…Hey gang, this is Deke McClellan.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques.…This week, we're going to take what is probably my favorite new command in…Photoshop CC 2014, found under the Select menu, it goes by the name Focus Area.…And we're going to use it to extract lynda.com director,…Scott Ericsson from his low-focus environment, in order to create this…kind of line engraving effect that I call, Very Local Currency.…Here, let me show you exactly how it works.…All right, here's that pseudo-monetary engraving effect just so…you have a chance to see it on-screen.…
And you may note that the horizontal lines, more or…less, follow the contours of Scott's face.…But the first thing that we need to do is extract him from his background…using the new Focus Area command in Photoshop CC 2014.…And so you can see in the original photograph by Jacob Cunningham,…that we have Scott set against this low focus background.…So what we need to do is set him on a new layer by pressing ctrl+A or…cmd+A on the Mac, in order to select the entire image.…
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1/13/2011This course is a collection of short Photoshop and Illustrator projects and creative effects that can be completed in ten minutes or less. The series is taught by computer graphics guru Deke McClelland, and presented in his signature step-by-step style. The intent is to reveal how various Photoshop and Illustrator features can be combined and leveraged in real-world examples so that they can be applied to creative projects right away.
Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
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