Haunted House

1.Choose a background image. Your house must be facing front, no side views and have at least 2 usable windows for a “ghost”. You may choose from the pictures available on Merkzone.

Save images in your picturefolder and open it in Photoshop.

Use FREE TRANSFORM (Ctrl+T)to make the background image fill the screen.

2. Add 5 additional images to your haunted house in order to personalize it. Make a friendly house or an angry house, but remember to keep all added pictures school appropriate.

3. Name each layer. When adding images, add new layers and then give your layers specific names to keep them organized.

4. At least TWOghost images must be placed “inside the house”. This can be achieved by copying the house, placing one on top and one below, and erasing the top one with a regular Eraser Tool set to a low opacity (~30%).

5. At least THREE ghost images are outside the house, backgrounds properly and carefully erased, located where it looks like they are ready to pop out and scare someone.

6.We will be printing these: Go to FILE and PRINT, click SCALE TO FIT MEDIA, and be sure to print in color.

6.Save in the dropbox – Haunted House folder – Name it
Haunted House YourName.psd

1. House chosen is from class, ghost images are high pixel ratio and clear, not blurry. / 2 / 1 / 0
2. Ghost images are placed thoughtfully within the “house” image, not randomly placed. It appears the artist planned the end image. / 2 / 1 / 0
3. Item #1INSIDE –layer name=______
Overall design looks professional. Student has used the tools effectively. Student has taken time to create a believable picture. Image is recognizable, clear, and easy to find. The image is convincing that it is inside the house. / 2 / 1 / 0
4. Item #2 INSIDE –layer name=______
Overall design looks professional. Student has used the tools effectively. Student has taken time to create a believable picture. Image is recognizable, clear, and easy to find. The image is convincing that it is inside the house. / 2 / 1 / 0
5. Item #3 – layer name=______
Overall design looks professional. Student has used the tools to effectively take out background. Student has taken time to create a believable picture. Image is recognizable, clear, and easy to find. / 2 / 1 / 0
6. Item #4 – layer name=______
Overall design looks professional. Student has used the tools to effectively take out background. Student has taken time to create a believable picture. Image is recognizable, clear, and easy to find. / 2 / 1 / 0
7. Item #5 – layer name=______
Overall design looks professional. Student has used the tools to effectively take out background. Student has taken time to create a believable picture. Image is recognizable, clear, and easy to find. / 2 / 1 / 0
8. Each layer is named and organized (not just layer 1, layer 2, layer 1 copy, etc). For example: you have the original image in a layer named “original” and it is duplicated and renamed when needed. / 2 / 1 / 0
9. File is properly printed, fitting the page as full as possible. / 2 / 1 / 0
10. File is saved in the correct folder, on time, named:
Haunted Houseyour name.psd / 2 / 1 / 0
TOTAL out of 20

Grading Rubric – Haunted HouseName ______Period____

Grading Scale: 18-20 = A, 16-17 = B, 14-15 = C, 12-13 = D, 11 or less = F