer
sequence. Moving one layer and then moving it back counts as two moves.
Save and your done!
manipulate in Photoshop.
Part 1: Gathering Your Images into Photoshop and Naming them as Layers.
1.Use the number of the month of your birthday to extract letters from your first and last
name. If you have a double digit month like December (12), add the two numbers
together.
ex: December = 1 2= 1+2 = 3
If your birthday is in January or October, use your birth day. If your born on January 1st or October 1st, then add your month and day together.
Continueing from the example, then extract every third letter from your name.
ex: anDy zEvaLloS
Every third letter spells “DELS” in this example.
2.Search this random word in Google. Use the spell corrected version if necessary.
- if nothing comes up, invert the letters and search again. ex: SLED
3.Look into the “images” for your search result. Using the number of letters in your
searched word, ex: d.e.l.s = “4”, select the “4th” image displayed on the page
beginning from the upper left position moving right. (This number will also determine
how many images you will download). If your number is greater than the number of
images displayed horizontally on the first line, continue to the next line.
4.From this point you will collect two things: the image, which will be opened in
Photoshop as a layer and the word directly next to your search word in the images
caption. You will use this along with the number of letters in the word to name the
layer.
ex: caption under images reads: Mapa general dels Països. This layer would be named
“Paisos6” .
This image will also be a starting point from which to collect the remaining images
(unless your number is 1). Collect the remainder of your images and layer names
beginning with the image directly under your first image, then the image under that
one, etc. If the number of images exceeds the number of images displayed vertically
on the search page, continue to the next page continuing in the same column from
the previous page.
5.Save and name as you go or copy and paste directly into Photoshop..doesnʼt matter.
This does- The size of your canvas will be determined by the first image loaded into
Photoshop. This first layer is referred to as the “background”. Open it up in Photoshop
and rename the “background” layer so you can manipulate it. You can do this by
“control” clicking on the “background” in the layers window and selecting “layer from
background”. Name it using the information from the example in step 4. Now import
all of your images into Photoshop as their own layer with their own “chance” name
and number.
-Using my DELS example I now have 4 layers in Photoshop all having a specific
name and number associated with them.
Part 2: Manipulate Images and Layers.
More than likely your images will be of various sizes at this point. So weʼll size them to
the canvas, which was determined by our first image. Donʼt change the resolution of the
images. Weʼll use the Transform function to size the images.
1.In your “layers window”, highlight the top layer. On your keyboard hold down the open
Apple key, next to the spacebar, and hit the letter “t”. A wire box will appear around the
image size. This will either be larger or smaller than the canvas size. Notice there are
smaller wire boxes around the wire frame. Moving your mouse over the smaller box
creates an arrow icon. Click and drag this in the direction needed to fill the canvases
space. Do this for each side of the image until it is the same size as the canvas. This
will pixelate and/or warp your image, but so what. Double-click with the mouse within
the larger wire frame box. This sets the image size. Now proceed to do this with the rest
of your images. Notice the top layer obscures your view of the layer underneath. Donʼt
worry, use the wire frame as guides and size all the layers.
2. Notice there is an area directly under the layer tab in the layers window that says
“normal” with a blue end on it that has arrows. By clicking on the blue area, 25
options appear. Using the number associated with the layer name, in my example in
part 1-step 4 it was 6. Divide 25 (the number of options in the layer blending mode)
by your number and round it up or down to a whole number, below .5 down, above .
51 up. Use your divided number to select an option for each layer, starting at the top
of the options and moving downward. Start with “normal” = 0. If you happen to have a
negative number, then start from the bottom up. Repeat with every layer.
3. Now, use the same number in each layer, to set the “opacity” of the layer, located to
the right of the layer blending mode scroll in the layer window. Only divide the number
100 by each layers number (the total percentage value). Round to a whole number and
use this number to set each layers opacity.
4.Click on the type tool in the “tools palette”. Click anywhere on the picture, the less
thought the better. Type out a sentence stringing together the words from each layer.
Start with the top layers word and move downward. Do not use the numbers in the
sentence.
5. Lastly, set the font size and color. Multiply each number in sequence, top to bottom,
the sum of each two numbers multiplied by the next number, etc. Then divide the total
by the number of layers. This number in your font size and your color. Highlight the
sentence you just wrote by double clicking on it with the type tool. Change the font size
to this number. Then select the “eyedropper tool” from the tool palette and click on your
canvas, anywhere. This will change your selected color in the tool palette area. Double
click on this color, this will bring up the color picker. If the color displayed on the screen
looks red to you change the “R” value to the number you multiplied and divided (mine
was 144 for type size and color). If it looks more blue to you, change the “B” value, more
green, change “G” value.
Almost done. Notice in the layers palette, when you scroll the mouse over the layers a
hand appears. By clicking and holding you can drag each layer, up or down. This places
the layer on top, or below the other layers. Like me, your image may be too transparent,
if this is the case, add a layer, use the paint bucket to paint it white, and drag it to the
bottom of your sequence of layers. To change things up a bit, use your original birthday
month number to determine the number of moves you can make rearranging the layer
sequence. Moving one layer and then moving it back counts as two moves.
Save and your done!
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