So what's DI? In short it is learning how to use photoshop.
In this class I have learn the basics of using it and I'm going to post the techniques I have learn so far.
Week 1: Putting a person into different background.
This assignment is an introduction to how to use photoshop. The person in the middle is not as real as how it is now until I have learn other technique and applied on it.
So, the techniques I have learn for week 1 is:
1. Using marquee tool on thing that i want to cut out which is me
- Cut & paste [command c then command v]
2. Paste on the background and cleaning it with brush by adding masking .
(this tool can revive the part u erase off back to screen again!)
3. Duplicate the layer twice to make shadows on the floor and the water.
4. Set the contrast of the shadow to make it black.
5. Lastly use match color to make it real. (technique of week 4)
Week 2: All about cloning using stamping tool
How do u make one into 2? or even 100? by using stamping tool everything is possible.
Technique:
Firstly, I have flip the image first. Then use stamping tool and pressing alt key and click on the nose of the squirrel and stamp it on the other side.
This is about how to cover words that you don't want it to be shown.
It's the same method.
Technique:
Use stamping tool and stamp on a part which doesn't have words, then stamp on the surface with words. By doing this you will cover that place up. Then I have stamp the details of the brown water stain on the surface to make it look real.
This is the hardest among all. :( It's about perspective! You can choose to duplicate it by using stamping tool or cut and paste on the vanishing point.
Techniques:
1. Click on vanishing point and use create plane tool to point the area that you want to copy.
2. The blue color lines will come out and adjust the perspective of the plane.
3. Drag the plane almost the end.
4. Press command c then v and drag to the back of the train.
3. Same method for the third train.
Week 3: Girl on fire
Everything is possible using photoshop; even the hair is on fire.
This is something similar with week 1 - copy the fire and put it on the girl's hair.
Techniques:
1. copy the fire and put on girl. duplicate as much of fire you want in order to cover the original hair and arrange it accordingly.
2. You can either use magic wand tool to crop the girl's hair or select color range and select the blue background and it will automatically crop the whole body out.
3. use the lasso tool and cut out the remaining part which is the body and face.
4. The fire will be automatically shown on the hair only. Select each hair and make it to screen and it will curve nicely on the hair.
5. To make it more realistic, I have use Gaussian blur to make the fire blend in more.
Week 4: Houses in different backgrounds
Haunted house! haha. Similar to week one too but this is the match color technique to make it more realistic!
techniques: 1. After copied the house, Match color is used and choose the background as the color I want to match and adjust the color. and Tada! The color of the haunted house is just nice.
2. Copy the bride and change the opactiy to make it looks like ghost.
3. Next gradient tool is use to make the light.
The second house: Fantasy house
This technique that I have used was cut and paste and clean the sides with brush. And the last thing is match color again. The color of the house is brighten up.
The third house: Sunset
Same thing again and I have copy the house on the island. Then I have duplicate the house and trees to make the shadow. Change the opacity of the shadows and use filter(ocean ripple) to make it more realistic.
Week 5: Tracing
This Assignment is quite challenging in how you control your mouse and it is time consuming! If you have a tablet, there is not much of problem.
Techniques: 1. Freeform Pen tool is used for all the lines and the colored shape. Trace every single thing.
2. Then the background is made by using rectangle tool and duplicate it in to 16 yellow and white strips. Like candy bars.
3. I have choose filter > distort > polar coordinates and the strips will be pointing on the middle.
4.Again i have choose filter> filter gallery> mosaic tiles for adding the texture one the background.
5. The cheek is additionally made by using circle tool and adding gaussian blur to blend on the skin.
Create your own texture paper! It's all about Filters!
Techniques: 1. Paint the white background with red.
2. Go to filter> Pixelate> Mezzotint. then u will get the dots form
3. Then go to filter again > Distort > twirl
4. again Filter> Pixelate > Lens flare (to get the shining effect on the middle)
5. Lastly use the burn tool to get the black color dots around the corner.
Week 6: Displacement
This assignment is about making something flat on something curving.
Techniques: 1. choose displacement of the flag in displacing the cloth
2. Save the displaced flag and copy the original flag on the cloth
3. then displace original flag using the flag that have displaced
Now is the snake man. Similar as the flag.
Techniques: 1. Displace the snake skin and then place on the face of the man
2. Erase the extra parts and adjust the opacity to make it realistic
3. I have colored the eyes and lips just for fun and make it nicer.
Week 7: Tracing with Words
This technique is tracing the face with words and create a background to put underneath the words.
Technique: 1. Type the the word and rasterize type.
2. Then go to Edit> transform> Warp
3. adjust it to make it curvy.
4. Repeat these steps of all the words! this is how I do it haha
From Week 8 - 10 do whatever I want to
Week 8: Free topic
Techniques: 1. I have use the gradient tool to create the rainbow
2. Then the rainbow is duplicated to create the reflection on the sea.
3. A couple is paste in and make it in to silhouettes by adjusting the hue.
4. match color is used for the rainbow
Week 9: Free topic
Techniques: 1. I have hybrid the chick and then cat together by using cut and paste.
2. Match color is used for the color tone of the cat and chick.
3. Burn tool is used to blend the neck and the cats fur to make the same tone.
4. the cat i placed in 3 different pictures.
5. the words is being replace
Week 10: Free topic
Techniques: 1. Lasso tool is use to crop out the hands, head, legs and stomach
2. different of water forms is been put on it and the color has been adjust to black and white.
3. the water is being place and adjust to make it fitted.
4. the water on the stomach is overlapped by different forms to make it realistic
5. The background is made by using gradient tool and Filter> Texture> Craquelure
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That's about it. My First Assignments of photoshop photos! :)
