Monthly Archives: April 2020

Removing the Backgrounds from your images using Photopea

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This week’s essential question: How can I remove the background from the pictures I have taken of my Multiple Mes clones?

How to remove the background from the pictures of your clones in Photopea:

  1. Go to Photopea.com on your Chromebook or computer.
  2. Open the photo of your first clone in Photopea (File -> Open)
  3. Use the eraser tool eraser_tool to erase the background around your clone.
    If it gives you an error message saying that the layer must be rasterized, right click on the layer in the layers palette on the lower rights side of the screen and select “Rasterize” from the options that pop up.
  4. Then to save the file and post it to your blog, go to File -> Export As -> PNGfile_export_as_png

Repeat this for the rest of your clones, then post them to your class blog and upload them to Google Classroom.

Please email me with any questions. Try to include screen shots if possible.

New Project: Multiple Mes

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Essential Question:  How can I tell a story with a digital collage in Adobe Photoshop?

Today we will introduce our next project, a Multiple Mes Photoshop Collage. We will photograph ourselves and our classmates, and then build a scene in Photopea that tells a story using these photos. You will create your own background by combining images you have taken yourself with images you have found online.

Here are some examples of past student work:

Credit: Aleesa
Credit: Mokhtar
Credit: Oliver
Credit: Madeline
Credit: Charlese
Credit: Alyssa
Credit: Akirah
Credit: Asher
Credit: Nicky

Project Requirements:

  • Created in Adobe Photoshop
  • Minimum size: 8×10″ @ 300 DPI
  • Original, realistic scene created from a minimum of ten images
    • Minimum of 3 clones photographed during class
    • Background created from a variety of images taken by student or downloaded from the internet (minimum 3000 x 2400 pixels). Any internet images must be noticeably modified to create your own unique scene.
    • Realistic background, middle ground, and foreground created through use of Photopea layers
    • No copyrighted characters
  • High Quality Craftsmanship
    • No pixelation
    • Background cleanly removed
    • Images Photographed from appropriate angles
    • Lighting matches up
    • Scale and proportion makes sense
  • Final Blog post includes:
    • PNG of final image
    • 150 word Artist Statement

 

Using Photopea to finish any incomplete Photoshop projects

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If you need to finish a Photoshop project, or would like to add more to it, go to Photopea.com on your Chromebook or computer. Open your Photoshop file in Photopea, then follow the instructions below:

  1. To add more things, go to File -> Open and Place:
    file_open_and_place
  2. That should put the new image in the same file as the rest of your project.
  3. To remove the background, use the eraser tool eraser_tool
    If it gives you an error message saying that the layer must be rasterized, right click on the layer in the layers palette on the lower rights side of the screen and select “Rasterize” from the options that pop up.
  4. To move an object, use the move tool move_tool
  5. To change the size of an object or rotate it, go to Edit-> Free Transform
    edit_free_transform
  6. Then to save the file and post it to your blog, go to File -> Export As -> PNGfile_export_as_png

Please email me with any questions. Try to include screen shots if possible.