Assignment #2.5

Masks and Channels

Specifications:  You will use the attached files to create a new document that will look like the End File. Flatten final image and save your version in the "Johnson Digital" folder marked "Masks and Channels", at original size @72 dpi.   DIrections for this assignment are in the instructional link file below.

 

IMPORTANT:  Make sure your final work contains your name in the file name when saving it to the public folder.

START FILE

Foxtail

Weeds

END FILE

ADOBE PDF Instructional FILE

 

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:


• Refine a selection using a quick mask.
• Save a selection as a channel mask.
• View a mask using the Channels palette.
• Load a saved mask and apply effects.
• Paint in a mask to modify a selection.
• Make an intricate selection using the Extract command.
• Create and use a gradient mask.


This lesson will take about 70 minutes to complete (which is about 2 class periods).  Project is worth 50 points.