1. My Photoshop
By Jose Antonio Carrera
Collage

2. What Tools I used
As you can see the flames on the
picture have a fading effect on
them. To get this effect I used the
eraser of size 300 and in an
opacity of 55%. So when I erase
something it doesn’t completely
erase it diffuses with the
background, as you can see the
flames and the water on top are
clear examples of this.
To Get the ghost pyramid effect I
ha to lower my opacity because
55% was not enough. I went
down to about 48%, it takes a
little bit more time to get the job
done but the end result is good a
you can see.

3. What Tools I used
. The cropping of some images in order
to use them in the collage was easier
than others. As for the squid tentacles I
only had to use the magic wand tool
because the contrast was the pinkish
color that they have against a black
background so it was fairly simple and
quick. As for the eye ball I used the
magnetic select tool so that the round
shape it has would not be destroyed in
any way, I didn't use the magic
because the eyeball is wight and it was
against a grey background. However
you could have used the magic wand if
you set a high tolerance for it so that it
does not closely match the colors.
For the Kraken master I quickly erased
the background it was in and left him
there. But to get all of the edges of his
tentacles correct I manually erased
them by zooming in really closely.

4. What Tools I used
. In order to crop out the
bioshock character I simply used
the magnetic select tool.
To crop out the walking man and
tree I used the magic wand with
a high tolerance of about 0 to
255 to crop out the background
surrounding the man. Then to get
the background erased from
around the tree I used the
magnetic select for the top part
and a small manual eraser for the
legs. I would say a size 9 one
would do.
Then to get the stone floor I just
used the rectangular select and
cropped out as much as I wanted
and resized it using free
transform.

5. What Tools I used
. I used 12 layers in total for my
collage. In order to resize my
objects I simply selected their
layer and went to edit then
clicked on free transform and
resized it until I thought it was
done.
To get objects like the squid
tentacles on top of the pyramid
you simply have to move the
layer containing the squid
tentacles on top of the layer of
the pyramid. The background
has to be you’re first layer.

6. Basic Photoshop
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7. Basic Photoshop
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