(Post Production) Photoshop: Editing Image.

During the process of making my digipak I used Photoshop in the same way as I did the iPhone app ColorSplash by editing the photo so that Simona is in colour while the background is in black and white. The images below show the process I went through to do this, which I will then use towards my digipak for when I make my second draft.

Step 1: This shows the image before being edited.

Step 2: I then selected Layer > Duplicate Layer in order to create a new layer.

Step 3: You can now see on the right that there is a new layer named 'Background copy'.

Step 4: I then went to Image > Adjustments > Black & White and turned the whole image black and white.

Step 5: This is the image now it is all black and white.

Step 6: I then clicked on the eraser tool and selected 'Background Eraser Tool'.

Step 7: This allowed me to colour any part of the image I wanted. The image shows how I began colouring Simona.

Step 8: After completely colouring in just Simona, this is what it looks like.

Step 9: This shows the final image after leaving just Simona in colour, making her and the guitar stand out the most in the picture over everything else.

By Harry Luke Mulvany