Step Three: In the image, c lick-and-drag
to outline the bulkiest item, which is the
backpack here. The brush cursor is circled
in red here. If you mess up, press E to grab
the Eraser tool and drag back over the
error, then press B to switch back to the
Brush tool. Remember, you’re doodling;
it’s not supposed to be perfect!
Tip: If necessary, you can press Com-
mand-+ (PC: Ctrl-+) to zoom into the
image and Spacebar-drag to reposition
the image onscreen.
Step Four: Decrease the brush size, and
outline smaller details such as her overalls
(a size of 40 pixels was used here; try 10
pixels for the low-res file). You can use the
Left and Right Bracket keys ([, ]) on your
keyboard to decrease or increase brush
size according to what you’re outlining.
Decrease brush size again (say, 30 pixels or
8 pixels for the low-res file) and outline the
seams and buttons. Decrease brush size yet
again (say, 20 pixels or 5 pixels for the low-
res file) and draw across fabric wrinkles.
Step Five: Soon we’ll hide the photo’s
original background so we can put doo-
dles behind our subject, meaning we need
a new background. In this example, we’ll
simply re-create the original, orange back-
ground. To do that, press I to grab the Eye-
dropper tool (circled), mouse over to the
image, and c lick the orange background
to load that color as your Foreground color
chip (also circled).
Step Six: Click the half-black/half-white
circle at the bottom of the Layers panel and
choose Solid Color (or choose Layer>New
Fill Layer>Solid Color). The Color Picker will
open set to your Foreground color chip, so
just c lick OK to close it. In the Layers panel,
see if the image layer has a padlock to its
right (circled). If it does, c lick the padlock
to unlock the layer, and then drag the new
orange Color Fill layer below it.
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