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After placing the original image, I named the layer.
Then, I selected the ‘Magic Wand’ Tool.
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As to be faster, I selected the plain background with the tool.
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Layered Image In order to place the masthead beneath the image whilst keeping the background, I needed to create an identical overlay of the existing image with a transparent background, allowing background elements to show through. I used the ‘Magic Wand’ tool to create this identical image. This process will also be completed on the other version of the front cover.
I then right-clicked and selected ‘Select Inverse’. This method is much easier than having to manually select each colour of the model using the ‘Magic Wand’ tool or try and exactly outline the model using the ‘Lasso’ tool.
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This selected the model, I then copied and pasted the enabling me to copy the image image using keyboard shortcuts.
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This created another image from the selection, which I named ‘Image Overlay’. This is undetectable on top of the original image, and allows me to layer items behind the image without removing the background.