Your Evil Twin

GOAL

You never do anything wrong. You always do all of your work, and would never even think of causing trouble. But sometimes someone who looks just like you tries to make you look bad. IT IS YOUR EVIL TWIN.

You will turn two files.

your name your class period evil twin.psd - your work file

your name your class period evil twin.jpg - your flattened image

Example: If your name is Joe Smith and you are in period 3, your files will be named

Joe Smith P3 evil twin.psd

Joe Smith P3 evil twin.jpg

YOU WILL NEED

A camera

A tripod

A partner (each person must turn in their own project!)

INSTRUCTIONS

• Set up the camera on a tripod. Frame your image so that there is space for at least two of you. Do not move the camera between shots!
• Pose on one side of the image as the “good” you. Here is an example. You do not need to imitate my poses.
  
• Pose on the other side of the image as the “evil” you.
  
• Import the images from the camera to your computer.
• Open both images in Photoshop.
• Click on the “good” picture. Choose File/Save As , change the file format to Photoshop (.psd), and save the file with the name of the final project. You must change the format, not just the extension!
• Find the layer palette (right side of screen) and double click the background layer. Change the layer name to “Good Me”.
• Select the “evil” picture.
• Choose the move tool on the toolbar.
• Make sure “Auto-Select: Layer” is selected at the top of the screen.
• Click the background layer of the “evil” picture and drag it onto the “good” picture. Make sure the corners of the “evil” picture line up with the corners of the “good” picture. Your picture will now have two layers. Double click “Layer 1” and rename it “evil me.”
• Switch to the polygonal lasso tool. If one of the other lassoes is selected, click on it and hold until other lasso choices are available.
• Lasso a large area around the “evil” you. I like to lasso the entire side. Try to follow edges of objects if possible. If you do that, you will only see the “marching ants” at the division line, like this:
  
• Click the “add layer mask” at the bottom of the layer palette. The unselected part of the layer will be hidden, and you will see both “good” and “evil” you. Because the two shots were set up the same way, you don’t have to do a lot of trimming and masking to make them fit together.
  
• If your camera did not move between your shots, you are probably done – but you might need to adjust the color and edges of the mask to make it blend smoothly.

Save your project as a Photoshop image AND as a jpeg, and turn in both.

GRADING

9-10: Two (or more) of the same person in the shot. One is clearly “good,” and the other is clearly “evil.” The shots line up seamlessly, and colors match exactly.

8: Two of the same person in the shot. One is “good,” one is “evil.” The shots line up very well, and colors match closely.

7: Two of the same person in the shot. It may be hard to determine who is “good” and who is “evil.” Shots are somewhat aligned and colors match fairly closely.