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Lesson 14
Advanced Selections Challenges • Creating Composite Images in Photoshop

Description:
You've almost finished the course. In this final lesson, we will focus on practicing some of the advanced selection techniques you've learned throughout the course. You will have 3 exercises to complete.  We'll also introduce you to the concept of compositing images in Photoshop and provide you several resources where you can learn more about that.  We'll touch on variety, a principle of art and design. Finally, I will share a checklist for you to go through your portfolio before submitting it!
Picture
A simple composite image - Sedona Landscape by Nathan Smith. I used the landscape from the original photo, and the sky from another photo of mine - compositing them together in Photoshop.
Lesson 14 Objectives:
  1. Advanced selections practice - Composite Image Challenge #1
  2. Advanced selections practice - Composite Image Challenge #2
  3. Advanced selections practice - Composite Image Challenge #3
  4. Creating composite images
  5. Principles of Art and Design: Variety
  6. Start Finalizing Your Portfolios - Make it awesome and professional - It may just get you a job!
Review - Critiques - Share Techniques - Gallery 10
There are three exercise this week! Have fun! ​All other assignments, rubrics, required readings, etc. are in Week 14's module in Canvas
Don't get overwhelmed! Suggested plan to accomplish lesson 14:

Monday through Wednesday: Go through ​this page and lesson 14-1 
  • Exercise A14-01, A14-02, and A14-03 are three exercises challenges for you to accomplish. I suggest completing one of them each day. They will challenge you! These three exercises are the assignment this week.
Thursday: Go through lesson 14-4 and 14-5
  • 14-2 will help you learn even more about compositing images in Photoshop!
  • 14-3, you'll learn about the principle of variety in art and design.
Friday: Go through lesson 14-6
  • 14-4 reviews what you need to do to finish up your final portfolio project for the semester.
Friday - Monday: Go through lesson 14-JFF
  • ​Submit your lesson 14 assignments. Start finalizing your portfolio.
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​Page last updated April 7, 2021.  This lesson combines my own work (images, text, videos) which are ©2020 by Nathan Smith.  All other images, videos, and cited text sources are curated from the internet, and are publicly available.