1 00:00:00,006 --> 00:00:01,008 - [Instructor] Alright, I don't know if you remember 2 00:00:01,008 --> 00:00:05,000 this drawing from chapter 25 of the advanced course, 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:06,005 it doesn't really matter if you do. 4 00:00:06,005 --> 00:00:09,008 It is an ink drawing, I believe from the 60's, 5 00:00:09,008 --> 00:00:11,009 that as created on a big piece of drawing board 6 00:00:11,009 --> 00:00:13,004 as we're seeing right here. 7 00:00:13,004 --> 00:00:16,002 Problem was we have this really crappy scanner, 8 00:00:16,002 --> 00:00:20,000 here at the studio, and so I had to scan it in two passes. 9 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,007 This guy right here, and then this one, 10 00:00:22,007 --> 00:00:25,002 which is obviously upside-down. 11 00:00:25,002 --> 00:00:29,002 And these are completely unmodified files, by the way. 12 00:00:29,002 --> 00:00:32,006 And so what we need to do is stitch these scans together 13 00:00:32,006 --> 00:00:35,005 using the Auto-Align and Auto-Blend commands 14 00:00:35,005 --> 00:00:37,005 here under the Edit menu. 15 00:00:37,005 --> 00:00:40,008 Step one is to right-click inside this upside-down image 16 00:00:40,008 --> 00:00:42,005 using the rectangular marquee tool, 17 00:00:42,005 --> 00:00:44,008 and then choose Duplicate Layer. 18 00:00:44,008 --> 00:00:46,009 And then I'll go ahead and change the document 19 00:00:46,009 --> 00:00:50,000 to Fort Bragg-1, and I'll click OK. 20 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,003 Alright, now I'll go and switch back to that file. 21 00:00:52,003 --> 00:00:54,002 And you can see we now have two items here, 22 00:00:54,002 --> 00:00:56,003 both of which are currently named Background. 23 00:00:56,003 --> 00:00:58,009 I'll go ahead and double-click on the actual background, 24 00:00:58,009 --> 00:01:01,003 and I'll change its name to simply L 25 00:01:01,003 --> 00:01:03,006 because it's the left side of the scan. 26 00:01:03,006 --> 00:01:07,003 And I'll rename this guy R, for the right side. 27 00:01:07,003 --> 00:01:08,003 Alright, now what you wanna do 28 00:01:08,003 --> 00:01:10,003 is select both of the layers, 29 00:01:10,003 --> 00:01:11,009 so I'll just go ahead and click on one, 30 00:01:11,009 --> 00:01:13,001 and Shift + Click on the other. 31 00:01:13,001 --> 00:01:15,001 And then go up to the Edit menu, 32 00:01:15,001 --> 00:01:17,000 and choose Auto-Align Layers. 33 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,004 So you have to have the layer selected 34 00:01:19,004 --> 00:01:21,003 in order to choose this command. 35 00:01:21,003 --> 00:01:23,002 And then I'll just leave Auto selected, 36 00:01:23,002 --> 00:01:24,008 we don't need any lens correction 37 00:01:24,008 --> 00:01:26,008 because these are scanned images. 38 00:01:26,008 --> 00:01:28,007 And so I'll just go ahead and click OK, 39 00:01:28,007 --> 00:01:31,007 and notice that PhotoShop is smart enough 40 00:01:31,007 --> 00:01:35,000 to rotate the upside-down image, 41 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,006 which I think is quite remarkable. 42 00:01:37,006 --> 00:01:40,000 Alright, the next step is to go up to the Edit menu 43 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,005 and choose Auto-Blend Layers. 44 00:01:42,005 --> 00:01:43,009 Now you might naturally figure 45 00:01:43,009 --> 00:01:46,007 that you should change the Blend Method to Stack Images, 46 00:01:46,007 --> 00:01:49,007 because, after all, they're stacked on top of each other. 47 00:01:49,007 --> 00:01:51,008 Of course we want Seamless Tones and Colors 48 00:01:51,008 --> 00:01:54,003 because we want the images to blend together. 49 00:01:54,003 --> 00:01:56,006 We don't need any Content Aware Fill, however. 50 00:01:56,006 --> 00:01:58,005 So just go ahead and click OK, 51 00:01:58,005 --> 00:02:01,009 and we'll see what happens, which is badness. 52 00:02:01,009 --> 00:02:05,002 We end up getting this very stained section 53 00:02:05,002 --> 00:02:07,000 where the two images overlap, 54 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,000 and then we get this weird blur going here 55 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,008 at the ends of the letters, which is not what we want. 56 00:02:12,008 --> 00:02:14,003 So I'll just go ahead and backstep 57 00:02:14,003 --> 00:02:15,009 by pressing Control + Alt + C, 58 00:02:15,009 --> 00:02:19,000 or Command + Option + C on a Mac a couple of times. 