Photo Manipulation

Hello again Photographers.
Welcome back from Break.
Today you'll be taking photos that has that "ONE THING" your eye is instantly drawn to in the photo. Once you've found these photos in iPhoto you will be importing them and converting them into a painting.
You will take your 3 images and import them into Photoshop CS3 and follow the steps below.
1. Select the "ONE THING" in your first photo with a Selection Tool and then Choose "Select", "Inverse".
2. Holding down the 'Alt' Key on your keyboard, drag the 'Background Layer' over the 'Create New Layer' button on the lower right hand side of your Layers Palette, just to the left of the 'Trash Can' icon.
3. This will create a new layer that you will name 'Art History'.
4. Go to 'File' and 'Save' your project.
5. Now make sure that your 'Art History' layer is selected.
6. Go to your tool box and select the History Brush and hold down your mouse key over this button. This will prompt a drop down menu that you reveal the Art History Tool Brush. Select this tool.
7. Now at the top of the screen on the Menu Bar select 'Style' and choose 'Loose Medium' from the drop down menu.
8. This will simulate a paint brush that will cause your image to transform as you drag your mouse over the image with the mouse button held down.
9. Choose any of the different Brush size from the Menu Bar to determine how big your brush size is.
10. Click and drag over the whole image and turn it into a painting.
11. Use 'Step Backward' from your 'Edit' menu and try different brush sizes and types.
12. When you find a look that you like Save it your project again.
13. Now go up to 'Filter' and scroll down to 'Texture' and then 'Texturizer' from the drop down menu.
14. This will prompt a window from which you can create a canvas look to your painted image.
15. Play around with the different types of canvas options you can choose from until you find one you like.
16. Click 'Okay'.
18. Save this project as a JPEG with a quality of 10.
19. You will be turning in all 3 converted images by the end of next class period so get as much done today as you can.
20. Name all 3 photos using the following naming convention '5_ballewm_photopainting1', '2', and '3'.
Have fun!

The Rules of Photographic Composition

Please click on the link to this website and read through ALL of the 'Guidelines for Beginning Photographic Composition.'
You will use these guidelines to critique your classmate's photos.
This material will also be included on your next test.

http://asp.photo.free.fr/Composition/photoProgramCompMainClass

When you are done, look around the room and find one example of each of the Rules you read about. We will be discussing these today during class.

Picture Fix Assignment

Today, you will be using the Clone Stamp Tool in Photoshop to correct any imperfections that appear in all 3 photos you've downloaded from my 'Public Folder'.

Remember to do the following when using the Clone Stamp Tool:

1. Select an area close to the imperfection that resembles the color and brightness of the area you'll clone over.
2. Hold down your 'Option' Key and click your Mouse just once and release. You've now established your 'Target Area' you'll be cloning from.
3. Release the 'Option' Key and drag your Mouse over the imperfection.
4. Click on your Mouse over the imperfection. Notice that you should be seeing a Target symbol and a Brush Circle. The target area should be cloning over the imperfection.

Once you have finished cloning out ALL imperfections in ALL 3 photos, you have one final task. This goes as follows:

1. Select the photo that has the 3 smiling guys in blue sweaters and jackets.
2. Use your Magnetic Lasso Tool to Select all of these guys at once.
3. Once they are all Selected, go up to 'Layer', 'New', 'Layer Via Copy'. This will allow you to create a layer with just the guys on it, so you can put famous people behind them.
4. Go online and find 2 famous people that you can place behind these guys in the photo.
5. Remember, you will need ACCURATE SELECTIONS, with NO FRINGE on the edges. If you have fringe, zoom in and use your Eraser Tool to erase this fringe.

Once you have completed all of these tasks, save your work. DO NOT TURN THESE INTO MY STAFF FOLDER!!! I'll be grading them on Friday directly off of your Desktop.

B-Movie Poster

Click here to link to great examples of B Movie Posters.

The B-Movie poster you create has to be one that you make up. Be creative and have fun. Yours can be serious or funny, it's up to you!

The Requirements for this Assignment are as Follows:

1. A minimum of 6 images that have been copied from images that you find on the internet must appear in the poster.
2. There must be a Main title for your movie poster along with titles for 2 characters that appear in your movie.
3. There must be at least one Slogan title that appears on your poster.
4. Your movie has to be made up, an idea that you come up with on your own.
5. You will use at least 2 different fonts for titles used on the B-Movie poster.
6. 10x17 inch project

This assignment is due at the end of class on Monday, February 14th.