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A tissue of lies by Tim Daly, from Ag26 |
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Making the tissue: Use an image that would benefit from the process, either colour or black and white originals will do, but you will need to convert to RGB before you experiment with tone colours, (above). Use the Colorize option in the Hue Saturation dialog to create a warm gold brown tone. Next, you want to open the scanned paper image on your desktop and have both images side by side for easier working. Check that both images are the same resolution, then Edit>Select All, Edit>Copy the photographic image, then Edit>Paste in into the paper image. If your originals were different dimensions before starting the process you’ll need to resize one or the other so they acquire the proportions you want. You can now close down the photographic image, as its no longer required. Next, you’ll need to select the photographic image which has been pasted into its own layer, so make sure this layer is active. You can use a variety of selection tools to make this happen, but there is a much easier way to do this kind of operation. Place your cursor over the layer thumbnail (the tiny image icon in the layer palette), press and hold down the Command/Ctrl key, then click once with your mouse. This immediately makes a selection of the layer content, irregardless of its complexity or shape. Once you’ve made a selection around the photographic image, you’ll need to stretch it outwards so it becomes bigger. From the Select menu choose Transform Selection and with your fingers held on the Shift+Alt keys, drag one of the corner handles outwards until you make it bigger. Using these keys allows you to transform from the centre outwards. Now click on the paper layer and notice how the selection still remains. Do a simple Edit>Copy, Edit>Paste and watch how a third layer is created with an exact copy of a portion of the paper texture. Name this layer ‘tissue’ to make things easier, (left). Drag this tissue layer in between the photographic layer and the paper layer, at this stage it should still be invisibly merging with the paper underneath. Now to recreate the tissue edge, open your Levels dialog and drag the midtone slider a little to the right. This will have the effect of darkening the tissue layer and visibly separating it from the underlying layer, without looking false. Don’t overdo it at this point as a slight darkening is all that’s needed. Next Page >> |
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