7. The Final Image.

You now need to make sure that all your work is organized.

You will need to have created a folder which contains

a Black and White portrait image which has had its Contrast and Brightness adjusted

a coloured portrait image which has had its Colour Balance altered

one image each from the Colour, Texture, Form and Silhouette folders to which filters have been applied

any other images you have made so far.

1. In Photoshop, create a new file, Width 640 pixels, Height 480 pixels. Give it a name with capital F as the last letter e.g. Chris_F.PSD. This will be the name for your finished piece of work.

2. Use as many of the techniques which you have learned so far to create a photomontage self portrait. The image should be made up from at least three separate layers.

3. UNTIL YOU ARE SURE THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETELY FINISHED WITH THIS IMAGE, KEEP IT AS A .PSD FILE WHEN YOU SAVE IT.
This will keep all the layers in the image and enable you to go back and change them.

4 When you are entirely happy with this image you will need to use Layers>Flatten Image to compress all the layers. Use Save As to save the file to your finished work folder as a .JPG file.

REMEMBER TO ADD F TO THE END OF THE NAME TO IDENTIFY IT AS THE FINAL PIECE OF WORK

5. Delete any files which you will no longer need.