CIOS 152 Project 5 Focus and Filters

Okay i have to admit that i have had a lot of fun with filters before this class. My digital Photography class did nothing up filters on our photos. Once i saw this project i knew exactly what i wanted, i wanted to do a sketched on paper look, a Comic book inked look, and a neon sign look.

For the neon sign look i duplicated my photo so i still had the default to fall back on. I had done a neon sign photo in my photography class so i new that i was going to use the glowing edges filter. Against what you would think, you would think to use the neon glow filter but it kills all the color that i wanted to keep. I placed the settings for the filter at EDGE WIDTH = 1, EDGE BRIGHTNESS = 10, and SMOOTHNESS = 7. After that i played with the opacity until i was happy and there it was.

The second photo, which is my comic book inked was inspired by all the marvel, DC, and other comic book brands that have come out with movies. So i wanted to bring us back to what they came form. What i remember from comics were the ink blots and the hard inks. So I used a Poster Edges filter because i remembered how it made a ink effect. however the default were way off from what i wanted. So i changed the settings too EDGE THICKNESS = 0, EDGE INTENSITY = 10, PASTEURIZATION = 0. This gave me the thinnest ink which was funny too me cause i was bringing back the think ink to make the letters readable.

The last photo i decided to try something i didn't already know how to do. So i wanted to do a paper sketch of the photo. Now i know that it's not the most original idea but i didn't use any of the SKETCH filters. I did most of this with layers and a wonderful filter. First i made a few duplicates of the picture, i then desaturated two to make it black and white, i decided on a pencil drawing look. I then inversed the top layer to make it more pencil on paper and not chalk on black board. So this is where i frustrated, i went down the list of blends to find something to make it work and i just couldn't. But you know the greatest things come from accidents, i had the image on color dodge which made the whole thing white which is why i was mad and was goofing off. So i started to play with the key board just hitting random keys as i was mad with myself. I hit some keys and it gave my the photo you see know, only after hitting back and forward a few times did i find out that i had added a Gaussian blur to the photo which was the last filter i had used on a different project i was doing. So i guess i had to share credit with this form of pencil drawing with my computer lol.

CIOS 152 Project 4 Zac the Cat

This was a very fun project, my only regret is that I colored inside the lines, my inner 6 year old is screaming at me.
To start I opened a new document in Photoshop in 700 by 700 pixels. I then started a new layer and placed the Zac Cat half image. Then I duplicated the layer and flipped it horizontally. I moved the image into place to the point where I feel it was even. I then merged the layers. After that I went to Color range under the select menu and used the eye dropper tool to select the black. This gives my all the black of that value, I then inverted the selection and erased all the white, it did take a little bit of black away from the edges but overall it helped sharpen my image because it was a little blurry from where I placed it. After that I locked the pixels it’s the little checker board button in the layers tab. I then colored the black lines in different colors. After that I duplicated the layer and filled the white spaces in the lower of the two layers with the paint bucket tool. Then I added texture twice on the lower of the two layers the first is the nose which I used the clouds texture on hard light blending. The second texture Metal Landscape I used for the face. I used texture and the black dots to bring the lookers eyes out form the complex textures to the clean easy solid colors on the outside to see the whole picture.

Quick ref ;P

1. Open new document
2. Make new layer
3. Place image
4. Duplicate layer
5. Flip horizontally
6. Merge layers
7. Color range from select menu select black lines
8. Invert selection
9. Erase white
10. Lock transparent pixels and then color
11. Duplicate layer and fill in white spaces with color on the lower image
12. Add texture to layer with brush on lower image (use a blend mode)
13. Then save as Photoshop file and JPG

CIOS 152 Project 3 part 2 dancing

I had to take some time with this picture. First i had a friend help me take my picture cause I'm not very coordinated with a camera in one hand and trying to pose lol. So after that i imported my picture and cut my head out which wasn't too hard. However my head was all the same shade even thou it was diffrent shades in color. So i took a brush and swiped my head a few times with white and used the soft light blend mode to get the finish on my face. But then my hair was tool light, so i took the burn tool and fixed my hair. I used the clone stamp tool to clear the other guys face out of the photo because if i had just left my head on his, either A. my head would be way too big, or B. part of his head would still be there. After all that I cleaned up the shirt and my neck a little and blurred the hard points to make it look smoother.

CIOS 152 Project 3 part 1 selection

I used the Rectanguler marquee tool twice once for veritcal and the second as "add to selection" to make a large cross in the middle of my file. Then still using the rectanguler marquee tool on add to selection mode, I made the four outer squares. Then i used the Elliptical marquee tool with subtract form selection and clicked the upper left corner with the shift key held down and draged it to the lower right corner and let it go to cut out that area. Then using the Polygonal lasso to make each of the triangles by making three points, which cut out that area of the selection. Then i used the paint bucket tool once to fill in everything i had selected.

CIOS 152 Project 2 part 2 Color

This project kicked my butt. I can't tell you how many diffrent ways i tried to get this just right. By the time i got the lamp light to go green the whole room was yellow, after fighting with the red for hours to get the blue i just about gave up on the bed as it was as orange as orange could get. My biggest problem was i needed yellow to get green light but i had to cut it out to get the red i wanted. finaly i got the blue window, the green light and the red bed, and there was no way i could get the wall the right color that i wanted.

CIOS 152 Project 2 part 1 adjustments

I push the colors to diffrent ends of the spectrum to get more whites and blacks to try and match the other picture.

Red 90%

yellow 90%

Green 300%

Cyan 100%

Blue 100%

Magenta 300%

this was the reading of the black and white function at the end with a tint hue of 30% and saturation of 15%

Then i continued to play around with the levels til i was happy with what i did.

CIOS152-KD1 Digital Imaging Orientation Quiz

A. What is something that is going well in your life?

My life is rather well all around. I’m healthy happy and content.

B. What are your specific goals for this class?

To increase my skills in Graphic design and hope to use what I have learning to earn a living.

C. What was your first experience with computers and imaging
technology like?

I first came in contact with imaging software and technology in high school where I took desktop design.

D. Do you usually work on a Mac or a PC and why?

I usually work on a PC, the reason would be because that is what I was brought up on, what I work with at my job, and what I use at home.

E. What is your experience level with Photoshop or image editing
programs?

I have used Photoshop for a lot of fun things and have even made a Photoshop portfolio on Facebook for my friends to see. I’m not a novice at Photoshop but I still have great potential and seek to reach it.

F. What is something you liked about your day today?

I liked having today off from work lol. I enjoy the simple things if life and just being able to get up and walk on my own is enough for me.

G. How do you plan to use what you learn in this class?

I plan to use it to the fullest extent possible. I wish to live off of my graphic design talent and hard work.

H. What would make this class go very well for you?

For there to be an assignment link on the homesite to upload homework and classwork tasks.

I. How do you plan to make this class go very well for you?

By working hard and enjoying every minute of it even if I struggle.

J. What do you do for creativity?

I play dungeons and dragons on a rather constant basis which allows for complete creativity, from day to day chores to how to defeat that amazing super boss.

K. Who are John and Thomas Knoll?

If I had to guess they would be famous graphic designers or photographers or computer designers. Anyway I don’t know for sure, however not only am I sure I’ll be learning about them names don’t matter besides in the copy right it is what they have brought to the world of graphic design that interests me.

L. Do you own or have access to a color image scanner?

I have access to a scanner and it does scan in color.