Photoshop assignment narrative

1. Samantha Queen
CI 350
Harold Blanco
26 February 2015
Photoshop Assignment Narrative
My unit will be on bones, so the first idea I thought of was a “Bone Man” photo. I found
a several pictures that I liked and knew I could make them work. For all of my pictures I had to
edit the image size by increasing the pixels. I started with the picture of the “Bone Man”. First I
unlocked the layer, and then I began erasing the background using the background eraser tool.
Once I got the majority of the background erased I used the magic eraser to finish the job. I then
enhanced the bone by increasing the brightness and contrast of it. Finally, I used filter gallery
and selected the plastic wrap feature to give it a more realistic 3D look.
My second picture was the gym background image. I enhanced the basics, increasing the
contrast, brightness and used the levels selection to get a better tone. I then selected the filter
gallery and stuck with the same filter I used on the bone, plastic wrap. When I was finished
editing it, I drug Bone Man over and added it as a second layer to the gym photo, using the gym
setting as my background.
I then decided to add a shadow under my Bone Man to make it appear as if he was
floating. I used gray scale colors such as light gray, dark gray, and black with the paintbrush. I
carefully freehand drew a shadow under the bone using all three colors. I then blended them
together using the blend tool and I finished up with the smudge tool to make it look more natural.
At that point I thought I was finished but felt like the image was missing something. It
needed words, like a caption. So I found the image of the word “bones” spelled out in a bone

2. font and knew that would fit perfectly. I used the magic eraser to touch up the individual word
and once again brightened the letters with exposure, brightness, and contrast. I then copied it to a
third layer to combine it with my other image. I played around with it in different locations but
decided the top left was the best design.