trying something new?
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Change
So i feel that my project is taking a different road. Its becoming more about lights. Also i am liking the effects i am getting in photoshop i worry that it is just to much alike. Any thoughts or fed back would be great. I think i will present more in class
digital infrared
So first step is to open the photo that you want to use then you open the channel mixer in the adjustment layer and choose the black and white infrared RGB. Once you are in the mixer you can make further modification to the photo if you are trying to bring out the greens you can pull up the greens in the photo by using the sliders. If this is not bring out the results you are looking for you can convert the image into black and white with the black and white layer mask then from the pull down menu choose infrared. If you want to control the opacity of the infrared you can by sliding the opacity down on this layer. this will bring up the color in the photo if you dont want the color to be there then open the hue/saturation layer and bring down the saturation all the way then you can bring down the opacity on this layer and not have the color show through.
solarization
if you are looking for the solarization effect in your digital photos here is how you do it.
Open your picture in Photoshop and convert it into black and white from the adjustment layer options. Once you have this you can adjust to what you want to be illuminated by clicking and sliding your mouse back and fourth. then you open up the curves adjustment layer. Then click on the icon in curves that looks like a pencil its called draw to modify the curve. when you click on that then you click in the graph on the bottom left then shift click in the top middle and then shift click again on the bottom right hand side. this will give you the solarization effect. If you want to add a little color back into you photo open another curves level and you can add what you want.
Open your picture in Photoshop and convert it into black and white from the adjustment layer options. Once you have this you can adjust to what you want to be illuminated by clicking and sliding your mouse back and fourth. then you open up the curves adjustment layer. Then click on the icon in curves that looks like a pencil its called draw to modify the curve. when you click on that then you click in the graph on the bottom left then shift click in the top middle and then shift click again on the bottom right hand side. this will give you the solarization effect. If you want to add a little color back into you photo open another curves level and you can add what you want.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
day of shooting
So it took a little bit to get started today but i think i got some pretty good stuff. I am not sure what i am going to do with all of the pictures i will post some once i have gone through all the pictures.
Monday, November 23, 2009
more to come
I will not be in class tomorrow because i am going to be out an about shooting for this assignments. but i will be posting pictures of what i have worked on.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
research
While i was working on a research paper i came across a name of a photographer who does a lot of different things, working from black and white photos, digital photos, color C-prints, video, and silkscreen. She does mostly video installation.
So i forgot to tell you guys the name i was to distracted by adding the pictures her name is Fiona Tan
Backlit subject
If you have a photo that has a lot of light in the background that is blowing out the subject in the foreground you can go up to image > adjustments > highlight and shadow once that opens you can see already the image is better. You can then go and adjust within the photo and it will help you to quickly correct your image. You still might need to make more corrections but this will help to give you a head start.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
shooting
So i dragged Laura with me back into the Hollywood hills. I have taken some pictures that i will use and others i will not use because i need to reshoot them. They are blury from me hitting the shutter. Thank you to laura for teaching me how to use the timer on the camera and letting me borrow your lens that makes my project that much better. I am thinking that i will be showing some of the pictures in class tomorrow to get some feed back. There are plenty more to come but here are two pictures i will be going from.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Rotation of photo
To rotate a picture thats been scanned crooked go to the tool bar select the eyedropper and hold down and select from there the ruler you will then draw a line across the edge of the picture. Then go to the image menu and then go to image rotate then choose arbitrary which will measure how far off the image is and hit ok it will correct the image.
so much information
So much information so little time
So i was going through more videos and found out some short cuts that might really be helpful
The left [ key will make the brush size smaller.
The right ] key will make the brush size bigger.
You can also on a mac hold down control + option then with the mouse click and drag left to right and make the brush bigger or smaller.
command + option + o will allow you to switch between bridge and photoshop
V= move tool
F= screen modes
F goes forward and shift F goes backwards
You cn change a horizantal guidline from the top ruler to vertical by holding down the option key
Command + R = Ruler
Command + ; = guide lines
Command + ' = grid
H = hand tool
Command + = zoom in
Command - = zoom out
Command 0 = fit to screen
R = Rotate tool
Tab = clean screen
I = eye dropper
So i was going through more videos and found out some short cuts that might really be helpful
The left [ key will make the brush size smaller.
The right ] key will make the brush size bigger.
You can also on a mac hold down control + option then with the mouse click and drag left to right and make the brush bigger or smaller.
command + option + o will allow you to switch between bridge and photoshop
V= move tool
F= screen modes
F goes forward and shift F goes backwards
You cn change a horizantal guidline from the top ruler to vertical by holding down the option key
Command + R = Ruler
Command + ; = guide lines
Command + ' = grid
H = hand tool
Command + = zoom in
Command - = zoom out
Command 0 = fit to screen
R = Rotate tool
Tab = clean screen
I = eye dropper
just found out
I posted a link to http://photoshopnews.com/ and i realize now that i have had a quick chance to look at the site it has movie tutorials. So if you can get onto Lynda.com maybe you can find something there. It also has information of syncing up the computer monitor to the printer.
