Adding Text

When you have open up a file in photoshop you first of all need to add a new layer so go to 'layer' then 'new' and then 'layer' and you should come up with the box shown below.

I've named it text because its the layer I'm adding my text to and then you just press 'ok'

you then click of the 'text' tool as shown above and choose a style for how you want it to look on the photo by clicking on the style you want on the drop down menu as shown below.

I have chosen to have my text vertical. Then you click on the photo where you want your text to go and start typing.

like so. If you want to look at what it looks like without the line through it click on the layer background.

when you are please with your writing where it is you then can change how bold or faint you want it by going to the right and clicking on opacity. Shown below.

then you press the drop down menu and you should come up with this shown below.

to go from bold to faint just move the arrow across the line until you are happy with it. You should then have a final image.

This is my final image.

cloning

when you have opened up an image in photoshop you need to add a new layer by going to 'layer' then 'new' and then 'layer' and you should come up with the box shown below.

if you want to change the name click on the box where it says 'layer 1' and then change it to whatever you want and then press 'ok'

you then need to press on the background layer.

and then click on the clone tool which is shown below.

then by holding down the 'alt' key on you keyboard click on what you want to clone and then let go of the 'alt' key.

You then need to press the layer 1 box as shown below.

and then you need to draw on the place you want to clone your subject and just keep moving it until you have got your full image. like shown below.

if you want to clean up around your image to make it neater you need to zoom in to the image using the zooming in tool shown below.

and then choose whether you want to zoom in or out clicking on whichever you want to do as shown below.

when you have zoomed in you click on the erase tool as shown below and start to erase round the edges.

when you have clicked on the eraser tool as shown above you can start to erase like so.

by carefully colouring around the edges, until it is fully erased as shown below.

you can now zoom out and look at the full effect of your image.

my final image.

Adding colour

After you have open up a picture in photoshop you first of all you need to add a new layer so to do that you go to 'layer' then 'new' and then 'layer'. you should then come up with this box below.

you just need to press 'ok' unless you want to change the name of the layer where it says 'Layer 1' then you press 'okay'

the you need to zoom in by pressing the button above.

you will get a choice of zoom in or zoom out and we need to zoom in. so press the one with the plus sign in it.

I am going to make her eyes blue so i need to be able to see her eyes well so this is how close I need to be, then you need to choose the colour you want.

by clicking on this button above and you should then come up with this box shown below.

then move the ball to choose the colour you want or if you want a completely different colour to a blue drag the arrows on the colour scale up or down, then just press 'ok'.

then you go to the tool bar and select the brush tool shown above.

then click on this drop down menu to choose the brush you want and the size. and you will come up with this box shown below.

then you can choose the colour and size of the brush to what ever you want.

then you start to draw where you want to change the colour of the picture, I am doing the eyes.

I have now drawn where I want the eyes to be a different colour.

you then go to the side bar on the right where you have you layers and press 'overlay' it should then look like the picture below.

you then will have the eyes a different colour, you should then zoom out so you can see the full effect of the adding the colour.

this is now my final image.

Vignetting

First of all when you have opened an image into photoshop you need to make a new layer. so as it shows above you go to 'layer' then 'new' and then finally 'layer'. You should then come up with this box shown below.

just press 'ok'

you then go to the side bar on the left hand side and choose the brush tool.

which is the image shown above, you then need to change the size of the brush to what size you want it to be, by going to the drop down menu shown below.

the image just above shows which drop down menu you need to click on and then the image above that shows the different brush strokes you can have and the side you want it to be.

you then go to the colour tool to change the colour of the background. I have chosen black then just press 'ok'. You then need to hold the shift key down on your keyboard while drawing around the edge of the picture it should start to look like this.

I have made a boarder at the top of the image on on the right hand side, when you have finished bordering your image it should look like this below.

then you can make the border fade into the picture so its not so dramatic.

by going to 'filter' then 'blur' and then finally 'gaussian blur' you should then come up with this box shown below.

which you just slide the arrow along the line to either have a really distinctive border or one that just blends in, i chose somewhere in the middle so you can tell there is a border but its blends in nicely.

you then should have a finished image, sometimes pictures look better in black and white with a vignetting effect on them so to change your image to black and white.

just go to 'image' then 'adjustments' and then finally 'black and white' it should then do it automatically but you will then come up with this box below.

you can just change the light and darkness of the photo by moving the arrows on the colour lines. You should then have a finished your final image.

my finished photograph.