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In my previous pop-art lessons, (lesson one, two and three), you learned how to convert a photograph to a bit map image, how to apply pop-art type colour to it, then how to change the colours. This lesson demonstrates how to create a quadrant pop-art frame.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Your colourised image will have its Layers merged flattened, and will be open on Photoshop’s workspace.
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Now, from the top menu, choose Image then Image Size, and (if necessary), reduce the size of your image - Tutorial. Bear in mind, your final artwork will comprise of four images. I explain how to enlarge your final image to A3 size, at the end of this lesson.
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From the Layers palette, left-click and drag the Background layer over the Create New Layer icon at the foot of the palette. Do this three times, and you will have four identical layers.
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Now, click to activate the Background layer.
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Then from the top menu, choose Image then choose Canvas Size. In the subsequent Canvas Size dialogue box, click the bottom left arrow.
And the arrows will change to the following. 
Now, change the Canvas extension colour to White, then change both the Width and Height to 100 percent. Then click OK.
Your canvas and Layers palette, have changed to the following.
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Activate the Move Tool. 
The four images are placed on top of one another and they need to be repositioned into a quadrant. Therefore, click to activate the top layer, then with the Move Tool grab one of the images, and move it to the top right.
 
Then activate the second layer and move its corresponding image to the top left. Then activate the third layer and move its corresponding image to the right.
You should now have four identical images in a quadrant.
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We are going to change the colour of each image. Therefore, activate the Magic Wand Tool.
And set the following attributes - ensuring Contiguous and Sample All Layers are unticked!
Activate the layer of the image you want to change, I am working with the
top-right image, and I have highlighted its layer.
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Now, click to surround the purple background, and lips - (of the top-right image), with a selection marquee.
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Then from the top menu, choose Image then Adjustments then Hue/Saturation. In the subsequent Hue/Saturation dialogue box, adjust the Saturation slider until you see a colour you like.
Then click OK.
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Still working on the top-right image, click to surround the skin with a selection marquee, and change its colour with Hue/Saturation. Then click to surround the dress with a marquee, and change its colour. From the top menu, choose Select then choose Deselect. The top-right image is now complete.
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Change the colours of the remaining three images by activating each corresponding layer in the Layers palette, and working on the corresponding image in the quadrant. Exactly as you did with the top-right image.
After this is complete, your four pop-art images will be uniquely coloured, as illustrated below.
Now, right-click the following icon on the top-right corner of the Layers palette.
And from the drop-down menu, choose Flatten Image.
Congratulations! You have created a quadrant pop-art image, and it is ready to save, or print.
Enlarge your image using digital interpolation
This type of blocky, line-art image is perfect for enlarging via digital interpolation.
To enlarge your image, from the top menu, choose Image then choose Image Size. In the subsequent Image Size dialogue box, ensure both Constrain Proportions and Resample Image are ticked, and it is set to Nearest Neighbour, as shown below. In the Height menu type in 40 cm’s and the Width will automatically alter. Press OK and your image is now roughly the size of an A3 print.
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