The document summarizes the main techniques used to create a surrealist collage in Photoshop, including blending, cropping, selection, adjustment of contrast, brightness, black and white, levels, and curves. Key steps involved starting with two background images, cropping parts to use, applying filters to the clouds, using magnetic lasso to crop a figure and leave shoes, and eraser brush to blend colors between layers. Overall adjustments to levels, curves, contrast and brightness were made to each layer and image to create a cohesive collage.

1. Antonella Torres
SURREALISM COLLAGE

2. THE TOOLS USED
IN PHOTOSHOP:
The main techniques I used for my
surrealist collage were:
•Blending tool (eraser brush tool)
• Cropping tool
•Quick selection tool
•Contrast/brightness adjustment
•Black and white contrasts
•Levels
•Curves
•Magnetic Lasso tool
•Free transform option
As you can see I have labeled my
different layers and chose 8 different
images

3. Other technique I
I started of with two
applied was by
different images for
making the image
my background. I
almost fade in the
first cropped the
background so it
parts I wanted to
gives a transparent
use as you can see
look. For example I
at the top of the
gave a
background shows
reflection/shining and
clouds however to
sharpened touch to
make this cloudy
the eyes in the
technique I used
collage
the filter, render
option.
For the hole collage the black
For this part of the and white option panel was
background I used and I sharpened and
gathered a picture intensified the contrast and
and by using the brightness. Also for each
magnetic lasso For the legs I used image I adjusted the curves
tool I cropped the the brush eraser tool and levels so they will fit
person on top so so in between the according to the hole image.
the shoes would color would be equal Without the brightness layer
be left just with to the background my image would be much
the reflection more bright and without many