BRING YOUR BLACK AND WHITE PRINTS TO CLASS ON OCTOBER 7TH!
WE WILL BE HAVING A CRITIQUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS.
THIS IS A REQUIREMENT!!!
Friday, September 30, 2011
ASSIGNMENT - PANORAMA PART II
After constructing and editing at least 4 different PANORAMAS. Flatten and save them as .JPG files.
Bring all four to class on October 7th. They are to be turned into my dropbox by end of that class.
Place all four in a folder labelled "your last name_pano". Then place that folder into the dropbox.
Also, chose one of the panoramas for print. We will be printing at our next lab section.
Bring all four to class on October 7th. They are to be turned into my dropbox by end of that class.
Place all four in a folder labelled "your last name_pano". Then place that folder into the dropbox.
Also, chose one of the panoramas for print. We will be printing at our next lab section.
Friday, September 16, 2011
ASSIGNMENT - PANORAMAS
Some simple guidelines to photographing panoramas
Tripod - Whenever possible, use a tripod. This will make the construction of the image in photoshop much easier. It will also slow down the process of photographing - allowing more time to contemplate the scene being captured.
Vertical (Portrait) - Whenever possible, make the photographs vertically (portrait). This will maximize the resolution of your final image.
Overlap - For each exposure that is made, the next exposure should share about 20% of the frame as the previous one. Photoshop and you will need reference points to match up the images.
Start Simple - Avoid visually complicated scenes at first as they are more difficult to construct/fix later.
Constructing panoramas using Photoshop CS4 and CS5 - THE EASY WAY
1. Open all the images in your panorama.
2. Find the left most image in the panorama, copy and paste the image onto a new canvas.
Do this by choosing, Select -> All, Edit -> Copy, File -> New, Click OK, Edit -> Paste.
3. Find the next image, copy and paste it into the canvas that was created in step 2. Repeat this process until the new canvas contains as many layers as there are images in your panorama with the left most image as the bottom layer and the adjacent images stacked one upon the other. Delete the Background layer.
4. Select all the layers by clicking the bottom layer, holding down the Shift key and clicking the top layer.
5. Chose Edit -> Auto-Align Layers, Click OK.
6. Chose Edit -> Auto-Blend Layers. Make sure Panorama is selected and Seemless Tones and Colors is checked.
7. Crop and save the image. Boom!
8. Check for any layer blending problems by viewing the image at 100%. You'll notice that Photoshop, even thought it does a wonderful job, is not perfect. Correct all the errors that you find. Save the the image.
9. Make any adjustments to contrast, tone and color. Save the image. Boom!
FOR OUR NEXT CLASS MEETING ON 9.30.2011
Make photographs to construct at least four seperate panoramas. Also, please bring all your prints from the BLACK AND WHITE ASSIGNMENT. We will be discussing them at the beginning of our next class meeting.
Tripod - Whenever possible, use a tripod. This will make the construction of the image in photoshop much easier. It will also slow down the process of photographing - allowing more time to contemplate the scene being captured.
Vertical (Portrait) - Whenever possible, make the photographs vertically (portrait). This will maximize the resolution of your final image.
Overlap - For each exposure that is made, the next exposure should share about 20% of the frame as the previous one. Photoshop and you will need reference points to match up the images.
Start Simple - Avoid visually complicated scenes at first as they are more difficult to construct/fix later.
Constructing panoramas using Photoshop CS4 and CS5 - THE EASY WAY
1. Open all the images in your panorama.
2. Find the left most image in the panorama, copy and paste the image onto a new canvas.
Do this by choosing, Select -> All, Edit -> Copy, File -> New, Click OK, Edit -> Paste.
3. Find the next image, copy and paste it into the canvas that was created in step 2. Repeat this process until the new canvas contains as many layers as there are images in your panorama with the left most image as the bottom layer and the adjacent images stacked one upon the other. Delete the Background layer.
4. Select all the layers by clicking the bottom layer, holding down the Shift key and clicking the top layer.
5. Chose Edit -> Auto-Align Layers, Click OK.
6. Chose Edit -> Auto-Blend Layers. Make sure Panorama is selected and Seemless Tones and Colors is checked.
7. Crop and save the image. Boom!
8. Check for any layer blending problems by viewing the image at 100%. You'll notice that Photoshop, even thought it does a wonderful job, is not perfect. Correct all the errors that you find. Save the the image.
9. Make any adjustments to contrast, tone and color. Save the image. Boom!
FOR OUR NEXT CLASS MEETING ON 9.30.2011
Make photographs to construct at least four seperate panoramas. Also, please bring all your prints from the BLACK AND WHITE ASSIGNMENT. We will be discussing them at the beginning of our next class meeting.
Friday, September 2, 2011
ASSIGNMENT TWO - IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Chose three images from the 300 you made for assignment two.
Look at each images / scenes you've chosen. For each image / scene, find the exposure that has the best balance of detail in the shadows and in the hightlights. You should have five exposures for each scene / image.
In Photoshop, convert each image to black and white - click here to read how .
Then, adjust the tonalities in each image until you have made an objectively good photograph - one with detail in the shadows and highlights, with good contrast, etc. Do this by making a Levels Adjustment Layer.
Next, examine the image. Are there areas in the image that could be brightened, darkened, or have the contrast adjusted. If so, create another Levels Adjustment Layer and modify the adjustment layer mask. Watch these videos for a refresher.
Have your three adjusted, finished images ready for print on 9.16.2011. Do not change the resolution / image size of the file. Do not flattened the images. Bring them as unflattened, full resolution .PSD (photoshop document) files.
