How to use Layers

1. How to use Layers
Stephen Heywood

2. Firstly I opened Photoshop and accessed the two images I scanned. I arranged these images so
they were both visible side by side. My next step was to set the ‘feathers’ tool to 4px to soften
the edges when using the ‘magnetic lasso’ tool.

3. This was used to outline and cut the area on the image so only the object I wanted was used.
After I highlighted the object I wanted using the ‘magnetic lasso’, the area would then be
identified by ‘marching ants’.

4. The marching ants effect is an animation technique often found in selection tools. It helps to
distinguish the selected border from the image background by animating the border. The border
is dashed line where the dashes seem to walk slowly.

5. I then used the ‘move tool’ to drag the object
onto my second image. I then used the ‘free
transform’ to rotate, scale up or down and to
move around. My final image involves three
images involved in one end product. I edited
the bottom left image in the photo to make
the crowd look faceless. I then cropped to
make it look smart and professional.