Project 4: Reality and intervention
Exercise 19: Correction
For this exercise I realised I had to clean my computer screen!
In the image with the dust, I have used the clone stamp tool, with opacity set to 100% and also the spot healing brush tool. I find the later easier to work with for this kind of image. It certainly looks much cleaner after the processing.
For the image with the flare, I used the clone stamp tool and this proved more tricky than the previous image. The spot healing brush can’t be used because of the sharp edges between different colours. I have managed to reduce some of the glare, but I wouldn’t be totally happy with the result. It takes a lot of practice and skill to make it look natural.
I think it’s justifiable to remove dust in an image, and possibly sun flare too, but if the result will be a patched up image, as I think the last one is, it’s better to keep it natural.
For this exercise I realised I had to clean my computer screen!
In the image with the dust, I have used the clone stamp tool, with opacity set to 100% and also the spot healing brush tool. I find the later easier to work with for this kind of image. It certainly looks much cleaner after the processing.
For the image with the flare, I used the clone stamp tool and this proved more tricky than the previous image. The spot healing brush can’t be used because of the sharp edges between different colours. I have managed to reduce some of the glare, but I wouldn’t be totally happy with the result. It takes a lot of practice and skill to make it look natural.
I think it’s justifiable to remove dust in an image, and possibly sun flare too, but if the result will be a patched up image, as I think the last one is, it’s better to keep it natural.
Exercise 20: Improvement
For this image I made a selection with the lasso tool and adjusted it with the Selection brush tool. The selection was saved. In a hue/saturation layer, only the selection was affected while increasing the saturation, and also contrast in another layer.
The result is that Mick stands out against the background. I’m sure these adjustments could have been done more refined and made look more natural. Maybe more feather to the selection would have made the image look less “cut out”. But the exercise really shows how emphasis can be put on a specific object or person.
For this image I made a selection with the lasso tool and adjusted it with the Selection brush tool. The selection was saved. In a hue/saturation layer, only the selection was affected while increasing the saturation, and also contrast in another layer.
The result is that Mick stands out against the background. I’m sure these adjustments could have been done more refined and made look more natural. Maybe more feather to the selection would have made the image look less “cut out”. But the exercise really shows how emphasis can be put on a specific object or person.
Exercise 21: Enhancement
Exercise 22: Addition
Part 1
In this exercise two images are combined, one exposed for the sky and the second exposed for the foreground. In a high dynamic scene the camera will not be able to capture both foreground and background perfectly.
Part 1
In this exercise two images are combined, one exposed for the sky and the second exposed for the foreground. In a high dynamic scene the camera will not be able to capture both foreground and background perfectly.
Part 2
The two photos used for this exercise were taken the same day, under the same light conditions. I have increased the tonality in the foreground before making a selection of the sky, then combining the two images.
The two photos used for this exercise were taken the same day, under the same light conditions. I have increased the tonality in the foreground before making a selection of the sky, then combining the two images.
Exercise 23: Alteration
In this exercise I have tried to go back in time, and delete all modern time objects on this old building, electrical signs, wires and cctv cameras.
The useful tools to remove unwanted objects are
It worked quite well to copy a selection over objects on big white areas, but for more intricate areas, the clone stamp tool was the most useful tool. It takes a while to figure out the best way to select the cloned area, which brush size to use, if aligned should be ticked or not. The result is OK, but if you look closer some areas look a little bit patched up. A better result would come with training I suppose.
In this exercise I have tried to go back in time, and delete all modern time objects on this old building, electrical signs, wires and cctv cameras.
The useful tools to remove unwanted objects are
- Clone stamp tool
- Spot healing tool
- Patch tool, but this tool doesn’t exist in Photoshop elements which I use, so the other option is to make a selection then move the selection to a similar area, feather it and copy and paste. Then move it into place and blend in the edges.
It worked quite well to copy a selection over objects on big white areas, but for more intricate areas, the clone stamp tool was the most useful tool. It takes a while to figure out the best way to select the cloned area, which brush size to use, if aligned should be ticked or not. The result is OK, but if you look closer some areas look a little bit patched up. A better result would come with training I suppose.
Assignment 4
This assignment involves creating a book or magazine cover using techniques learnt in chapter 4 and to demonstrate my stance in the real versus fake argument. The idea for the image I created emerged as I was walking through Copenhagen, taking photos of castles and the snow. I wanted to create a fairy tale atmosphere. Reading up on Hans Christian Anderson I decided to illustrate the cover for the story “The Snow Queen”. The image was made up of the following images:
This assignment involves creating a book or magazine cover using techniques learnt in chapter 4 and to demonstrate my stance in the real versus fake argument. The idea for the image I created emerged as I was walking through Copenhagen, taking photos of castles and the snow. I wanted to create a fairy tale atmosphere. Reading up on Hans Christian Anderson I decided to illustrate the cover for the story “The Snow Queen”. The image was made up of the following images:
All details about this assignment are in the report to my tutor.
The completed image:
The Snow Queen
a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
“Now we are about to begin, and you must attend; and when we get to the end of the story, you will know more than you do now about a very wicked hobgoblin. He was one of the worst kind; in fact he was a real demon. One day he was in a high state of delight because he had invented a mirror with this peculiarity: that every good and pretty thing reflected in it shrank array to almost nothing. On the other hand, every bad and good-for-nothing thing stood out and looked its worst. The most beautiful landscapes reflected in it looked like boiled spinach, and the best people became hideous, or else they were upside-down and had no bodies. Their faces were distorted beyond recognition, and if they had even one freckle it appeared to spread all over the nose and mouth. The demon thought this immensely amusing. If a good thought passed through anyone’s mind, it turned to a grin in the mirror, and this caused real delight to the demon….”
a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
“Now we are about to begin, and you must attend; and when we get to the end of the story, you will know more than you do now about a very wicked hobgoblin. He was one of the worst kind; in fact he was a real demon. One day he was in a high state of delight because he had invented a mirror with this peculiarity: that every good and pretty thing reflected in it shrank array to almost nothing. On the other hand, every bad and good-for-nothing thing stood out and looked its worst. The most beautiful landscapes reflected in it looked like boiled spinach, and the best people became hideous, or else they were upside-down and had no bodies. Their faces were distorted beyond recognition, and if they had even one freckle it appeared to spread all over the nose and mouth. The demon thought this immensely amusing. If a good thought passed through anyone’s mind, it turned to a grin in the mirror, and this caused real delight to the demon….”