Layers

I will do a demo and/or we will watch these videos in class.

 If you are absent, here are the links to view it at home.
Understanding Layers in Paint.NET

Removing Backgrounds & Manipulating Layers in Paint.NET

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Using Paint.NET, open the following images.  (Note: You may have to save them in your Art 2 folder in your WVEIS number then OPEN them rather than copy and paste due to the large file sizes.  Get used to it! )

Creek Trail Image

Toy

(Change the resolution of  toy image to be 180 Pixels/inch so that the 2 images match.)

Your screen should look like this:

Note that you can see both images in the top right-hand corner!

Now, we want to place both images into the ONE image.  To do this, go to Edit>Select All.  Then go to, Edit>Copy.   You have now copied the lego photo.   Click on the Creek Trail photo in the top right-hand corner to open it.   When it is open, go to Edit>Paste in to New Layer

Now, your screen should look like this.  Note, the Layers Palette in the lower right-hand corner.  It now contains a Background Layer (which is the Creek Trail photo) and a Layer 2 (which is the lego). 

The lego photo will be automatically selected, so you can move it around.  Drag it onto the boardwalk somewhere in the photo where you think it looks good.  The white background around it will move too.

Looking at the Layers Palette, make sure Layer 2 is the layer that is highlighted in blue.  

Go to the Tools Bar.  Click on the Magic Wand Tool.  In the top tools menu, change the Tolerance to about 30%.  

After doing this, click anywhere in the white background of the lego photo.  You will see that it will select only the similar color and value of pixels. The Tolerance makes it either more or less "picky".  1% Tolerance will make it only select a few pixels, while 100% Tolerance will make it choose almost all pixels.  Each photo will have a different ideal tolerance level that you must find through trial and error.

Once a large chunk of the white background is selected by the magic wand tool, then you will hit the DELETE key.  It will disappear.  You may have to repeat this process a few times to remove all of the white background.

Now, your photo should look like a lego is sitting on the boardwalk (minus a shadow, but we'll get to that later)

Okay! Now, I want you to save this image into your ART 2  folder in your WVEIS number folder.  Save it as YourlastnameLAYERS.pdn   This will save it into 2 different layers.

Now, in the Layers Palette, click on the Merge Layer Down icon. (It looks like two white squares with a blue arrow between them)  This will smoosh the two layers into one.  When that is merged, save the image again, but this time save it as YourlastnameLAYERS.jpg. 

Go to crouchphotoart.weebly.com and turn in ONLY THE JPEG to me.   The assignment names are LAYERS PDN and LAYERS JPEG.