Assignment 215 Task 1a and Task 1b

I chose JPEG for my final image format so that I could access the photographs at home but I also kept a copy of the photoshop format so that if I wanted to then I could re-edit the images.

Black and white conversion

I chose this method for this photograph as the image already had a spooky look so I wanted to make it look even more spookier and take out some of the brightness by removing some of the colour and making it darker.

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I changed the black and white adjustments so that the green colour would appear darker.

I then adjusted the fill to 88% so that all the colour wasn't removed from the image but the spookiness was there without it looking old fashioned.

Before and after demonstrating significant improvement to quality

I chose this image to do photoshop as the model had a few imperfections that I wanted to remove from it, also a bow from the model's bra was showing so I wanted to make sure that this was removed as I wanted this image to be perfect.

After removing the imperfections I carried on photoshopping the image so that the background and blue outfit were brighter. 

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To get rid of the bow I used the dodge tool so that I only clone stamped out the bit I wanted to.

I then altered the size of the stamp so that I didn't clone too much and ruin the image.

I then cloned the part of the image I wanted to stamp over the bow to create the desired coverage.

Crop and resize

I chose this image as they was a building in the background that I wanted to crop out so that the focal point was not taken away from the autumn colours. I also wanted to the size and resolution of the image to what I wanted.

I used the crop tool to crop the image as this was the only tool I knew that could crop and resize.

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This is the size and resolution I chose.

Masking and selection

I wanted to put a background to this image so I decided to use the masking and selection method. I found an image on google that I could use as the background. I wanted the image to look more fierce than what it was so I used flames to contrast with the blue dress.

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To delete the background I had to use the background eraser tool. I had to change the tolerance of the eraser so that none of my model was deleted.

I had to select the background colour so that the colour of the background would be erased and not the model's skin and hair as it was a similar colour to the background.

I used the eraser until all the background was gone including around her hair.

I then dragged the image I got off google into photoshop and then dragged it into a separate window to the photograph as it was easier to do that way.

I then selected around the image of the model.

I cropped the picture off google so that it was the same size as the picture of the model.

I then pasted the selected image of my model onto the image off google.

This image is also a combination image from at two different sources like the image below.

Combination image from at least two different sources

I chose the method for these two image to combine them together as one as it shows a neutral pose with a pose with props were the model is wearing the same outfit so they are quite similar. I wanted to combine these images so that viewer could see two different sides of the model.

The two separate images put together

I opened a new page (A3 sized) and copied one of the images onto it.

I then scaled my image down to the size I wanted and moved it around on the page to where I wanted as well. 

I then created a border around the image so that it stood out as the page and the background of the image was plain.

I then did the last 2 steps with my other image.

Photoshopped images!

With most of image I used the same technique so they look similar. I also duplicated the background image on most of my photo-shopped images before editing them so that if I made a mistake with the clone stamp then it could be easily amended. I also added layers instead of putting the adjustments straight onto the original image so that it could also be amended or deleted easily if I made a mistake.

Image 1 

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I adjusted the brightness and contrast so the image looked a lot brighter as they was quite a bit of shade from the trees.

I then adjusted the vibrance so that the green of the leaves would stand out against the dull mud.

Image 2

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I cropped the image so that it was the right size and to remove most of the bench from the image. I then used the clone stamp to get rid of the remainder of the bench. 

I then changed the brightness so that the grass would be brighter than the greyness of the path.

Changing the exposure made the squirrel lighter so it stood out from the tree trunk.

Image 3

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I altered the brightness and contrast so that the image was more brighter as the image was quite dull from the shade.

Adjusting the vibrance made the colour of the autumn leaves stand out.

Image 4

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I cropped the image to the size and resolution that I wanted to.

I then rotate the image as the tree was on a slight angle.

I then had to alter the rotation again to get it straighter.

I then cropped the image again to remove the white around the image from rotating it.

I then altered the contrast so that the orange of the leaves became brighter and the daylight was enhanced.

Image 5

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They wasn't much alteration needed to be done to this image so all I had to do was make it brighter so I adjusted the brightness and contrast so that the different coloured leaves stood out and the dullness was removed.

Image 6

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First I cropped out the building in the image and then used the clone stamp to remove the people in the background so that the viewer's attention was concentrating on the trees and the colours it gave off.
I then had to adjust the brightness and contrast so that the leaves stood out from the dull tree trunks.

Image 7

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For this image all I did was change the brightness and contrast so that the natural daylight was enhanced.

Image 8

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I changed the brightness and contrast to make the image lighter because when I took the photograph the trees were blocking the natural light.

Then I adjusted the vibrance so that the colours of the leaves would stand out.

Image 9

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Firstly I changed the brightness and contrast as like the last image it was dull because of the shade of the trees.

Then I adjusted the exposure so that the tree trunks appeared lighter and the greens were brighter.

Image 10

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I altered the brightness and not the contrast on this image. This made the whole image lighter.

I then used vibrance to make the leaves brighter.

And finally I used exposure to then make the background and the lighting even brighter.