59 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,002 And then I'll return to the Edit menu, 60 00:02:21,002 --> 00:02:23,006 once again choose Auto-Blend Layers. 61 00:02:23,006 --> 00:02:26,001 And this time, I'll stick with Panorama. 62 00:02:26,001 --> 00:02:27,006 Because after all, the two layers 63 00:02:27,006 --> 00:02:29,002 are placed next to each other 64 00:02:29,002 --> 00:02:31,008 much like photographs in an actual panorama. 65 00:02:31,008 --> 00:02:34,007 So I'll just go ahead and select that option, and click OK. 66 00:02:34,007 --> 00:02:37,006 And then a moment later we see that sure enough, 67 00:02:37,006 --> 00:02:39,006 things are much better. 68 00:02:39,006 --> 00:02:41,000 Now you wanna go ahead and test 69 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,000 that everything's the way you want it to be, 70 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,009 by going over here to the Layers panel 71 00:02:44,009 --> 00:02:47,005 and pressing the Control key, or the Command key on the Mac, 72 00:02:47,005 --> 00:02:51,008 and clicking on the layer mask for the top layer. 73 00:02:51,008 --> 00:02:54,007 So that you can see where the divide actually occurs. 74 00:02:54,007 --> 00:02:56,008 So obviously we've got a big problem 75 00:02:56,008 --> 00:02:59,007 where the horizontal element of this frame is concerned. 76 00:02:59,007 --> 00:03:02,005 But the masking of the words is remarkable. 77 00:03:02,005 --> 00:03:04,006 Notice that it tends to cut through the space 78 00:03:04,006 --> 00:03:07,000 between the words, which I find to be 79 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,009 a remarkable work of artificial intelligence. 80 00:03:09,009 --> 00:03:13,000 Now we do have a little bit of problem on the cheese 81 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,002 right there, and down here as well, it's even worse. 82 00:03:16,002 --> 00:03:19,000 But the letters are absolutely in great shape. 83 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,008 It really delights me that things are working out this well. 84 00:03:21,008 --> 00:03:24,007 But again, we have a problem where the frame is concerned. 85 00:03:24,007 --> 00:03:26,001 So what I decided to do, 86 00:03:26,001 --> 00:03:28,003 just to see if we can get better results, 87 00:03:28,003 --> 00:03:31,000 is backup by going to the Window menu 88 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,007 and choose the History command. 89 00:03:32,007 --> 00:03:36,000 And I'm gonna go back to this state right here, Name Change, 90 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,005 which is gonna restore the two layers, 91 00:03:37,005 --> 00:03:39,008 one called R, and the other called L. 92 00:03:39,008 --> 00:03:41,009 After which point, I'll hide the History panel. 93 00:03:41,009 --> 00:03:45,002 And this time around, I'll offer PhotoShop an assist 94 00:03:45,002 --> 00:03:47,002 by making sure the R layer is selected. 95 00:03:47,002 --> 00:03:49,004 And then going up to the Edit menu, 96 00:03:49,004 --> 00:03:52,005 and choosing Free Transform, or you can press Control + T, 97 00:03:52,005 --> 00:03:53,008 or Command + T on the Mac. 98 00:03:53,008 --> 00:03:56,000 And then I'll right-click inside the image window, 99 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,008 and choose Rotate 180 degrees. 100 00:03:58,008 --> 00:04:00,003 After which point I'll press the Enter key, 101 00:04:00,003 --> 00:04:02,008 or the Return key on the Mac to accept that change. 102 00:04:02,008 --> 00:04:05,008 Now you might figure this can't possibly make any difference 103 00:04:05,008 --> 00:04:07,002 because PhotoShop already figured out 104 00:04:07,002 --> 00:04:09,001 it had to do that on its own. 105 00:04:09,001 --> 00:04:10,004 But here's the thing. 106 00:04:10,004 --> 00:04:13,008 PhotoShop performs its transformations and distortions 107 00:04:13,008 --> 00:04:15,003 in one fell swoop. 