A Picture Worth A Thousand Words

I took this picture on January 14th using auto. I started editing it and doing all the steps but started over like 2 or 3 times.

The first thing I did was make a new document (Ctrl+N) and make 4 different versions of Ricardo / Scott using the type tool (T). Then I turned them into stamps by clicking Edit, Define Brush Preset. When I started editing the actual picture I went to Select, Color Range and picked Shadows. I made that into a new layer (Ctrl+J). After that I went back to the origional picture and went to Select, Color Range again, this time picking Midtones. This time I had to use the Quick Selection Tool (W) and get rid of some parts that didn't need to be selected. Again I made it into a new layer. After that, I clicked on the midtones layer and went to Edit, Fill and picked 50% grey. Then I clicked on the shadows layer and did Edit, Fill again, this time picking black. Both times I had the preserve trancperancy box checked. After that was done, I used the Eraser tool (E) to get rid of some extra spots I didn't want (that was part of what made me start over before) and then merged the shadows and midtones layers together. Then I had to make a new layer and fill it with white )Ctrl+Backspace). Then I started using the brushes, I would pick one and edit it a little by scattering and spreading the names (F5). After I stamped my name on there, I made a new layer, filled it with white and dragged it above the midtones/shadows layer. I selected all of it (Ctrl+A) and copied it (Ctrl+C). I went back to the layer with the stamps on it and made a layer mask. I held Alt and clicked on the mask, then pasted my picture into there (Ctrl+V). I deselected it (Ctrl+D) and then (Ctrl+I) to invert it. Then I did some more painting on there with the brushes. Finally, I added a gradient overlay fx and spent a day picking colors, then picked darker color.

At first I didn't like this assignment but now I like it more. I think it turned out ok.

Creation of Choice

Like usual, I didn't know what to make but I had pictures of cows and got the idea to use Minkel's picture with them. The pictures I used were taken on 1/2/11 at about 8:30 and 10/12/10 at about 6:00 and both were taken with auto.

I opened photoshop and made a new card (Ctrl+N) and found a background on the internet. I'd been planning something totally different to do with marrige and cows but that didn't work so I changed it to the farm. I brought the saturation and curves up on it just because. Then I used quick selection tool (W) to select the cow and copy (Ctrl+C) it to the card and refined the edge setting it to radius 7.0, contrast 14, smooth 23, feather 1.8, expand -11. But there were still some missed spots so using the eraser (E) I touched it up. Then I selected the cow again and changed the hue/saturation to 0, 28, 14, I also added curves. But he was still pretty dark so I used the dodge tool (O) and brightened him up. I also added a drop shadow fx and picked distance 5, spread 0 and size 24. Finally I made a selection around the cow and sharpened him to make him a little less blurry.

I made a selection around Minkel's picture next and copied it to the card but it was too big so I used Free Transform (Ctrl+T) to shrink it down. I changed her hue/saturation to 2, 6, 3. Then I needed to make her look like a farmer so I found a straw hat on google and brought it onto a new layer, making sure the layer was behind Minkel. I had to use free transform to flip it though and disort transform to change the size. After that was done I decided to add curves and changed that around a little bit and went back to google. I found a cartoon of a pitchfork and used free transform to shrink it and rotate transform to angle it. I didn't know what to replace the color of so I tried it on the pitchfork handle, changing it from blue to brown. I added a drop shadow to Minkel, the hat and the pitchfork but it looked wierd so I undid it and merged Minkel and the hat. Then I simply copied the drop shadow from the cow and added it to Minkel and the pitchfork.

I moved the farm down a little to make room for the text and used the smudge tool to spread the light blue sky out a little. Then I made the text: blue, Trajan Pro, Bold, 24 pt, Strong and set the Arch to 22, 0, 0. I duplicated the layer and changed the blending mode to darker color. Then, I found a picture of Minnesota on google and turned it into a stamp by edit, define brush preset, alt+ctrl+G. I then put it onto the card under the text I'd made. Then I added a filter to the background which was reduce noise: strength 7, preserve details 68, reduce color noise 0, sharpen details 0. Finally I made a new layer select, all, select, modify: 10 px, edit, fill and made that the boarder.

