Mandala #2 (Photographic Mandala)

- Using a photograph and the template provided, create a symmetrical mandala.

Criteria:1 mark 2 marks 3 marks

Photograph Uses poor quality, desaturated image to create mandala.

Image is ether desaturated or low resolution.

Image is colourful and high resolution.

Layers File consists of only 1 layer.

File consists of only 2 layers.

Successfully combines 3 or more layers.

Background No background. Background uses a random colour.

Colour used for the background is taken from the image.

Work Habits Student is not on task.

Student is sometimes on task.

The majority of time student is on task.

/15 x2

MANDALA TUTORIALStep One: Make a file titled Mandala 2. Find mandala 2 template and colourful landscape, then place in file.

Step Two: Open Your Image and the mandala template in Photoshop.

Step Three: Using the Magic Wand tool (W), click on the top red “pie piece” of your Mandala Template. See the picture below for the settings in your Option Bar before using the wand. 

Then click to select. 

Step Four: Go to your sunset picture and use the shortcut Ctrl + A to select all. 

You should see “marching ants” surrounding the photo. 

Then Edit and Copy...see left picture below. 

Then, go back to your Mandala Template file and choose Edit>Paste Into...

(Shift+Ctrl+V)...picture on the right.

Step Five: You will have three layers now. See photo above to the right. 

Move your sunset photo around until you find a good sample of colors in the “pie-shaped window”. 

You can resize and/or rotate (Ctrl + T) to get a desired result. (See mine below.)

Step Six: Ctrl + Click the black/white thumbnail in layer 2. 

This will load the “ants” around your chosen picture. See mine below (a).. 

Cntl + C to copy the selection. 

Then, go back to layer one and Magic wand the black “pie piece” next to the red one. 

See mine below (b). Once this is done, use the command, Paste Into. 

See the result of the next screen shot below ©. 

Notice that there’s a Free Transform (Ctrl + T) box around the new picture. Do this and right click...

Choose Flip Horizontally  See next screen shot (d).

a.b.c.

d.     b. 

c.     d.

Step Seven: Now, it’s important that you do your best to line things up. 

We’re looking for a near-perfect mirror image. This will set up the rest of your Mandala.

It will take some time to do this, and it WON’T ever be perfect, but try to get it so the template in the layer underneath becomes covered.  

Sometimes it helps to turn on and off the template layer’s visibility (poke the eye out!).

Step Eight: Notice my Layer 3 in the picture below...I added a Chain Link so that the picture can no longer move around. 

Do this as soon as you’ve lined things up. I also poked out the eye in the template. 

Now it’s time to merge layers. Remember Ctrl+E? Go to Layer 4 and do this. Don’t forget to apply the Transformation by hitting enter. I also trashed the template layer.

Step Nine: I merged my two layers, then copied it. See my picture below (a). 

I’ve copied (Ctrl + J) Layer 3. At this point, I will need to take my Layer 3 copy and Transform it, and Flip Horizontally. You will now be able to form  a quarter of a mandala. 

See my example (b). Notice that I only have two layers? That’s because I merged down again (Ctrl + E). 

There are some imperfections, but try your best to cover things up. 

Okay, we need to do the same steps to complete the Mandala.

a.  b.b.

c. Step Ten: The next few steps will involve these commands: Ctrl + J, Ctrl + T, Flip Vertically, Nudge in place, Apply Transformation (hit enter) and Merge Down...

This will give us the bottom left half of the Mandala...See picture below.

 

Can you do the rest to form the picture below? Notice the background color. 

I used my eyedropper, chose a color in the Mandala, then I used the Alt+Backspace command. 

That filled the foreground color. Viola! Finished...Don’t forget to Flatten Image.