Nine of me Save in your Photoshop folder name = 9 of me Watch the video and follow along, or read and follow along. Using a head and shoulders photograph of themselves, the students will learn about cropping, creating layers and applying filters to each of the layers. The end product will be a picture of nine of their faces with a different look to each. Open a photo of yourself from the Student Common in Photoshop. Double Click the background layer to unlock the layer Click Image > Adjustments>Auto Levels Remove the background from your photo. CTRL J to put your head on a new layer. Delete the background layer. (drag it to the trashcan) Cropping and Resizing Now we need to make the image the right size for nine of them to fit on one piece of paper. Start by getting the Crop tool. Then set the Width to 2 in. Height to 2.5 in. and the resolution to 72 . Now drag your mouse across your image. You will see that the dimensions of the box will be set to only a shape that will meet the dimensions you just set. Adjust that box to be just big enough to frame your head and a little of your shoulders. Once you have the box just the way you want it, right click on your image and click on Crop. . Create a New File Click on File then New. Set the new file properties to Width 6 inches, Height 7.5 inches, Resolution 72, Background Contents White. This will give you a work area 3 times wider and longer than your image. The 72 resolution is perfect using the new image on your computer or on the internet. If you were to print your artwork, you should adjust the cropping and the new document to a resolution of 300. Creating New Layers With your original image on top, click on the Move tool Then click on your image and drag it on top of your new work area. You will notice that the image will look smaller. Repeat this step 8 more times. Each time align the image in 3 rows and 3 columns. You will notice that each image is now a new and separate layer. Adjust the layers so that they look right (shoulder to shoulder). Adding Filters To begin transforming your images, click on Filters, Filter gallery. A sample of options will appear along with your image. Click on each options and you will see a sample of what your image will look like with that filter. Many of the filters have additional options to customize that filter. Slide the bars from side to side to see how your image would change Click on OK when you like your choice. Be sure to click on another layer each time you want to try a new filter. There is one more feature to try. Click on one of the layers. Click on Image, Adjustment, Hue/Saturation (CTRL U) Drag the Hue & Saturation and Lightness sliders from one side to the other and see what happens to your image layer. You're done You can try applying more than one filter to your layers, but be careful not to make your image unrecognizable. Have fun with it! Another variation of this project would be to select just your hair and use the filters on it.