Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Photoshop Practices - 15/03/2011

For this project, I have  to use Photoshop to edit the pictures I have taken previously and create a front cover, contents page and double page spread for my music magazine. I have never used Photoshop before commencing this project, so I first need to practice on it using images of the internet. Theses are the two images I edited:

Before

After

As you can see, I have changed a lot about Angelina Jolie's basic natural-looking picture and made her stand out and look very eccentric. Firstly, I used the 'Clone Stamp Tool' to get rid of any blemishes or beauty spots (such as that above her left eyebrow) to make a skin completley clear. I then went on to using the 'Polygonal Lasso Tool' to outline just her hair, and then created a new layer via copy and changed the hue and saturation of the picture to change the colour of her hair to this vivid green colour. After that, I decided to change the colour of her eyes to, so I again used the 'Polygonal Lasso Tool' to outline both of her eyes and again make a new layer via copy. I changed the gradient of her eyes to give her this peculiar yellow/brown tinged eye colour, which made her striking eyes stand out. Next, I used the 'Eliptical Marquee Tool' to draw a circle aroung the lips and create a new layer via copy, and then turned the lips bright pink by altering the hue and saturation again. After all of this, I decided that I would try changing the colour of Angelina's face too, and subsequently used the 'Dodge Tool' all over her face to give it this strange, snow white glow. I then used the same 'Dodge Tool' on her lips, to give them a glistening white glow and make them look more realistic and shiny. I finished my editing off by using the 'Burn Tool' on her bottom eyelids to give her the effect of having eyeliner on.

Before

After

I do not think that this photoshop practice of Eva Longoria was as successful as my last, but it looks more realisitc than the eccentric Angelina Jolie image. I firstly went over her skin with the tool... I then removed any spots and blemishes with the 'Clone Stamp Tool' to give her a more clear and spot-free skin. After that I used the 'Polygonal Lasso Tool' to outline her lips and create a new layer via copy, and change the colour of them by altering the hue and saturation levels. But after doing this Eva's teeth had turned the same nude colour as her lips, so I clicked on the lips layer and used the 'Erasor Tool' to just rub out the overlapping nude colour and expose the real teeth colour underneath. This made the photoshop picture appear more natural. Next I used the 'Burn Tool' to give her the effect of wearing eyeliner on the top and bottom lids of her eyes, and then followed by using the same tool to darken her eyebrows to make them look thicker and stronger. Lastly I decided that I wanted to try changing the background of the image as it seemed quite boring and plain, so I used the 'Polygonal Lasso Tool' to outline just her body and face and create a new layer via copy. I then found an image on google of the lit up city of New York and copied it onto a new layer, and resized it to fit the overlapping image of Eva and make her look like she's in the fantastic city.

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