Haunted House Notes – Boarding Up a Window

 

Find a few high resolution images of abandoned houses and select one that will work.

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Cut out the section you are going to use, scale it, and place it in the right spot.

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After it is cut out accurately,  {CTRL} + click on the layer’s thumb nail, this will select the perimeter of the object(s) in the layer.  Under the layer section, choose Create a New Fill or Adjustment Layer and then choose Hue/saturation.  This will allow you to adjust the color’s saturation and the darkness/lightness.  You might not need that, but you can see that it is needed here.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I think it works, I used the following Saturation and Lightness adjustments.  Notice that since we selected the perimeter around the layer’s objects, it created a mask and the adjustments only affect the selected area.

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