Creating a Surreal Collage in Photoshop

Take a look at Surrealism. Salvador Dali is one of the more famous surrealist painters, but the style has moved into photography as well.

Surrealism attempts to channel the unconscious as a means to unlock tghe power of dreams and imagination.

Next we will work on a collage in photoshop.
We'll make a collage with the photos in this post.
I will give step by step instructions in class.
Next time you will use your own photos to make a collage.

Download the pictures to your computer:

Critiques and Platon

This morning make sure you have written a brief critique on your hardware store photos. Write about one thing you did well and one thing you could improve. 

Then wtite a brief statement on Platon.

• Give me 3 interesting facts aboy him
• Upload 3 of your favorite Platon photosgraphs.

Here is Platons's website

Photoshop Text Effects and More

Today we'll have some fun with Text. First, I'll show you how to add images in text, it will end up looking something like this:

You can find the tutorial at this link:

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/image-in-text-photoshop-cs6/

Next, pick a text effect from the link below and follow the instructions to create one of your own.

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/

 Save both pictures as jpeg files and post them to your blog titled "Photoshop Text Effects"

Using Photoshop Filters for Special Effects

You can use filters to clean up or retouch your photos, apply special art effects that give your image the appearance of a sketch or impressionistic painting, or create unique transformations using distortions and lighting effects. The filters provided by Adobe appear in the Filter menu.


Assignment:
Experiment with a variety of Photoshop Filters. Post your pictures using 7 different filters. Add the name of the filter you used.