Photoshop Tutorial 3 - 3D Images/Artists and Masking

Photoshop Manipulation

Today we had gone through a 3D images tutorial, we were shown how to change the colour channels to create a 3D effect, to do this we were told to do the following, which in turn created a 3D image.

We had to create 2 layers of the same picture, and on one layer did he following.

Image>Adjustments> Curves - Select Green and blue ( to create red ), and change each of the settings to 0 and 251.

While on the 2nd Layer...

Image>adjustments>curves - Select green and red ( to create blue ), and change each of the settings to 0 and 251.

Select the Least brightest coloured layer, and change the blending mode to lighten, then move the layer on top of the other and shift it slightly to the right or left, or the direction of where its pointing. the result is below.

In turn after we did he tutorial, we had to do our own 3D image using the technique.

to which the result is below from using the above technique.

Leopard Rhino Demo.

Afterwards we had to do a demo consisting of placing a leopard's skin on a rhino, to which we went through and placed a rhino on one layer and a leopard on a 2nd layer, we then changed the leopard into blend mode, and changed its size, although personally I found it much easier to maximize the size of he leopard skin to cover the rhino, the demo then consisted of going into the filter and then clicking " Liquify " the Liquify tool lets you stretch around the pixels/material to fit other things, bending it around another image. to change the blending we also clicked show backdrop and used it on the rhino to give it a more natural appearance, rather than it appearing so rough.

after this I only stretched a small amount of the leopard, over certain parts, as I had already previously made the image quite large to fit it over the rhino, afterwards I clicked ok to progress towards setting up a mask layer, to erase and add to certain parts of the rhino to remove any excess skin or or image particles. from there I shaded out the image slightly and edited the head and feet. below was the result.

The Leaf Woman Attempt. 

We were tasked with attempting to recreate our own image thats similar to this image located below.

our task was not to re-create it, but choose a material of our own and try to recreate the concept of applying a texture to human skin. my attempt is shown below.

I used a metal grate, and changed the blend settings and mask settings to apply a metallic skin to the woman. 

Our Artist

We were also tasked with finding an artist of our own choice, and designing a similar image to their style, I decided to choose Banksy as while I have been on this course, banksy has come up as one of if not my most favoured artist, aside oliver otner whom I also found quite interesting. Banksy's image as most of his images consist of art imitating a metaphor for example....

The above image is by banksy, a image that is similar to a metaphor, as describing no ball games with a picture of a rat playing a game. my Image is similar and influenced by banksy, which can be found below.

Ocean Demo

31/01/2013

Today we were tasked with re-creating an image and follow a demo that consisted of a how to tutorial of this image.

We followed through on the demo, using various tools including the pen tool to pin out the shark, and then using the direct selection tool to edit the pins and then clicking on the tab in the layers area, right clicking and making the selection, we obviously then used blend tools to place the shark and masking tools, but prior to that, we had a garden, we used the gradient tools to add in the ocean, we used one with a dark blue to light blue, then another one which was a blue to nothing. we then moved the gradients around to make it look plausable. we then drew a triangle of light, and then filled it with white, masked it and then changed the opacity to make it apear like a ray of light, we then repeated the process with the patch of light. then we added in the picture of the plane and changed the blend mode to hard light, and then added in the shark. my result is below.

I then decided to mod the picture abit more as I felt the floor wasnt quite right, I continued to shade it with blue, on a different layer, while burning the spotlight to make it appear as though light is on it, results below.

Photoshop Tutorial 2

Tutorial 2
17/01/2012

Today we had another photoshopping tutorial, our task was to try and attempt to copy a photoshopped art piece called Shatter. Shown Below.

We had to try and redo the above image in our way way, in how we think it was done, my attempt is shown below. 

This was my attempt, as you can see mine wasnt too far off, but I still felt it needed a little change.

The tutorial consisted of first creating a black background, and easy way of doing this instead of using the manual fill, is by pressing CTRL+I to invert the white background to black.

From there we created a new layer, and created the text first off ( rather than creating the mist first like i did ) we then double clicked the layer area to get the layer settings up, we fiddled with the bevvle and emboss settings with the stroke to change the general design of the text, learning this technique I found im able to customize the text in a different way. 

From there we decided to use the lasso tool around the text to get a selection area, on a new layer, we then went to..

Select>Modify>Feather Selection

To include the selection area on the text, from there we went...

Filter>Render>Clouds

From there we used the Radial blur around the text to give it a shining effect, We then used the Hue/Satuation to change and edit the colours around the Text and background, the result is below.

Afterwards we went on to write about two images by an artist called oliver ottner, Below are his two images, to which I will give a Brief analysis. 

The first Image by Oliver Ottner, is a woman with a snake skin I really like this image as the skin appears smooth and stylish, with a natural coloured snake skin. The method he used was different layer methods on the right hand side, and using masks to add and remove parts of the skin. the same method is used on the picture below.

I also liked this second image as even though im aware its custom made it makes me feel like it is a realistic stone creation, its design is very in depth, with how it utilizes the blending abilities with the stone.

Photoshop Tutorial 1

Introduction to Unit 34

On completion of this unit the learner should be able..

1) Understand how image manipulation techniques are used In he work of others.
2) Be able to digitise source materials.
3)Be able to originate work using image manipulation hardware and software.
4) Be able to present own design outcomes.

As an Introduction to Unit 34, we were tasked to attempt to make our own snooker ball, Below was my first attempt before the tutorial.

I feel my first attempt was very bad I used basic tools to what I thought might be the best way to put it together, although baring in mind I didn't spend that much time on it. I feel given more time I could of possibly achieved a closer result. 

We then went onto our tutorial with our Tutor, explaining several different in depth techniques, on how to Put together the snooker ball. Below is my result after the tutorial, there is a huge difference. 

My snooker ball after the tutorial we used several techniques including Layer masking to use the black and white brush to shade in and out the colours, we also used the dodge and burn tools, which changed the shades of the outsides to add lighting effects to the ball and the shadow, there are also 3 dots on the ball to give the illusion that there is a light above the ball. 

We also used the Gaussian Blur filter to make the shadow appear more natural with the ball, and turned the ball into soft light on the right hand side to make the ball appear more natural and smooth. Using the elliptical Marquee tool, we also used the add to selection and subtract from selection options to add and edit the Elliptical Marquee's. Using all these abilities we were able to complete the snooker ball within a short period of time, with the glossy, smooth and lighted effect. I feel I have benefited from this tutorial as its enabled me to use a variety of tools to enable realism on certain photos.