10 - EDITING / PHOTOSHOP

PHOTOSHOP

(before photoshop) Taken by Fabiola Mann, 05/02/2014
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Above is my physics/form tutor, Dr Slaski.
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I simply used Photoshop to crop this image, ensuring that the main subject's face fell on a point of interest in accordance to the rule of thirds. I then changed it to black and white, darkening all red hues so that all lips and skin tone was more defined.

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LAYERING 2 IMAGES ONTO ONE USING PSD THEN FLATTENING TO ONE IMAGE AS A JPEG

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COLOUR ADJUSTMENT

8 steps to colour correction, fairly subtle but they are effective in changing the general mood

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I planned to use the paint tool to give the model smoother skin, and also enhance the colour of her eyes and hair

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Black and White Bench

The key function in editing this picture was the Art History brush tool. This function is not available on Elements, only CS 6. In this picture, I turned the whole picture to black and white, then restored colour to the model.

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The Vampire

I wanted to take advantage of the "content aware" tool on photoshop, so decided to use it to remove her reflection in the mirror. I then used the clone stamp tool to clear any traces of her outline.

The content aware tool is used for removing unwanted objects in backgrounds.

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PICTURES OF LAURE TAKEN APRIL 30TH 2014

In this series of pictures I have used the paint tool to make her hair more vibrant, smoothed the background using a mixture or "Content Aware" and the "clone stamp" tool and converted the image using the "Oil" filter. I then cropped the image using the Golden Spiral overlay available on Photoshop CS6, and flipped the image horizontally.

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THE ADMIN SHOOT, FEBRUARY 2014 (FROM 300 PICTURES)

fig 186 to 190 are taken from one of the big photoshoots which I did using studio lights. These shots have simply been converted to black and white, with colour restored to specific areas using the Art History brush tool. I am really happy with the final product, but feel that this was more about creativity than technical expertise, selecting which parts to keep in colour and which to keep in black and white.

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Evaluation

What Went Well: 

 I have learned:

• How to fully take advantage of Photoshop CS6 and I feel significantly more confident in use of this editing software to subtly enhance pictures e.g. art history brush, hugh/saturation manipulation, colour content awareness, layering images and colour dodge/burn

Improvements

• Some of these tools such as "colour content awareness", which I used in Faith's shots to fix some mistakes in the background, I feel I did not have a chance to fully exploit in other work