Laboratory Swap Animal Skin

Exercise 3.1

1. Open Photoshop CS4 if it is not yet open on your computer.2. Open rhino.jpg and panther.jpg on the folder instructed by your computer teacher to

open. 3. Select panther.jpg on the file.4. Press the select menu, select all or press Ctrl + A to create a selection on the entire

document.5. Click the arrange documents icon as shown below:

6. Select 2 up as shown below:

7. Select Move Tool icon 8. Click and drag the selected panther.jpg onto the rhino.jpg file tab.9. Close the panther.jpg. 10. Open the Layer Panel, if it is not available on the screen; click the window menu and

select layers or press F7.11. Double-click background layer and rename it to Rhino.12. Double-click Layer 1 and rename it to Panther.13. Select panther layer; adjust opacity to 50%.14. Click the Edit menu, Free Transform or press Ctrl + T to view the transformation

bounding box.

15. Adjust Layer 1 to the body of the rhino. You don’t need to come up with a perfect match as long as the body of the rhino almost matches the body of the panther.

16. Press the Enter key.17. Select Filter menu, liquify.18. Put a check on the Show Backdrop command as shown below:

19. Click the Zoom Tool and zoom in your document enough for you to see the entire image.

20. Click the Forward Warp Tool and warp the body of the panther to the body of the Rhino. You don’t need to warp everything or else you will destroy the entire image. You will use another tools on the succeeding steps to complete your exercise.

21. If your done warping the image and satisfied with the result, click the OK button.22. Click the Blending Modes command as shown below:

23. Select Multiply Blending Mode. This will blend the Panther and Rhino Layers together.

24. Press Alt + create new fill or adjustment layer and drag your mouse cursor to the Brightness and Contrast Adjustment Layer. Don’t release holding the left mouse button when selecting the Brightness and Contrast Adjustment Layer.

25. The new layer dialog box will appear on the screen as shown below:

26. Put a check on the Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask and press OK.27. Adjust the brightness and contrast sliders enough to brighten the image on the screen.

28. Select the Panther layer again and click the add layer mask icon ; this kind of technique will not destroy the panther layer instead you will edit the Layer Mask Thumbnail.

29. Press the D key on your keyboard to restore the foreground and background color to its default color.

30. Select the Brush Tool as shown below:

31. Toggle the foreground and background color by pressing the X key. 32. To erase the skin of the panther, the foreground color must be set to black. Use step 31

to toggle colors.33. Slowly click and drag the excess skin of the Panther on the stage to match the shape of

the panther and rhino layers. 34. If you’re done removing the excess skin of the Panther; select the Patch Tool and patch

the face of the rhino with the skin of the panther. Your computer teacher will illustrate how to use the patch tool during your laboratory activities.

35. Click the Panther layer again.36. Select the Zoom tool or press Z on your keyboard.37. Remove the excess dotted skin of the panther on the horn of the rhino.

38. Select the Clone Stamp Tool as shown below:

39. Use this tool to clone to transfer the skin of the panther to the skin of the rhino.40. If you’re done with your activity; save your work using the file instructed by your

computer teacher.