Monday 14 October 2013

Motion Blur


To create this image I opened up the image in photoshop and then used the quick selection tool to select the entire car. Next I went to refine edge and adjusted smooth to about 27. After that I copied and pasted the selected car to create another layer. I then went to fliter > blur > motion blur and increased the blur all the way to 999. Then I created a levels layer three more times to increase the blur. Next I used the gradient tool on a new mask layer so that the blur was only on the back half of the car. Finally, I changed the brightness and contrast until I liked how it looked. 

Rainbow Eye


To create this rainbow eye image I first opened up the picture of an eye in photoshop and added a new layer to the picture. Next I used the paintbrush and used different colours to colour sections of the eye. Then I changed the mode to overlay and changed to opacity until I liked how the eye looked. 

Healing Brush

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After 
To create this image I used the clone stamp tool to remove Rory's girlfriend from the picture. I used alt-click in multiple areas to remove her and then I used the paintbrush tool to paint in the rest of Rory's arm.

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After
 To create this image I used the spot healing brush tool to remove the acne and other blemishes from his face as well as his ugly side burn. I also removed the red from his eyes.


Blog Question 2

Blog Question 2
Ethics- What is morally right and correct.
Aesthetics- What looks right and correct to the eye.
Our society seems to find it is acceptable to alter an image if you have the person's permission or if it is for entertainment purpose. People find it alright to alter an image of say a model in a magazine or a family photo if they have the permission of the person and if they are making it more aesthetically pleasing.
Our society seems to find it unacceptable to alter an image if it is in the news or for factual information. If a person is using the information to learn something or to be informed of something then it is not acceptable to alter an image because then the person who altered the image is expressing something untrue. It is also not acceptable to alter an image if you do not have permission from the subject or if you are being rude or cruel to the subject by manipulating the image.

Blog Question 1

Blog Question 1
I think that photographic evidence doesn't mean much anymore because within minutes you can change an image using a program like photoshop. It doesn't take very long for you to quickly add someone or something to an image when they weren't actually there. I think that if amateurs like us can do this quickly and easily then a professional will be able to do this extremely well and could fake evidence very easily. If I were accused of a crime I would explain how easily photos can be altered and I would request an unbiased eyewitness account of the night. I would explain my alibi as to why I wasn't actually there.

Power Clip


To create this power clip I first opened a picture of some pumpkins in photoshop, then I added a text layer and wrote 'Pumpkin' across the image and stretched it until it covered most of the image. Then I used the magic wand tool to select all of the letters holding down the shift key. Then I added an adjustment layer to create a mask. Then I added a new layer and coloured it all black and moved it to the bottom and moved the pumpkin picture to the very top and joined it to the text layer. Then using layer styles I added a bevel and an orange outer glow to my image.  

Pop-Out

To create this pop-out image I first opened up a picture of me and my horse and created two new copies of the background layer. Then I created a new all black layer and dragged it below the top layer. Then I used the rectangular marquee tool to select the bottom half of my picture and I added a white stroke to the rectangle. Then I changed the perspective of the rectangle and moved the bottom out and the top in. Then I created a layer mask by adding a new layer and painting it black around the trapezoid. Then I selected the top half of me and my horse and added a new levels layer and dragged the layer 1 copy above this layer. I then added a gradient to the background layer to finish off the picture. 

Colour Replace


To create this image I first opened up a picture of a white dress and then I used the quick select tool to select all of the white dress. Next I went to enhance, then adjust colour, and adjust hue/saturation. Then I clicked colourize and adjusted the hue and saturation until I liked the colour that I had. Then I deselected the area and copied the image over to a new blank document. Next I changed the hue and saturation on the original image again for a new colour and repeated another 5 times. Then I added a black rectangle to the middle and the bottom of the image and added the price and colour titles. 

Sunday 13 October 2013

Vector Shapes

To create my beach party invite opened up my background layer and added the tree vector shape. I selected the tree vector shape and placed it on top of the background layer, I changed the  colour to green and I selected the green plastic fill. I like the plastic fill so I decided to keep it as a theme throughout the rest of my shapes. Next I added the large blue 'stamp' vector shape by doing the same thing except changing the colour and plastic fill to blue. Then I added the text on top of the blue stamp layer. Next I added the leaf the same way that I added the tree. After the leaf was done I added the Beach Party text and put the feet on either side of the text. For the feet I also used the plastic fill but changed the fill and the colour to purple.

Vegetable Face




To make the vegetable face I followed the tutorial on the PDF. First I took the melon and moved it to the open space using the rectangular marquee tool. Next I did the eyes, to do this I used the oval marquee tool to select the berries  and moved them onto the carrot slices. Then I added the mouth by using the oval marquee tool again and selected the kiwi. Next I added the nose using the magic wand tool and moved it to the melon head. Then I did the same thing for the eyebrows. Next I added the bow tie using the polygonal lasso tool and moved it to the head. Then I used the the magnetic lasso tool to added his ears from the grapefruit slices. I also used the lasso tool to select his mushroom hat and then cropped the image so that it was just the vegetable face left.

Picture Blend

To create this picture I opened up a blank file that was large enough to fit each of the three images I chose. Then I pasted the first picture (Ian Millar) onto the blank file.Then I added the second picture (Jonathan Millar) onto the first and moved it over to the edge. I then used ctrl-l to create a new levels layer and moved it in between the two images and joined it to the top layer. Next I used the gradient tool (black to white) to create a gradient between the two images horizontally. Then I did the same steps to add the third picture and finished by using the text tool to add each of their names to their pictures.

Colour Splash


To create this image I opened up the picture in photoshop and duplicated the layer. Then on the new layer I created an adjustment layer and took the saturation level all the way down so that it was grey. Then while I was on the adjustment layer I used the paint brush tool to paint in black over the pink flower so that the pink would show through the layer. 

Mirrored Text



To create this image I created a new blank file with an all black background. Then I wrote my name in large letters and chose a colour an font that I liked. Then I added a bevel and an outer glow to the text. Next I duplicated the layer and flipped the layer vertical and slid it down so that the letters matched up with eachother. Then I went to transform and skewed the text and realigned the letters. I added a gradient from black to transparent. Next to create a shelf look I added a shape and changed the colour to blue. Then I dragged it to where I wanted the shape to be placed.

Blur border and Vignette


To create this picture I used the rectangular marquee tool to select a rectangle in the center of the picture. Then I selected the inverse and went to filter, then blur, then Gaussian blur and changed the radius of the blur until I liked how the blur looked. Then I added a new layer for the center of the picture and added a drop shadow and a bevel. 
For this picture I used the oval marquee tool and selected the center of the picture then I went to the select menu and chose feather and chose about 45 pixels. Then I copied the middle of the picture and pasted it onto a new file. Then I used the text tool to add text and changed the font and colour until I liked it.