I really like the way this turned out even though I still kind of wanted to go with the cow wedding idea. The only thing I'm worried about is that it seems kind of busy in the background with the farm and all.

Personalized Card

The first thing I did was find a cartoon picture of the internet of a llama cause I llamas are awesome! Then I used the background eraser tool to get rid of the background in the picture, the grass and the eyes of the llama. Then I right clicked on the layer picture and selected the pixels. Then I went to Image, Define Brush Preset and made it a stamp. Then I made a 4 x 6 card and put a green llama in. Then I added another one but made it blue and used the bracket buttons to shrink it. I made a text box with green text, script MT Bold font and 135 point size. I used free transform to angle it and added some fx to it (bevel and emboss). Then I changed the opacity to 53%. I made another text (this one was for the picture in the text) and made it blue. I picked perpetua tiling MT for the font, made it bold and 170 for the size. I also added a few effects to this one which were drop shadow, bevel and embossa and stroke. I decided to go back on google and find a cartoon baseball. I had some trouble trying to use it cause the picture was 'index' or something so I couldn't edit it. But I used the marquee tool and selected around it then I was able to  make it a stamp with Image, Define Brush Tool and added it to the card as blue. I added another stamp to the card by googling coca cola logo and did the same thing to it-define brush preset and all. But I had to shrink it with the brackets a lot.  Then I went to Google and found a picture of a cross clipart and copied it to my card. I went to layer, create clipping mask and hid it behind the Ricardo. I wasn't sure what else to put behind them so I did the same thing (layer, create clipping mask) with two pictures I also found on google which were a clipart of a snickers bar and a curtain. I arranged them so that the cross was on top, then the curtain and then the snickers bar. The last thing I did was make a new layer and go to select, modify, border and set it to 5 pixels. Then I went to edit, fill and used a green.

The llamas represents me because I love llamas and they're awesome and last year I made a llama statue in art!! The baseball represents me cause I've played baseball for 3 years now and I love baseball. The Coca-Cola represents me because coke is my favorite drink. The cross represents me because I got baptized a few years ago and have committed my soul to Jesus. The curtain represents me because its a stage curtain and I want to work in theater when I gradgitate. And the Snickers represents me because my dog's name is Snickers and I love him a lot! I just used the actual Snickers bar though cause I didn't have any pictures of him and he's named after the candy bar :) I used so much blue and green because I those are my two favorite colors. I like the way some of it turned out but I don't really like the letters with the pictures...maybe it's just the pictures I used or something. Hmm...ALSO I used the name Ricardo cause it's my Spanish name and I like it more than Scott.

Inkspot Flyer!

(If you don't know, Ink Spot is my aunt's store and it's got a bunch of old 60's kind of stuff there. I don't know why but yeah so it's an old fashioned shop like that and they sell antiques / paint stuff / and that kind of stuff)

-Before I could make a flyer I had to get the pics so on Saturday, November 27th I went to my aunt's store and took pictures of a lot of stuff there like the pink panther stuffed animal, the jukebox and lots of cardboard cutouts. But only so many pics would fit on and I wasn't exactly sure which ones to use yet so I just started by color correcting them:

-The first thing I did was take the picture of the pink panther and edited it with curves and saturartion, then I set the color balance to -37, 10 and 38.

-I changed the jukebox picture next and brought the saturation up to 30. After that I messed around with the curves. But I wanted the lights on it to be more colorful so I made a selection around them and brought the saturation up even more on them.

-I started editing the clown picture (which is not clipart, Barbara!!) by changing the curves and brought the saturation up to 31 and lightness to -5. I made a selection around his origionally blue suit and changed the hue to 54 on Hue / Saturation. It gave him a purple and yellowish suit! :D Then I started on making the actual flyer.

