Friday, November 11, 2011

Week 10: Paint

I used different sized brushes to create these giant lizards.  I used the color picker tool to get the right shade for the silhouettes.  This was a fun assignment.  I think it would have been significantly more difficult if I didn't use a silhouette photo as it would require more color and detail.  I like this photo because its just so far out there!


Week 10: Adding Text

I added text to this goofy photo. My girlfriend and I planning to send a version of this to our friends for christmas.  I used the standard font, increased the size, changed the color and repositioned the text to the top of the photo.  I tried going to various websites to download fonts, but I didn't have any luck. For example,  I went to 1001 free fonts and when importing it, it wouldn't open.   Does anyone know how to convert it or know of a better site?  The link offered from this assignment gives me an "404 not found" error.  I'd like to spice up the font for this creepy holiday card!  Thanks for looking!

Week 10: Clone and Patch

I used the gimp photo editing software. The tutorial provided was for photoshop,  but there were dozens video tutorials on youtube on these tools.  I first selected my subject which I was going to clone which is a rooster.  I then went into the clone window and selected the circle 19 brush tool and scaled it up to 10 to the use of pencil size brush strokes.  From there I cloned two of the roosters.  I also cloned the grass in a few spots surrounding the chicken to make the lighting look natural.  I used the heal patch button to touch up small spots.  Thanks for looking!

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Week 9: Filters and Dodgle / Blur

Original Photo
Dodged Photo

Original Photo



Burned Photo
Original Photo

Filtered photo - Soft glow used

Original Photo

Filtered photo - polar coordinate filter, shine, glow and brightness adjusted.
I was psyched to find out that Gimp was a free software.  It works great and has many of the same tools as photoshop.  I like how many of the tools have information bubbles that explain what the tool does.  Thanks for looking!