Me and a Famous Person

Mr. B and Jimmy

Assignment:

Back in the day I ran with some interesting people. Here I am with my buddy Jimmy.  He was kind of on the edge, if you know what I mean. Seriously, we all have some famous person we would like to meet, maybe even the President. Using Layer Control and the judicious use of the Eraser Tool place yourself in photograph with a famous person.

Procedure:

1. Select a famous person and search for a photograph that you can insert yourself into. (Make sure you pick as large an image as possible.)
2. Determine the position/angle of the face you are replacing. I'll take your photo and download it to the Boccini directory in the Student Commons.
3. Consider the best way to merge your face into the image. You can place your image between two layers of the original photograph and erase the top image revealing your face. Another tactic is to use the Lasso Tool to select your most important features and place them on the face of another person. Make sure your "feather" your selection.
4. Use Image/Adjustments/Color Balance to match your skin tones to that of the other photograph.
5. Print out your image and place in the folder.
6. Blog your image and write a few comments about why you selected your famous person.

A Few Thoughts:

In concept, this is an easy project. Application is another story! Matching your eyes, nose and mouth positions to the "host" image is extremely important to your success. (Scaling) Your position must match the position of the person in the original photo!