Category: Visual

This assignment was very easy to create by utilizing a free collage maker that I found online. First, I found the 4 photos that I wanted to use for the collage and simply uploaded them on to the website. The website will automatically fill in a collage template that you can then change to your liking. To delete cells, simply right click them and choose “delete cell”. You can also click and drag any photos that you would like to swap their positions. Here is how mine turned out:

This assignment required even less Photoshop knowledge than the previous assignment I have done on averaging Flickr pictures. This was on a much smaller scale, only using 7 pictures rather than 50. To start you will first need to take 7-10 self-portrait pictures changing one aspect of the picture with each next picture. When you’re finished simply create a separate layer for each picture, select all the layers, and “Convert to a Smart Object”. Then, you can go into the Layer menu and select, “Smart Objects”, then “Mean”. This will essentially average all of the layers in the smart object. Here is what my completed picture looked like from 7 self-portraits.

When I initially started this assignment I was very worried if I was going to have the Photoshop skill to be able to average these photos together. To my surprise, that was actually easier then downloading 50 pictures. This is a super easy way to create some very unique abstract art. First, you need to pick the phrase you will search on Flickr. Once that is done, you need to download the first 50 pictures that pop up. Next, you will need to open a new Photoshop project. You will open every picture on its own layer, so you should have 50 layers at the end. Then, select all the layers, right click and press, “Convert to Smart Object”. This will combine all the layers into one. Next you want to go to “Layer”, then “Smart Objects”, “Stack Mode”, and finally, “Mean”. This will essentially average all of the layers in the smart object. Here is what my completed picture looked like for 50 images of creeks.

Here is a helpful Youtube video that I followed to create my final product.

Creating your own Spubble was actually so much easier than I thought. The only resource that I used to create it was my IPhone. First, I selected the perfect picture that I needed to convey my story. Next, I opened up the picture in Snapchat. Once it was in Snapchat you can very easily add a chat bubble by searching for one in the top search bar. Simply drag and drop it into the correct position on the photo and all that is left to-do is add text. Finally, tap the middle of the screen and type whatever caption you want. When you are finished, just as you did with the bubble, drag and drop the text into position. You can then either save this new photo directly on Snapchat or screenshot it to bring it into your camera roll.

Here is an example of mine.

As an additional resource of information: This is a helpful guide on Youtube I found for creating a Spubble on Pixelr.