#Adobe photoshop photo mosaic trial#
#Adobe photoshop photo mosaic mac#

I went to Image > Adjustments > Brightness / Contrast and moved the sliders around.Ĥ. Step: 16 OPTIONAL Tweaking I was not completely happy with the color separation. Use the quick selection tool / Magic Wand to select an area. Change the colors in the color swatches 3. Step: 17 OPTIONAL You can change the colors around if you want.Ģ. We will click on each square until we have assigned the colors of the Rubik’s cube.Ĭross Curriculum Lesson: Math & Photoshop This is what we now have With the color Picker type in each color number: We assigned nine colors and the cube only has six colors.) White (If you note in the dialog box below has extra white boxes. The below table represents the colors of the Rubik’s Cube that you will need to assign. Now we will create Six boxes and assign colors.  Select Forced > Custom  Custom Dialog box will appear with 2 colors (Black and White) Go to Image > Mode > Indexed Color Flatten the layersĪt this time we are going to add the colors we will need for the mosaic. Please read carefully and pay attention to the coresponding screen shots. Ĭhoose 9 colors (this is the smallest amount you can have we will deal with the problem momentarily)Īttention: When working with my students I found this was the most difficult set of steps in the tutorial. IMPORTANT: Don’t click OK until I tell you to. Now we are going to change the image to represent the SIX colors available on the rubik’s cube Now go to Image > Adjustments> Hue/Saturation Change the saturation to 100%

Created by: Sharon Sangeleer, Middleborough High School, Middleborough, MAĬross Curriculum Lesson: Math & Photoshop We should get something like the following image. I tweaked the image and I made a note in the next column. Go to Filter>Filter Gallery > Artistic > Cutout  Number of Levels = 5  Edge Simplicity = 1  Edge Fidelity = 3 When I ran the filter the first time I was not happy with the results. Step: 8 At this time we are going to start to simplify the colors in our picture. The Fix: Go to Image > Adjustments > Brightness and Contrast

When I ran the original filter the eyes disappeared.  Note: When I ran this particular picture I did not have enough contrast so I made a minor adjustment.  Click the check mark when you get the size adjusted the way you want it.  Go to Edit > Transform > Scale  Adjust the scale so it now fits on the canvas. This is where we can transform it to fit. Step: 7 We now see that the image does not fit exactly on the canvas. You do this by dragging the background layer to your preset canvas. Go to Window> Arrange > Tile All Vertically (This is the technique I have found easiest for my students to move the picture onto a canvas.) Drag your image onto your canvas. Step: 6 Close your original image so that we now only view the picture on our preset canvas. Your screen should now look like this.Ĭross Curriculum Lesson: Math & Photoshop Special Note: I found my image on Step: 4 While still in Photoshop open the picture you want to convert into the mosaic. If your screen is too big or small use the following method to adjust your screen.Īdjust the percentage in the bottom left hand corner of your screen. Your canvas should take up the entire screen like the image shown. We now want to view the graph paper we have created. Go to Edit > Preferences > Guide, Grid, and SlicesĢ. Change the Column Size Width = 1 Centimeter Gutter = 1 Centimeter1

Change the Units > Rulers to Centimeters, type pixels.ĥ. We are going to set the grid preferences so that each square on your screen will represent an individual square on your Rubik’s cube.Ĥ. STEP 18 will end at 18 cm.Ĭreated by: Sharon Sangeleer, Middleborough High School, Middleborough, MA If using 36 cubes: Change STEP 1 to represent an area of 18 X 18 cm canvas. Special Note: If using 100 cubes: Change STEP 1 to represent an area of 30 X 30 cm canvas.

#Adobe photoshop photo mosaic trial#

If you don’t have Photoshop installed you may download a free one-month trial at Adobe. We will begin by creating a 45 X45 Centimeter Canvas  Go to File > New  Refer to the dialog box for exact settings.

#Adobe photoshop photo mosaic mac#

In the past when I have used MAC instructions in my classroom I have encountered very few problems. It is my experience that you may use these instructions with a MAC some of the short cut keys are different but essentially all the menus are the same. The following instructions were created in Adobe Creative Suite 6.0 for the PC. Rubik’s Cube Mosaic with Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 6.0 (These instructions are specific for a 15 X 15 cube mosaic) Cross Curriculum Lesson: Math & Photoshop