Wednesday, 8 January 2014

#9m7 Heroes and Villains - Phone Wallpaper - Developing skills in Adobe Photoshop



  • LO - To develop your confidence and new skills using Adobe Photoshop
  • OUTCOME - You will have learnt to use at least 1 new skill in Photoshop by creating a montage of images




On your sheet can you identify the skills and techniques that have been using to create this montage 

Don't worry if you don't know the exact name!


  • Task 1 
    • Open Adobe Photoshop

  • Task 2
    • Find the 9m7 MONTAGE RESOURCES folder
    • Desktop \ File Store \ Read \ ICT \ Mr Smith \ 9m7 MONTAGE RESOURCES

  • Task 3
    • Open two of the BACKGROUNDS 
    • Can you use LAYERS and QUICK SELECTION and OPACITY to blend the two backgrounds together

  • Task 4
    • Add in some people and objects to your montage
    • Try using as many of these tools as you can 
      • Layers
      • Drop Shadow
      • Outer Glow
      • Free Transform
      • Stroke
      • Quick Selection

  • Extension
    • As an independent learner can you find out some new skills or techniques that you could use on your montage


  • Log on to your blog
  • Make a new post
  • Tell what tools you have used in today's lesson - can you explain what each tool did