How to Create a Mosaic

Here are the steps to creating a mosaic on Photoshop: 1. Choose one main photo and two to three other photos
2. Use the rectangular marquee to crop the persons face out of the main photo.
3. Now go to the image menu and press crop.
4. Now we are going to crop the other photos. Use the crop tool (not the rectangular marquee tool) to crop the other faces of the photos. The size you crop these photos are going to depend on the size of the main photo.
5. Next, when the crop tool is selected, go up to the options bar and make the height and width 50 px (pixels).
6. Now that everything is set, you want to make a box around the other pictures of just the face. Do this to the rest of your photos except the main one which has already been completed in step two.
7. Next, go to the file menu, and click new. We are creating a new document that is twice the height and width of the photos we just cropped. So we want to make the height and width 100 x 100. Also make sure the resolution for the document is the same as it was for the photos you previously cropped.
8. Now click the move tool and move one of your photos (not the main photo) to the new document that you just created. Do this with your other photos but still not the main one. You should have a total of four photos, filling the whole document.
9. Next, flatten the image. This should be the new document that you created.
10. Go to the image menu and click on adjustments and then click desaturate. This will make the photos black and white.
11. Now we have to make this image a pattern. You can do this by going to the edit menu and clicking on the define pattern. This brings up the pattern name dialogue box. You can name the pattern whatever you want. Then press okay.
12. Now you can go back to the main photo. Click on the new layer icon at the bottom of the layers palette. This will make a new layer.
13.  Fill in the new layer with the pattern you just created. Do this by going to the edit menu and click on fill. Select the use option to pattern, then click the down arrow and click on the photo pattern you just created.
14. Then at the bottom of the fill dialogue box, make sure the blending mode is set to normal and the opacity is set to 100%.
15. Now in the layers palette, make the blend mode set to overlay. If the pattern is a little too intense, change the blend mode to soft light rather than overlay. Or you can also change the opacity.





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Final Product

Advertisement

Recently, we learned about how different aspects of an ad can affect ones view on a product. For example, ads are usually read in a "Z" pattern. I made an ad for a Mercy Academy lacrosse game. I used many tools to add flair to the ad. Some of the tools were the lasso tool which helps to but a specific part of a picture out, the text tool which lets you insert text, and the color tool which lets you change the color of different things. More tools I used are rotating pictures, the move tool to move pictures and text, the swatches tool which lets you find colors that go well together and the scale tool which lets you resize photos. The last few tools I used are the opacity tool which lets you dim images, the filter tools which lets you add effects to your photos, the blur tool which helps to blend images together, and the dodge tool which help to brighten an image. The audience of my ad is the schools and fans of Mercy sports. I made this poster to let people know about a very big, upcoming game where a lot of support for the team will be needed.

Logo Project

Recently, we learned about how businesses represent their companies through logos. There is a wide variety of logos ranging from very simple to very complex. My logo communicates its purpose because it tells you what the club is and shows you the equipment that is used for playing. I chose the colors because they are all a form of blue and blue is one of our school colors. I used lines to make straight lines so that I wouldn't have to free hand them therefore they would be straight. I used the shape tool to make the ball because in real life, the ball is a perfect sphere. The last tool I used is repetition. I made one lacrosse stick and I used a tool so that I could get the exact lacrosse stick so they would look the exact same and be the same size.

Picture Perfect

 

Recently, we used Photoshop to make ourselves look like a star. This is what some magazine editors do to celebrity photos in order to make them look "perfect." The picture that I created makes me feel like it is unrealistic. I feel like this picture is of Barbie who is very fake and is a plastic doll. I changed so much in order to make the photo look flawless. This just goes to show that no one is perfect and we all have flaws and we should just deal with it. This greatly changes my perspective of magazine pictures because I always thought they were real and just barley retouched. Little did I know that the photos were greatly retouched and only a small portion of the photo was real. This would tell us that to have the "perfect body image" that you have to be tan, have flawless skin, be skinny, and be considered pretty by many. I think I did really well on whitening my teeth and also making my skin look flawless. One thing I could improve on is matching our skin tones better because you can still barley see where they do not match. Another thing I can work on is applying makeup and making it look more natural and less painted on. The original photo chan be be found on: Selena Gomez

A Day in the Life of a Mercy Girl Collage

In most of my photos in my collage, I mainly used the rule of thirds. This is when the main part of the picture is on one of the horizontal lines. I also used simplicity which focuses on one specific thing and doesn’t have a lot in the background and is very plain. One of the Photoshop tools I used was the red eye tool. By using this tool, you can eliminate the red eye even after the photo has been taken. Another Photoshop tool I used was the blemish tool. If someone has acne or anything on their face or their body you can use this tool to erase it. These are both very useful tools that are not completely necessary but can help improve your photos.

