Walkthrough on PhotoShop: My First Piece of PS Work

Hello, everyone. This is Wayne He from Raster Vector Graphics class taught by Professor Melody Reed. This is a step-by-step walkthrough of my first PhotoShop work. Using the files Professor Reed distributed to the class, I loaded up the space desktop used by a Mac to begin.

1. 
   Load the silhouette of a woman throwing something.
   
   


2. 
   Paste the image to the space background. Notice that the pasted image is a separate layer.
   
   I moved the layer to the left. I did the previous steps to the right. Remember to flip the original silhouette horizontally.
   
   


3. 
   Because the white background blocks our space desktop background, we want to add a transparent background. To do this, select the magic wand. click on the white background, making sure you are on the correct layer. Then, go to Select on your menu bar and pick Inverse. Then, add a layer mask.
   
   


4. 
   To create a shadow, select the layer, right click on it, and select Blending Options. We will use the drop shadow. Set the options to whatever you like. I will use the following in this case.
   
   


5. 
   Create any adjustments to the image you wish to be. The adjustments pane is on the top right of your screen by default.
   


6. 
   Copy and paste the rain wallpaper found in your textures folder over the main image. Transform the image so that it will cover your work. Modify its opacity so that you see your main work in addition to seeing the rain background. Move the background to the bottom of your silhouettes.