LESSON 8 COPYING SELECTIONS

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1 LESSON 8 COPYING SELECTIONS Digital Media I Susan M. Raymond West High School IN THIS TUTORIAL, YOU WILL: COPY AND MOVE SELECTIONS MAKE A COPY OF A SELECTION SO THAT IT OCCUPIES ITS OWN SEPARATE LAYER MOVE A SELECTED IMAGE AREA TO A NEW LAYER VIEW, HIDE, AND MOVE SPECIFIC LAYERS

2 COPYING SELECTIONS IS AN EFFICIENT TASK YOU CAN USE SELECTION COPIES TO CREATE 3D EFFECTS AND TO CONSTRAIN FILTERS AND EFFECTS TO SELECT AREAS OF AN IMAGE AND YES, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH KID_STUFF.PSD IN THIS TUTORIAL, YOU WILL COPY AND MOVE SELECTIONS, MAKE A COPY OF A SELECTION SO THAT IT OCCUPIES ITS OWN SEPARATE LAYER, AND MOVE A SELECTED IMAGE AREA TO A NEW LAYER YOU WILL ALSO VIEW, HIDE, AND MOVE SPECIFIC LAYERS

3 YOU WILL COPY THE E BLOCK TO THE EMPTY SLOT BELOW IT FROM THE TOOLBOX PALETTE, SELECT THE MOVE TOOL WHEN YOU PRESS THE ALT KEY, A WHITE ARROW IS ADDED TO THE MOVE TOOL CURSOR, INDICATING THAT YOU WILL MAKE A COPY BY DRAGGING THE SELECTION HOLD DOWN THE ALT KEY WHILE YOU DRAG THE SELECTED BLOCK TO AN EMPTY SLOT IN THE IMAGE

4 A COPY OF THE BLOCK IS MOVED, LEAVING THE ORIGINAL BLOCK IN THE IMAGE THE COPY YOU MOVED IS A FLOATING SELECTION, ALTHOUGH IT S STILL PART OF THE BACKGROUND LAYER IF YOU DESELECT IT, IT WILL REPLACE THE PIXELS BELOW ITS CURRENT POSITION CHOOSE EDIT, UNDO DUPLICATE THE COPY YOU MADE IS REMOVED FROM THE IMAGE

5 YOU HAVE SEEN LIMITATIONS TO WORKING WITH ONE LAYER OF PIXELS IN PHOTOSHOP IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THESE LIMITATIONS, YOU WILL NEED TO CREATE LAYERS IN ADDITION TO THE DEFAULT BACKGROUND LAYER THE BACKGROUND LAYER IS FILLED WITH A SINGLE LAYER OF PIXELS ADDITIONAL LAYERS YOU CREATE CAN CONTAIN BOTH PIXELS AND EMPTY AREAS PLACING ONLY A SPECIFIC PART OF AN IMAGE IN ITS OWN LAYER MAKES IT MUCH EASIER TO LATER WORK WITH THAT IMAGE AREA IN ADDITION, THE PART OF THE IMAGE YOU PLACE IN ITS OWN LAYER WILL NOT REPLACE PIXELS ON THE BACKGROUND LAYER WHEN IT OVERLAPS THOSE PIXELS

6 YOU WILL CREATE A NEW LAYER TO HOLD THE E BLOCK YOU CAN QUICKLY SELECT THE E BLOCK BY LOADING THE E CHANNEL CHOOSE LAYER, NEW, LAYER VIA CUT THE LAYER VIA CUT COMMAND CUTS THE SELECTION FROM ITS CURRENT LAYER AND MOVES IT TO A NEW LAYER THE LAYER DOESN T CHANGE IN APPEARANCE, YOU SIMPLY CREATED A NEW LAYER IN THE LAYERS PALETTE THE E BLOCK IS NOW ON A LAYER ABOVE THE BACKGROUND LAYER THE LOCATION OCCUPIED BY THE E BLOCK ON THE BACKGROUND LAYER IS NOW FILLED WITH WHITE PIXELS, SINCE WHITE IS THE DEFAULT BACKGROUND COLOR

7 A NEW LAYER 1 APPEARS ABOVE THE BACKGROUND LAYER YOU WILL RENAME THE NEW LAYER FOR CLARITY SINCE THE LAYER 1 LAYER IS SELECTED, YOU CAN RENAME IT USING A COMMAND IN THE LAYERS PALETTE DROP-DOWN MENU FROM THE LAYERS PALETTE DROP-DOWN MENU, CHOOSE LAYER PROPERTIES

8 THE LAYER PROPERTIES DIALOG BOX OPENS IN THE NAME FIELD, TYPE E BLOCK CLICK ON OK THE LAYER IS RENAMED YOU COULD ALSO SELECT A COLOR CODE FOR THIS LAYER FROM THE COLOR DROP- DOWN MENU THE COLOR CODE WOULD THEN APPEAR TO THE LEFT OF THE LAYER S NAME ON THE LAYERS PALETTE COLOR CODES ARE USEFUL FOR VISUALLY MARKING A GROUP OF LAYERS THAT YOU WANT TO IDENTIFY WITH ONE ANOTHER THE COLOR CODE DOESN T AFFECT THE IMAGE AT ALL, BUT ONLY MARKS THE LAYER NAME ON THE LAYERS PALETTE WITH A COLOR

9 YOU WILL MOVE THE E BLOCK TO THE SLOT BELOW POSITION THE MOVE TOOL CURSOR ON THE E BLOCK AND DRAG IT TO THE INDICATED SPOT

