Photoshop Lesson 12: iME Silhouette Project

You will complete this assignment with Mrs. Rucker first. You will do an iRucker Silhouette and then you will complete one of you using the directions and scoring guide below. Save this assignment in your Photoshop folder as L12_iRucker_Silhouette. You will need to open the image of Mrs. Rucker by following the path:MacServer/RuckerShared/Students/Photoshop CS3/Lesson_12_iRucker

For this project, get someone to take four pictures of yourself. At least one must be a full body shot, one must be a profile shot, and the other two should use objects or poses to tell me a little bit about you. My example (right) hopefully conveys to you that I love to work on my computer, love to walk, and that I am happily married.
So, what can you tell me about YOU using just silhouettes?

1. Take the photos. Be creative and “overact” with poses.
2. Create a new PSD file—7.5” wide and 10” tall. Name it and save it as L12_iYourName_Silhouette
3. Fill the background using the gradient tool.
4. Be sure and create a new layer for every new thing you do.
5. Add a page border by selecting all and adding an inside border
   (Edit, Stroke 50px is nice)
6. Select your silhouette (your choice on method), fill selection with black (Edit, Fill, make it 100% solid black, normal
   blending), and use move tool to drag it to the new document; you should set your feather before selecting to 1 or 2 px to
   give a softer edge. Make it smooth/anti-alias.
7. Use shapes to frame up the pictures (I used rectangular marque tool). Be sure your shapes are on higher layers.
8. Add text—iYourFirstName in a font of your choice, black. Add a drop shadow or other text effect as you like.

SCORING GUIDE