1. Janet Smith
Before I even started working in Photoshop, I went online and found all the photos at which I
would use to create my image. I took a two year graphic design class in high school, so I already
knew a lot about how to use Photoshop. First, I took the picture of the ocean from underwater
and put it as my background for the animals I was going to insert into my image. I made sure that
the image was 72 dpi. After that I opened each animal photo (the dolphin, seal, and whale) on
their own window and make sure each photo was in 72 dpi. Then I took the magic lasso tool and
selected around each animal. Once I did this, I took the selection tool and dragged the animal
selected and put it onto the ocean background. Once I had each animal where I wanted, I took the
eraser tool and carefully went around each animal and erased any extra material around the
animal. Then once I did this for ever animal I adjusted the colors on each layer to where I liked
the color the animal was. I tried to make sure the colors weren’t too bright considering the
animals were under the water. After doing all this, I finished with the animals by taking the blur
took and outlining the animals so there wasn’t a distinct outline around the animals. Once I
finished placing the animals where I wanted them to be, I decided to add the title “Marine
Animals” at the top of the page. I decided to use white font and turn the opacity down so it
would blend in with the ocean water. After I did that, I used the filter “liquefy” so I could
manipulate the layout of the letters and create my own wave effect on the letters. Once I was
finished with the letters I centered them to the page and I was finished.
