Playing around in Photoshop (Photography)
During class, we were shown some of the basic functions of Photoshop and what it could do to a photograph. This would cover simple tweaks and cropping, to colour alteration and some more sever manipulations.
This was one of my original pictures, one I had taken of my car. In complete honesty, I wasn't sure what type of photograph to use, or what exactly we'd be doing of them.
This first image shows two simple changes. The first, most obvious, is the change to black and white. A simple change to carry out, and a very popular one that can completely change the way an image is viewed. The second change is that the image is now cropped. I had often used cropping in my own work but I didn't know that Photoshop had the tools to crop an image to preset standards, such as 4:6 and 16:9.
Another simple change, this time simply inverting the colours. This is something I was aware of and had used myself in the past, but honestly, I'm not sure how much use it has.
For this version of the image, I've played with the colour curves, which allows you to amplify or exaggerate certain colours or tones of the image to achieve the look of the image that you like. I've used this before, but I only tend to use it if I have a very specific objective in mind.
These three images are examples of merging two images. This was something I hadn't encountered before, and was completely unaware of. I was quite surprised by the variation that came with this option, including different transparencies and blending options. Honestly, although I think these results are cool in their own way, I don't really understand what purpose this serves. I've never thought to myself 'This image would look great if I spliced another image with it'. It just feels like a niche thing to me.
Taking things in a more silly direction, this image is manipulated and altered to exaggerate features and items of the subject. The wheels are enlarged and morphed, as is the grille. The headlamps and wing mirrors also altered. Although this example is a little silly, I can appreciate why this is relevant. I've manipulated a lot of images in my experiences with Photoshop, usually to correct my own errors or mistakes. I find this function incredibly useful, both for correcting and exaggerating.
An unaltered image I used for some further experiments with Photoshop. I'm not sure why I switched images, but this one was only used for one alteration, as seen below;
The alteration here is just a simple colour swap, changing the yellow lines to blue lines. Changing the colour of certain objects is something I've done a lot off, and is invaluable during character design processes.
Although I knew a lot of these techniques, the ones I didn't could prove to be of great use. Especially the cropping presets. I've never really worked with photography, usually just digital art, and it's interesting to see how these cools can be applied to photographic imagery.
This was one of my original pictures, one I had taken of my car. In complete honesty, I wasn't sure what type of photograph to use, or what exactly we'd be doing of them.
This first image shows two simple changes. The first, most obvious, is the change to black and white. A simple change to carry out, and a very popular one that can completely change the way an image is viewed. The second change is that the image is now cropped. I had often used cropping in my own work but I didn't know that Photoshop had the tools to crop an image to preset standards, such as 4:6 and 16:9.
Another simple change, this time simply inverting the colours. This is something I was aware of and had used myself in the past, but honestly, I'm not sure how much use it has.
For this version of the image, I've played with the colour curves, which allows you to amplify or exaggerate certain colours or tones of the image to achieve the look of the image that you like. I've used this before, but I only tend to use it if I have a very specific objective in mind.
These three images are examples of merging two images. This was something I hadn't encountered before, and was completely unaware of. I was quite surprised by the variation that came with this option, including different transparencies and blending options. Honestly, although I think these results are cool in their own way, I don't really understand what purpose this serves. I've never thought to myself 'This image would look great if I spliced another image with it'. It just feels like a niche thing to me.
Taking things in a more silly direction, this image is manipulated and altered to exaggerate features and items of the subject. The wheels are enlarged and morphed, as is the grille. The headlamps and wing mirrors also altered. Although this example is a little silly, I can appreciate why this is relevant. I've manipulated a lot of images in my experiences with Photoshop, usually to correct my own errors or mistakes. I find this function incredibly useful, both for correcting and exaggerating.
An unaltered image I used for some further experiments with Photoshop. I'm not sure why I switched images, but this one was only used for one alteration, as seen below;
The alteration here is just a simple colour swap, changing the yellow lines to blue lines. Changing the colour of certain objects is something I've done a lot off, and is invaluable during character design processes.
Although I knew a lot of these techniques, the ones I didn't could prove to be of great use. Especially the cropping presets. I've never really worked with photography, usually just digital art, and it's interesting to see how these cools can be applied to photographic imagery.
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