10 THE E BLOCK ISN T CURRENTLY SELECTED, BUT YOU WERE ABLE TO MOVE IT BECAUSE IT S THE ONLY ITEM IN THE E BLOCK LAYER WHEN NO AREAS ARE SELECTED, DRAGGING WITHIN A LAYER MOVES THE ENTIRE LAYER YOU CAN NOW SEE THE WHITE AREA LEFT BEHIND IN THE BLOCK S ORIGINAL POSITION SINCE THE E BLOCK IS IN ITS OWN LAYER, YOU CAN CONTINUALLY MOVE IT AND IT WON T REPLACE ANY PIXELS IN THE BACKGROUND LAYER BELOW

11 YOU WILL NOW CREATE A NEW LAYER TO HOLD THE S BLOCK THIS TIME, YOU LL LEAVE THE S BLOCK IN THE BACKGROUND LAYER AND MOVE A COPY OF IT TO A NEW LAYER SELECT THE S BLOCK USING THE TOOLS YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN TAUGHT

12 WHILE THE S BLOCK IS STILL SELECTED, YOU WILL COPY IT TO A NEW LAYER, LEAVING THE ORIGINAL IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION CHOOSE LAYER, NEW, LAYER VIA COPY UNLIKE THE E BLOCK, WHICH WAS ELIMINATED FROM THE BACKGROUND LAYER AS YOU CREATED A NEW LAYER, THE S BLOCK REMAINS IN THE BACKGROUND LAYER AFTER BEING COPIED INTO A NEW LAYER

13 LET S USE A SHORTCUT TO RENAME THE LAYER HOLD DOWN THE ALT KEY AND DOUBLE-CLICK ON LAYER 1 IN THE NAME FIELD, TYPE S BLOCK CLICK ON OK

14 YOU WILL NOW MOVE THE COPY OF THE S BLOCK TO A NEW LOCATION FROM THE TOOLBOX, SELECT THE MOVE TOOL DRAG THE S BLOCK TO THE INDICATED LOCATION THE E, S, AND L BLOCKS HAVE BEEN MOVED INTO POSITION TO FORM THE WORD SPELL YOU WILL AGAIN MOVE THE E BLOCK POSITION THE MOVE TOOL CURSOR ON THE E BLOCK AND DRAG IT TO THE EMPTY SPOT BENEATH THE RED L BLOCK

15 ALTHOUGH YOU POSITIONED THE CURSOR ON THE E BLOCK, THE S BLOCK MOVED WHEN YOU DRAGGED THIS IS BECAUSE THE S LAYER IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE YOU CAN ONLY MOVE PIXELS IN THE ACTIVE LAYER AS YOU JUST SAW, YOU CAN MOVE THE PIXELS ON A LAYER BY DRAGGING FROM ANY LOCATION CHOOSE EDIT, UNDO MOVE FROM THE LAYERS PALETTE, SELECT THE E BLOCK LAYER

16 SINCE THE E BLOCK LAYER IS NOW ACTIVE, DRAGGING ANYWHERE IN THE IMAGE WILL MOVE THE PIXELS THAT ARE IN THE E BLOCK LAYER DRAG THE E BLOCK TO THE EMPTY SPOT BENEATH THE RED L BLOCK CHOOSE EDIT, UNDO MOVE

17 IN ORDER TO SEE THE CONTENTS OF EACH LAYER, YOU CAN SELECTIVELY SHOW AND HIDE THE LAYERS CURRENTLY, ALL LAYERS ARE VISIBLE, AS INDICATED BY THE EYE ICON TO THE LEFT OF EACH LAYER S NAME ON THE LAYERS PALETTE YOU WILL BEGIN BY HIDING THE E BLOCK LAYER CLICK ON THE EYE ICON IN THE LAYER VISIBILITY COLUMN TO THE LEFT OF THE E BLOCK LAYER THE BLOCK DISAPPEARS CLICK AGAIN IN THE LAYER VISIBILITY COLUMN TO THE LEFT OF THE E BLOCK LAYER TO REVEAL THE LAYER

18 YOU CAN ALSO HIDE THE BACKGROUND LAYER CLICK ON THE EYE ICON IN THE LAYER VISIBILITY COLUMN TO THE LEFT OF THE BACKGROUND LAYER ONLY THE E BLOCK AND S BLOCK LAYERS REMAIN VISIBLE THE TRANSPARENT PART OF THE VISIBLE LAYER IS SHOWN AS A CHECKERBOARD PATTERN CLICK AGAIN IN THE LAYER VISIBILITY COLUMN TO THE LEFT OF THE BACKGROUND LAYER

19 THE BACKGROUND LAYER REAPPEARS CHOOSE FILE, SAVE IN YOUR HOME DIRECTORY SO IT SAVES AS A.PSD ALSO MAKE SURE YOU SAVE ANOTHER COPY AS A.JPG THIS IS THE ONE THAT YOU THIS TO ME REMEMBERING TO RESIZE IT TO ABOUT 2, PUTTING YOUR CLASS, NAME, AND LESSON NUMBER (PS8) IN THE SUBJECT LINE

20 POINTS TO REMEMBER YOU CAN COLOR CODE THE LAYERS ON THE LAYERS PALETTE TO BETTER ORGANIZE RELATED LAYERS. HOLD DOWN THE ALT KEY AND CLICK ON THE EYE ICON IN THE LAYER VISIBILITY COLUMN TO VIEW ONLY THAT LAYER.