108 00:04:15,003 --> 00:04:16,007 And so often times, 109 00:04:16,007 --> 00:04:19,005 if you perform an obvious transformation in advance, 110 00:04:19,005 --> 00:04:21,002 you're gonna help things out. 111 00:04:21,002 --> 00:04:23,003 Alright, so I'll go ahead and Shift + Click on the L layer 112 00:04:23,003 --> 00:04:26,004 to select it as well, and then I'll return to the Edit menu 113 00:04:26,004 --> 00:04:28,004 and choose Auto-Align Layers. 114 00:04:28,004 --> 00:04:30,000 I'm not gonna change any settings, 115 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,007 I'll leave Projection set to Auto. 116 00:04:31,007 --> 00:04:35,009 And then I'll click OK, and a moment later it does its work. 117 00:04:35,009 --> 00:04:37,003 Alright, now I'll just go ahead and zoom out 118 00:04:37,003 --> 00:04:39,007 by pressing Control + 0, or Command + 0 on the Mac. 119 00:04:39,007 --> 00:04:43,000 I'll return to the Edit menu, and choose Auto-Blend Layers. 120 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,000 And I'll stick with Panorama of course, 121 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,007 I want Seamless Tones and Colors. 122 00:04:46,007 --> 00:04:48,005 That's it, I'll click OK. 123 00:04:48,005 --> 00:04:51,006 And now let's check things out again by Control + clicking, 124 00:04:51,006 --> 00:04:54,008 or Command + clicking on the layer mask for the R layer. 125 00:04:54,008 --> 00:04:58,005 And now I will zoom in, and notice how much better 126 00:04:58,005 --> 00:05:01,000 that horizontal element of the frame is. 127 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,002 Alright, so it's in good shape. 128 00:05:02,002 --> 00:05:03,009 We don't really need to do anything with it. 129 00:05:03,009 --> 00:05:05,009 And so I'll just go ahead and scroll down here 130 00:05:05,009 --> 00:05:07,008 through the wonderfully masked letters. 131 00:05:07,008 --> 00:05:09,002 Now here's a case where PhotoShop 132 00:05:09,002 --> 00:05:12,004 decided to mask through a letter, this M right here. 133 00:05:12,004 --> 00:05:13,006 And you can see whether you like it 134 00:05:13,006 --> 00:05:16,006 just by pressing Control + H, or Command + H on the Mac, 135 00:05:16,006 --> 00:05:19,005 to hide that selection, and sure enough it looks great. 136 00:05:19,005 --> 00:05:21,009 So I'll just press Control + H, or Command + H on the Mac 137 00:05:21,009 --> 00:05:23,006 to bring this selection back. 138 00:05:23,006 --> 00:05:26,000 And I'll scroll down to the cheese 139 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:27,005 which is the only problem. 140 00:05:27,005 --> 00:05:29,003 Notice that we have a break in this line, 141 00:05:29,003 --> 00:05:31,003 so we'll come back to that in just a moment. 142 00:05:31,003 --> 00:05:33,005 And then I'll continue to scroll down 143 00:05:33,005 --> 00:05:36,001 to the bottom of the frame, which looks great. 144 00:05:36,001 --> 00:05:37,008 And so I'll just go ahead and press Control + D, 145 00:05:37,008 --> 00:05:40,005 or Command + D on the Mac in order to deselect the image. 146 00:05:40,005 --> 00:05:43,001 And then I'll scroll back up to the gouda here. 147 00:05:43,001 --> 00:05:44,007 And what I wanna be able to do 148 00:05:44,007 --> 00:05:46,007 is edit this layer mask slightly, 149 00:05:46,007 --> 00:05:49,005 but notice if I were to turn the R layer off, 150 00:05:49,005 --> 00:05:52,000 that the L layer is masked as well. 151 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Which really doesn't serve us any purpose. 152 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,009 So I'm just gonna go ahead and Shift + click 153 00:05:55,009 --> 00:05:58,001 on that layer mask to turn it off. 154 00:05:58,001 --> 00:06:00,003 No sense in throwing it away, 'cause you never know. 155 00:06:00,003 --> 00:06:01,005 Might want it in the future. 156 00:06:01,005 --> 00:06:03,008 And then I'll turn the R layer back on, 157 00:06:03,008 --> 00:06:06,006 but I do want you to see what's happening here. 158 00:06:06,006 --> 00:06:10,009 Toward the edges of each scan, we are getting blur. 159 00:06:10,009 --> 00:06:13,004 And that's because this side of the drawing board 160 00:06:13,004 --> 00:06:15,007 was lifted slightly away from the glass. 