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Photography: image & TEXT Photoshop Assignment: Barbara Kruger Style Portrait Step 1: Open a photograph that shows part of the subject’s face (a good place to find a portrait would be from your portraiture assignment)
Step 2: Turn color images to black and white now Image<Adjustments<Black & White
Step 3: Find out your Images Size (H&W) and Resolution (usually 72, 240, or 300) Image<Image Size
Step 4: Create a new File<New
Step 5: Create a new File<New that is ½ inch wider and taller than your original image * Preset>Custom and make sure you use inches for height and width
Step 8: Edit < Fill
Step 9: Fill > Color > Select a bright Red using your color picker *Make sure you select color, not foreground or background
Step 10: Your canvas should now be bright red
Step 11: Copy and paste the photograph you started with to the red canvas To do this SELECT> ALL : CONTROL C : CONTROL V
Step 12: You are going to invert half the image on LAYER 1 Select the rectangle marquee tool
Select half of the picture *You are welcome to get creative her instead of halves split it into thirds, fourths
ADDING TEXT TO THE IMAGE IN THE STYLE OF BARBARA KRUGER Step 13: Go ahead and flatten your image if you like how it looks Step 14: Select your Rectangle Marquee Tool again
Step 15: Create a rectangle or square where you will place your text
Step 15: Fill your rectangle with the same red you first used EDIT < FILL
Step 16: Fill > Color > Select a bright Red using your color picker *Make sure you select color, not foreground or background
Step 17: Add your text Select < T
Step 18: Select a font and make the font white and select a size (72 pt +) that will work for your composition
Step 19: Write in your text – Select text that makes a bold statement (must be 4 words minimum)
Step 20: Flatten your image and Add at least one more line of text (less than 72pt) and then add any additional effects you used previously in this tutorial