More Than One Image

 

Original Image 1Same statue I used in project 15

Original Image 2A photograph of some autumn leaves

First CombinationTo combine these images I used the magic wand tool to delete the background from the statue with the feather feature to 2 pixels.

Filters appliedNext I applied a number of filters to this combination to make it more attractive. First I applied Cutout to the leaves. Next I used the lasso tool to copy the head of the statue. I then applied Water Colour to the torso, set it’s opacity to 51% and applied sumi-e to his head which i left at 100% opacity.

Second CombinationFor the second combination I had the leaves open in one window whilst the statue was open in another. I then selected the clone tool, set it to aligned, defined an area to clone from the statue and drew onto the leaves. With this technique I was able to draw the statue’s head in the centre at the top of the image. Next I set the clone tool to Non-aligned and drew fives vertical lines at the bottom of the image. By doing this and starting in different positions each time, I was able to draw a pattern of half statue heads.

Filters and BlendingI then decided to apply some filters and blending modes to this image. I applied Hard Light to the head at the top to make it appear as though it is spookily appearing from the leaves. I also applied the cutout filter to the non-aligned heads, altered their hue to green and set their opacity to 89% to create an abstract image.

Part 2

Two Photographs of me, one sensible, one silly

Filters and combinationI then applied the Photocopy filter to both of the photographs, rotated one of them by 90 degrees and placed them next to each other.

ColourNext I used the Bucket fill tool to fill the white areas in with different colours.

 

I then applied some distortion filters to the image.

Wave

Twirl

Shear

LiquefyLiquefy is my favourite distortion tool because you can just click and drag the areas that you want to distort.

MirroringI then mirrored the image by copying and pasting it, flipping one of the versions horizontally and placing them next to one another.

Final ImageAfter I had mirrored my image I applied the Fresco filter to give an abstract butterfly painting effect.

Clone and Pattern

Original PhotographThis photograph shows two ducks on a frozen lake

The Clone Tool

Here I have used both the Aligned and Non-aligned techniques to remove the reflections of two ducks that aren’t in the picture themselves.

The Pattern Stamp Tool – AlignedUsing the Aligned pattern stamp I have added a border to my image. I drew the pattern in a separate layer, changed it’s opacity to 30% and applied the overlay blend mode.

The Pattern Stamp Tool – Non-aligned

Here I have chosen a different pattern to demonstrate the Non-aligned technique. In a separate layer I drew stripes vertically across my image. When using no-aligned pattern stamp, the pattern aligns seamlessly until you stop dragging. When you restart with a new click the pattern is not aligned with the previous drawing. Once I had drawn my pattern I applied the multiply blend mode to the layer.

My Own PatternTo create my duck pattern first cloned out the reflection under it’s feet and then selected the area that the duck is in with the rectangular marque tool. In my version of Photoshop I went to Edit>Define Pattern and gave it a name. Next I selected the Pattern Stamp Tool and my Duck pattern from the drop down list and began to draw.

Translation

Translation of an image to other media has been used by artists for centuries and now with computers, the illusion of translation can be created by using filters.

Original

Water Colour Painting

Under Paint

Sponge

Smudge Stick

Rough Pastels

Poster Edges

Palette Knife

Graphics Pen

Fresco

Conte Crayon

Charcoal

Chalk and Charcoal

Bas Relief

Tracing and Gradients

Original PhotographModel - Lindsay Wilson

My Trace of LindsayTo create this trace I placed a couple of layers on top of the photograph. One I used to draw the hair and the other I used to draw Lindsay’s face and shoulders. I used a graphics tablet to do the actual drawing as it’s just like using a pencil which is much easier than drawing with a mouse. I set the brush tool to 1 pixel and gave it and opacity of 20%. I began by drawing the outline on the first layer, next the facial features. On the second layer I began to fill in Lindsay’s hair and this is where I ran into a bit of trouble, I couldn’t see where the waves of Lindsay’s hair were going and so made a copy of the original photograph on another layer and boosted it’s contrast. I have also placed canvas coloured layer under my trace and applied a textured filter to it to give the appearance that it is a real drawing.

My Trace merged with the photograph. Photograph at 50% opacity.

High Contrast LindsayWith the contrast boosted was able to more easily see the different directions in which Lindsay’s hair was flowing. It also helped me to see which bits I need to shade darker than others.

High Contrast merged with my trace

 

Having looked back at the course material I can see that I didn’t need to work my trace so elaborately, however I have still successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of tracing.

The second part of this project is to experiment with gradients. Below is another version of my trace, this time with a graduated background.

Graduated Background

To create this background I placed a new layer between the canvas layer and the trace layers. I then selected the gradient tool and changed the foreground colour to orange to make it stand out. I then clicked in the top left corner of the image and dragged my curser to the bottom right hand corner then let go of the mouse button. This created a gradient of orange to white. Finally I changed it’s opacity to 50% so that the canvas texture is still visible through the gradient.

Distorting Images

Original Image

StretchingTo begin with I stretched the apple by grabbing it’s lower handle and pulling down. Objects can also be evenly shrunk or enlarged by holding down the Shift key, clicking on a corner handle and dragging.

RotationNext I rotated the banana approximately 180 degrees by selecting it’s layer, hovering outside a corner of the selection box, clicking and dragging the banana in an anti-clockwise direction

Skewing This was the last technique I tested and chose the orange as my subject. The easiest way to do this is to hold down the Ctrl key, click on one of the corner handles of an object and drag

Final Image

For my final image I decided to use all of the techniques listed above to create an interesting yet strange image. To begin with I made sure that the blue background was the lowest layer and the silhouetted scene was the top layer. Next I rotated the apple and placed it in the top left hand corner to create a sort of “sun”. I skewed and squashed the orange even further to give it a sense of movement and placed it in the top right hand corner to add a kind of “UFO”. With the scissors, I rotated, shrunk and placed them next to the figure in the centre of the image to give the illusion that they are a young child. Finally I skewed the red square and placed it next to and behind the banana to create a child’s slide.

Making Selections

Original Image

Shape Selection ToolHere I have selected the statue’s eyes with the rectangular selection tool

I then copied and pasted the selection to a new layer, maximised the contrast and changed the hue so that there is a blue rectangle over the statue’s eyes

Lasso Selection ToolThis tool allows a user to freehand draw an area that they wish to select. I have drawn a mask shape over the statue’s eyes.

I then copied and pasted the selection to a new layer, maximised the brightness and contrast, and changed the hue so that there is a purple mask on the statue’s face

In this image I have made use of the Feathering technique. Once a selection has been made the edges can be feathered to give it a graduated transparency. I set the feathering tool to 30 pixels, copied and pasted the selection into a new layer and applied the same alterations as in the previous image.

Magic Wand Selection ToolThe magic wand can be used to select specific areas of block colour. If there is a gradient in the colour of the block section, the Tolerance setting may need to be increased in order to select all of the area. I have used the magic wand to select the grey background behind the statue.

I then copied and pasted the selection to a new layer, applied the Stained Glass filter to it and altered the hue so that the background is now green.

Once a selection with a magic wand has been made it can be inverted to select everything else instead of the initial area of block colour.Once I had copied and pasted the background selection to a new layer I then selected the same area again but this time inverted it which in turn selected the statue. After copying and pasting the statue to a new layer I applied the Cutout filter to it. I also applied the Water Colour filter to the background layer to give it some texture and altered the Hue so that it became dark red.