          More Photoshop tools I used in my collage were cropping. I used the cropping tool to cut out unwanted things in my picture in order to improve my picture and have a main focus. This is very useful and important in order to display the photography element of simplicity. Another Photoshop tool I used is resizing my photos. This is important because if you didn’t resize your picture, then they all wouldn’t fit or you just might want them to be a certain size. The last tool that I used is changing the color of photos. This is both important and useful because if you put a picture in black and white, you may realize different elements of the picture rather than if it was in color. These are all basic and important tools of Photoshop.

Photography

Recently, we learned about different elements in photography. It is a very interesting topic to learn about, and it can help you with your photo taking skills. The first picture demonstrates the element of lines because the two bars are shown at an angle, therefore it makes the picture look a little more interesting. The next picture demonstrates the element of framing because the trees are framing the house and its not just a boring picture of a house. The last picture demonstrates simplicity. This is because it is a very simple picture of a cross and there is nothing around it so its easy to focus on one thing which is the cross.

Lines

Simplicity

Framing

Podcast and Piracy

Recently, in computer class, we all created a podcast about copyright infringement and piracy. When creating this podcast with my group, we chose not to use someone else's photo or music. We took our own photo and we used a pre-downloaded jingle that came with the program we were using which was only about 30 seconds long. You can see this podcast by clicking on this link: Piracy Podcast. We also learned a lot about piracy and copyright infringement while in the process of creating this podcast. Some people may have different views on topics than others. One of my views is, downloading music isn't wrong if you purchase it, only if you illegally download it. Another is I feel like copyright laws should exist. I feel this way because without them, people would just illegally download stuff and artists and their workers wouldn't get paid for all of the hard work they are putting in. Even though people still do it today, some get caught and it still doesn't make it right just because people are doing it. My last view on this topic is why piracy is so prevalent in todays society. I feel like it is because it is out there, in the web, and it is free so people may feel as though 'if it is free, why should I pay for it?' Also, if someone took my graphic or podcast without my permission I would be angry. It's not right and it is stealing.

Piracy

Before I knew everything about Copyright, I thought it was just had to deal with music. After learning about it, I realized that it wasn't just music, but also papers, videos, and much more. I now know that illegally downloading a song can lead up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
A real life example of piracy is a man named John worked at home for a company where he had 45 computers. His company was trying to save money but he had to purchase some software. He decided that he would save money by buying it for one computer then downloading it to all the others. Eventually he got caught and had to delete everything he didn't pay for. He was also fined $270,000. You can see the whole case at: Piracy He broke the law because he only paid for the software for one computer but illegally downloaded it to the other 44 also. I think his punishment was fair because what he did was wrong and deserves to be taught a lesson.

Technology Autobiography

When it comes to technology I absolutely love it! I feel pretty experienced with technology such as cell phones and computers. I have been using computers since about first grade where we did typing programs to help us get better at typing at a young age. Other than that, when it comes to using computers for school purposes, I don't have the greatest knowledge for all of the programs. I know how to use the basics such as Microsoft word and Microsoft PowerPoint but there is so many other great programs out there that I do not know how to use that I would like to learn how to.
Some of my other technology experiences are outside of school where I like to use the computer. I like to keep up with my friends on Facebook and Twitter. Sites like this help you to know about upcoming evens, birthdays, and also to keep up with people that may live somewhere else or you don't see often. I also love cell phones. They are such an easy way for you to communicate with everyone, even when you aren't supposed to.
In the future, I feel that technology will be a huge part of everyone's life. I say this because now there is so much technology can do. Some examples of this is when you have surgery, it might be preformed by a robot type thing or a very sophisticated machine. Also in the future I think everyone will rely on technology for everything therefore, they will be lost if something happened and they had to do everything the "old fashioned way" which in the future would be the way we do things now.