161 00:06:15,007 --> 00:06:16,009 And so I've gotta be careful, 162 00:06:16,009 --> 00:06:20,002 I don't wanna integrate too much of this bad detail here. 163 00:06:20,002 --> 00:06:22,008 And so I'll go ahead and turn the R layer back on, 164 00:06:22,008 --> 00:06:25,005 select its layer mask, and rather than painting 165 00:06:25,005 --> 00:06:28,007 with a brush tool, I'm gonna select the pencil tool 166 00:06:28,007 --> 00:06:30,006 which gives you jagged edges, 167 00:06:30,006 --> 00:06:33,000 which is actually what we want for this purpose. 168 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,009 Because after all, we're already starting 169 00:06:34,009 --> 00:06:38,000 with a jagged edged mask, and I can confirm that's the case 170 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,000 by Alt or Option + clicking on a layer mask thumbnail 171 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,006 for that R layer, and you can see it's very jagged indeed. 172 00:06:45,006 --> 00:06:46,009 Alright so I'll once again Alt, 173 00:06:46,009 --> 00:06:48,007 or Option + click on that layer mask. 174 00:06:48,007 --> 00:06:50,008 And I'll increase the size of my brush 175 00:06:50,008 --> 00:06:54,001 so it's about seven pixels I guess, that should work. 176 00:06:54,001 --> 00:06:57,004 And then you wanna tap the D key, followed by the X key 177 00:06:57,004 --> 00:06:59,007 to insure that your foreground color is black 178 00:06:59,007 --> 00:07:01,009 so that you're painting this line away. 179 00:07:01,009 --> 00:07:04,008 Then just go ahead and paint along it like so. 180 00:07:04,008 --> 00:07:07,002 Now you need to be very careful that you don't 181 00:07:07,002 --> 00:07:09,009 run into the neighboring line right there. 182 00:07:09,009 --> 00:07:11,006 So just paint in this line, 183 00:07:11,006 --> 00:07:14,004 along with its natural anti-aliasing. 184 00:07:14,004 --> 00:07:15,005 And if all goes right, 185 00:07:15,005 --> 00:07:18,003 you'll lend up with this seamless result. 186 00:07:18,003 --> 00:07:19,007 Alright, and that's it. 187 00:07:19,007 --> 00:07:21,004 I'll just go ahead and press Control + 0, 188 00:07:21,004 --> 00:07:23,006 or Command + 0 on the Mac to zoom out. 189 00:07:23,006 --> 00:07:25,003 Alright, and from here all I did was 190 00:07:25,003 --> 00:07:27,005 some of the stuff we saw back in chapter 25 191 00:07:27,005 --> 00:07:29,005 of the advanced course. 192 00:07:29,005 --> 00:07:32,001 One difference is instead of just converting the red channel 193 00:07:32,001 --> 00:07:35,008 to grayscale, I applied a channel mixer adjustment layer. 194 00:07:35,008 --> 00:07:38,007 And you can create such a layer by going to the Layer menu, 195 00:07:38,007 --> 00:07:40,003 choosing New Adjustment Layer, 196 00:07:40,003 --> 00:07:42,006 and then choosing Channel Mixer. 197 00:07:42,006 --> 00:07:44,007 And then you can see, if I double-click on the thumbnail 198 00:07:44,007 --> 00:07:47,005 for the layer, I've turned on the Monochrome checkbox 199 00:07:47,005 --> 00:07:50,007 so that we're just seeing a grayscale version of the image. 200 00:07:50,007 --> 00:07:52,007 That comprises 100 percent red, 201 00:07:52,007 --> 00:07:55,003 so we're just seeing the red channel, no green, 202 00:07:55,003 --> 00:07:57,005 and no blue, and that is it. 203 00:07:57,005 --> 00:07:59,000 So it's a pretty simple effect. 204 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,008 And then we've got that levels adjustment layer. 205 00:08:01,008 --> 00:08:04,004 And we saw how that worked back in chapter 25. 206 00:08:04,004 --> 00:08:06,003 And then we still have a few details 207 00:08:06,003 --> 00:08:08,004 that need to be whited out, 208 00:08:08,004 --> 00:08:10,000 essentially, as you can see here, 209 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:13,004 which is why I have this layer of handpainting. 210 00:08:13,004 --> 00:08:15,001 Alright, I'll just go ahead and press Shift + F 211 00:08:15,001 --> 00:08:17,001 in order to switch to the fullscreen mode, 212 00:08:17,001 --> 00:08:19,001 and I'll center my zoom as well. 213 00:08:19,001 --> 00:08:22,001 And that is how you automatically stitch together 214 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:24,005 multiple scans, it doesn't have to be two, 215 00:08:24,005 --> 00:08:27,000 it can be three or four scans, 216 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,000 in order to create a seamless piece of artwork 217 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,004 here inside PhotoShop.