There is no reason to be afaid of Channels
So i have just learned about the channels menu in photoshop. I have seen the channels menu before but had no idea what it was used for. It is to see detail and be able to bring it out within the original document. So i dont really have a photo to show an example of what the changes are but i hope by the explanation you will understand. If you have any questions i can try to clarify.
If you have a picture and you know there is detail in part of the image but because it was taken by a digital camera which blended the texture to be smooth you can look at the Channels Menu. In the menu you can check out each channel the Red, Green, and Blue. In one of these channels you will see that the detail that you are looking for has come through. So say that you have an area of red that you know there is detail but when you get it into photoshop you realize you dont see any of the detail. While you are going through the channels menu you will see that the green channel has so much detail, if you move onto the blue you will see there is not much detail, that will not help you. (when you are going through the channels menu you will see that the places within the picture are highlighted are the areas that are represented by the color. Also about 90% of the time you will not need to use the blue channel. However do not dismiss this channel because it may come in handy.) So once you have figured out what channel you need you can go back into the Layers menu you can convert channels into a layer using the Channel mixer adjustment layer. So open your adjustments menu which is under window and make sure that it is open.
And click on the channel mixer adjustments. This will bring up a menu as well as creating a new layer. Make sure to click on the monochrome box which will make the image turn black and white. If you zero out the other colors that you dont need and bump up the layer to 100% that you need. So if you dont need red or blue then make sure that the number that is sitting next to them is zero. Because you need the green layer make sure you bump that up to 100%. This will bring the green so that you can correct the lack of detail. Once you have done this you can go up to the blending modes and choose pin light. Then when you get finished with all that if you feel like the color is to much use the opacity slider on the adjustment layer to bring down the color a little to blend the layers a little better.
If you have a picture and you know there is detail in part of the image but because it was taken by a digital camera which blended the texture to be smooth you can look at the Channels Menu. In the menu you can check out each channel the Red, Green, and Blue. In one of these channels you will see that the detail that you are looking for has come through. So say that you have an area of red that you know there is detail but when you get it into photoshop you realize you dont see any of the detail. While you are going through the channels menu you will see that the green channel has so much detail, if you move onto the blue you will see there is not much detail, that will not help you. (when you are going through the channels menu you will see that the places within the picture are highlighted are the areas that are represented by the color. Also about 90% of the time you will not need to use the blue channel. However do not dismiss this channel because it may come in handy.) So once you have figured out what channel you need you can go back into the Layers menu you can convert channels into a layer using the Channel mixer adjustment layer. So open your adjustments menu which is under window and make sure that it is open.
And click on the channel mixer adjustments. This will bring up a menu as well as creating a new layer. Make sure to click on the monochrome box which will make the image turn black and white. If you zero out the other colors that you dont need and bump up the layer to 100% that you need. So if you dont need red or blue then make sure that the number that is sitting next to them is zero. Because you need the green layer make sure you bump that up to 100%. This will bring the green so that you can correct the lack of detail. Once you have done this you can go up to the blending modes and choose pin light. Then when you get finished with all that if you feel like the color is to much use the opacity slider on the adjustment layer to bring down the color a little to blend the layers a little better.
Monday, November 9, 2009
adendium part 2
I have been going through Lynda.com and i have discovered some very interesting techniques i am thinking i will be able to integrate
them into my project somehow.
them into my project somehow.
adendium
maybe i can supper impose two picture together and make them look like they are real places but having something be off about them
Its been a while
Ok so I have been trying to come up with something else to work on. By the end of the last project i felt that i was done. Even though i came up several more ideas at the end of the project of course to late to do anything with them i feel that i have exhausted all of what i wanted to do with that assignment. The project was not coming out the way i wanted it to and i feel that i need to stop.
So i have been racking my brain about what do for the next step. I started thinking about the fact that i have been living in Los Angeles for about 3 years now and i have yet to explore the city that i have called home. So i was thinking about doing a piece of exploring LA do the tourist thing by going to hollywood and taking pictures of the walk of fame, so on and so forth. I am not sure how though to manipulate these pictures after i take them in Photoshop except for just color correcting them. I will continue to think about what to do and how to manipulate the pictures.
So i have been racking my brain about what do for the next step. I started thinking about the fact that i have been living in Los Angeles for about 3 years now and i have yet to explore the city that i have called home. So i was thinking about doing a piece of exploring LA do the tourist thing by going to hollywood and taking pictures of the walk of fame, so on and so forth. I am not sure how though to manipulate these pictures after i take them in Photoshop except for just color correcting them. I will continue to think about what to do and how to manipulate the pictures.
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