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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Photoshop: Pop Art #1

Today we're going to be creating a Pop Art picture; something that would have been popular on album art in the 80's or on T-shirts from the 2000's.  :)

To begin with, choose a picture with distinct lines to make it easier to erase out the background.
  • Make a copy of the picture layer.
  • Between the two picture layers, insert a new layer and fill it with a bright color.
  • Erase the background (everything but the subject) on the top layer.  You should see the color coming through behind your subject.
  • Perform a Threshold: IMAGE > ADJUSTMENTS > THRESHOLD
  • FILTER > BLUR > GAUSSIAN BLUR (just smoothing a little)
  • Right-click on your top layer (the picture you just blurred) and do a DUPLICATE LAYER and then under "Document" choose "New", giving it a name like "Temp"
  • Convert your new document to Gray-Scale: IMAGE > MODE> GRAYSCALE (just to remove any color variation)
  • Convert your document to a bitmap: IMAGE > MODE > BITMAP 
    • Flatten Layers
    • Halftone Screen
      • Round
      • Frequency (Start with 30 but play with this setting for a better effect)
  • Go back to Grayscale: IMAGE > MODE > GRAYSCALE
    • Size Ratio: 1
  • Back to Color: IMAGE > MODE > RGB COLOR
  • Right-Click the Layer then Duplicate Layer 
    • Document: Choose the original document
  • Go back to your original document where you can see your black & white on top of the other layers.
  • Hold the ALT button while hovering between the top two layers and click on the "double bubble" to connect the two layers.
  • Try this with a few different pictures to see how the process works.







Done by Adriana French
Here are some interesting Pop Art backgrounds you can try out:


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