Getting Started
- Open
the file “Pots of Tumacacori.jpg”
- Create
a duplicate layer using the command “Layer – Duplicate Layer” and name the
new layer “Tumacacori Pots”
- Using
the Polygonal Lasso Tool select the large pot on the right.
- With
the command “Layer – New – Layer via Copy” create
a new layer consisting only of the large pot. Name the layer “Big Pot”
Preparing the new image
- Open
the file “Tumacacori Mission.jpg”
- Using
the Lasso Tool roughly select the mission itself leaving a lot of image
outside of the mission.
- Create
a new mission layer with the command “Layer – New – Layer via copy”. Name the layer “Mission”
- Drag
the mission layer to the Pots of Tumacacori image.
- Close
“Tumacacori Mission.jpg” without saving.
Place Mission image on the Pot
- Change
the blending mode of the Mission layer to
“soft light”. Do this by using the
drop-down menu on the layers window changing it from Normal to Soft Light.
- Change
to the move tool and resize and move the Mission layer so that the Mission image fits over the large pot.
- With
the Mission layer active make it part of
a clipping group with the command “Layer – Group with Previous”
- As an
alternative you can change the blending mode of the Mission
layer to “Hard Light” and adjust the opacity of
the layer to the desired saturation on the pot.
Correct Color and Contrast
- With
the Mission layer active create a levels
adjustment layer with the command “Layer – New Adjustment Layer – Levels”. Name this layer “Big Pot levels”Click on
Group with Previous Layer and adjust the levels so that the pot is as
desired. Note that the changes only
occur on the Big Pot layer.
- Ungroup
the levels adjustment layer by clicking Shift-Ctrl-G. Note the levels adjustment not applies
to the entire image, not just the layer to which it was grouped.
Alternatively
- Regroup
the Levels layer with Ctrl-G.
- With
Tumacacori Pots layer active create another levels adjustment layer with
the command “Layer – New Adjustment Layer – Levels”. Name this layer “Background
levels”. This creates a new layer
below the Big Pot layer. Adjust the
levels as desired.
- Note
that the Background levels layer does not effect
the big pot while the Big Pot Levels layer only effects the big pot. The two can be adjusted independently.
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Clay Pots at Tumacacori Mission
The Tumacacori Mission
The Mission painted on a pot
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