See you all on the 16th!!!!
Look at each images / scenes you've chosen. For each image / scene, find the exposure that has the best balance of detail in the shadows and in the hightlights. You should have five exposures for each scene / image.
In Photoshop, convert each image to black and white - click here to read how .
Then, adjust the tonalities in each image until you have made an objectively good photograph - one with detail in the shadows and highlights, with good contrast, etc. Do this by making a Levels Adjustment Layer.
Next, examine the image. Are there areas in the image that could be brightened, darkened, or have the contrast adjusted. If so, create another Levels Adjustment Layer and modify the adjustment layer mask. Watch these videos for a refresher.
Have your three adjusted, finished images ready for print on 9.16.2011. Do not change the resolution / image size of the file. Do not flattened the images. Bring them as unflattened, full resolution .PSD (photoshop document) files.
See you all on the 16th!!!!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
IMAGE ADJUSTMENT TUTORIALS
Here are three informative videos (all using pets) on image adjustment using Adobe Photoshop. They are made using a windows interface and a previous version of the software, but remember, all the same menu items exist on the Apple computers we are using in class.
DESTRUCTIVE VS. NON-DESCRUCTIVE EDITS
Photoshop edits files in the following two ways. They are...
Destructive edits - changes modifying content in a way that it cannot be changed back to its original state. An example of a destructive edit would be to make a levels adjustment to an image by modifying a layer directly, thus altering it's content permanently.
Non-destructive edits - changes modifying content that modifies the edits rather than the original content. An example of a non-destructive edit would be to make an adjustment layer. Changes can be made to that edit, or adjustment layer without altering other layers or original content. A real world analogy would be walking outside and putting on sunglasses. In doing so you make the world appear darker without actually making it darker. Once you remove your sunglasses, everything is the same as when you put them on.
Destructive edits are BAD! They destroy data, which is information, which is ultimately resolution. Use non-destructive editing techniques whenever possible.
Here's a few types of Adjustment Layers you can add to your image using Photoshop. Please note, these are not all of them, we'll get to the rest later! If you only use adjustments layers to edit your images, you will be making non-destructive edits!
Levels - Adjusts the brightness and contrast using a histogram that represents the tonal values in an image.
Color Balance - Adjusts shifts of color in an image. If an image appears too blue you can make it warmer or more yellow using this tool.
Hue Saturation - Hue is the name of a color, saturation is a color's intensity. An image with no saturation contains no color information, only information on the brightness or darkness of each pixel. This tool adjusts the saturation of any particular hue in an image, or the overall saturation of all the hues.
To make a New Adjustment Layer in Photoshop?
Chose Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Levels (or any other desired type of adjustment from the list)
Destructive edits - changes modifying content in a way that it cannot be changed back to its original state. An example of a destructive edit would be to make a levels adjustment to an image by modifying a layer directly, thus altering it's content permanently.
Non-destructive edits - changes modifying content that modifies the edits rather than the original content. An example of a non-destructive edit would be to make an adjustment layer. Changes can be made to that edit, or adjustment layer without altering other layers or original content. A real world analogy would be walking outside and putting on sunglasses. In doing so you make the world appear darker without actually making it darker. Once you remove your sunglasses, everything is the same as when you put them on.
Destructive edits are BAD! They destroy data, which is information, which is ultimately resolution. Use non-destructive editing techniques whenever possible.
Here's a few types of Adjustment Layers you can add to your image using Photoshop. Please note, these are not all of them, we'll get to the rest later! If you only use adjustments layers to edit your images, you will be making non-destructive edits!
Levels - Adjusts the brightness and contrast using a histogram that represents the tonal values in an image.
Color Balance - Adjusts shifts of color in an image. If an image appears too blue you can make it warmer or more yellow using this tool.
Hue Saturation - Hue is the name of a color, saturation is a color's intensity. An image with no saturation contains no color information, only information on the brightness or darkness of each pixel. This tool adjusts the saturation of any particular hue in an image, or the overall saturation of all the hues.
To make a New Adjustment Layer in Photoshop?
Chose Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Levels (or any other desired type of adjustment from the list)
CONVERTING COLOR TO BLACK AND WHITE
Please note. This is one of several ways to convert your images to black and white. We'll be working with other methods later in the semester. For this first assignment, please follow the instructions below.
1. Open your image in Photoshop.
2. Chose Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Black and White...
3. A dialog box will appear. Click OK.
4. Chose File -> Save As.
5. Save your image as a *.psd file. This will preserve the black and white adjustment layer that was created. Make sure you provide your image with a filename that will not overwrite your original file.
Below is a video tutorial that describes using this tool in depth.
1. Open your image in Photoshop.
2. Chose Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Black and White...
3. A dialog box will appear. Click OK.
4. Chose File -> Save As.
5. Save your image as a *.psd file. This will preserve the black and white adjustment layer that was created. Make sure you provide your image with a filename that will not overwrite your original file.
Below is a video tutorial that describes using this tool in depth.
I came across the COMPLETE list of Photoshop CS4 shortcuts. It's a bit overwhelming. Feel free to use it, but need some endless patience and a magnifying glass. They are almost identical to the shortcuts used for CS5.
LINK TO EVERY SINGLE PHOTOSHOP CS4 KEYBOARD SHORTCUT
The handout provided in class provides a much smaller list of useful keyboard shortcuts. No magnifying glass required.
LINK TO EVERY SINGLE PHOTOSHOP CS4 KEYBOARD SHORTCUT
The handout provided in class provides a much smaller list of useful keyboard shortcuts. No magnifying glass required.
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