-I wasn't sure how I was gonna arrange the pictures so I started making a flyer (8.5 x 11) and would figure out where to put everything later. I went on google and found the background pic, I used free transform and edited the curves and saturation to make it the way it is.

-I made a selection around the pink panther and copied it onto the background. I refined the edge by setting it to: radius- 2.5, contrast- 5, smooth- 50, feather- .8, and expand- -26.

-I went on google and found a pic of the inspector from the Pink Panther. There was some trouble trying to get this pic to work, idk why but it for some reason wouldn't let me do anything in Photoshop, but in the end it worked. I used free transform to make him bigger.

-Then, I made a selection around the jukebox and the clown and dragged it onto the background.

-I used different transform tools to change the jukebox, inspector and panther to not only different sizes but flip them because I thought they would look better that way. But the panther clock was messed up so I used for transform tools to flip it.

-I used the magic wand and paint tools to fix the clowns hair (because the edges were messed up and stuff and stuff)

-Then I went back to google and found more clipart of the Inkspot logo and selected and dragged it onto the background. I refined the edge by setting it to: radius- 6.7, contrast- 17, smooth- 90, feather- 1.2 and contrast/expand- 30.

-I used the eraser tool on the inkspot logo edges because it was kind of torn looking even though I refined the edge.

-I tried a blending mode on the clown which was called screen.

-I used the burn tool on the juke box and set its opacity to 88%.

-Then I added a bevel and emboss fx to the jukebox and the clown

-I added a drop shadow and satin fx to the ink spot logo and the panther

-I made a text box for a slogan and did the gradient thing where the color fades across the letters. Later I tried to move it but because I made a new layer to make the gradient letters it wouldn't let me move it.

-Finally I made a new layer and made a border that was set to 38 and filled it in with white.

At first I didn't really like the way my flyer was turning out but now that it's finished I really like it! I edited all the pictures and added the fx and things like that because I just thought it would look better and maybe cooler that way?

Choice #1

I took this picture on November 14, 2010 at 2:45ish. My camera was on auto. I was wondering around trying to find something to take a picture of.

(Just so I dont forget, it seems to look kind of blurry cause I cropped it later on.) The first thing I did was change the curves around. Then I brought the saturation up a lot. And then I used the clone stamp tool to get rid of the electric thing, some branches in the top left corner and a little bit of the grass in the bottom right corner. Then I used the quick selection tool to make a selection around the sky and brought the saturation up a lot. And then finally I cropped it...but I wish I didn't cause it looks blurry, to me anyways.

I like the 2nd pic a lot more cause the 1st one was really greyish and the 2nd ones all colorful and stuff! Except I still think its blurry, I dont know if it is though...maybe its just me.















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Scale

I took this picture on 11.5.10 at about 5:30 and my camera was on auto. It's a picture of an old lantern in front of my neighbor's house. Ms. Minkel told me I needed to say why it's a scale pic so I will ha ha: this is a scale picture because it's making the lantern look big and the house look small even though the lantern is a lot smaller than the house.

The first thing I did was use the clone stamp tool and the patch tool to remove the crack in the lantern, the paint and the piece of straw. Then I brought up the saturation and changed the Green curves. Then I made a new layer and used the quick select tool to select just the house and brought up the saturation in that area more. And finally, I got rid of the little turtle statue.

I like the edited picture more because the colors are better and the turtle statue was kinda distracting. Then only thing I couldn't change (I tried but it didn't work) was to make the house less blury. I couldn't figure out how to change that.

Cityscape

I took this picture on 11.3.10 at around 6:00 and my camera was on auto. Me and Kara were looking for cityscape pics cause we both needed them so we walked downtown and then SOMEBODY *cough cough* Kara decided to lay in the road and try to take a pic ha ha! :D

At first, I didn't know what to do, so I started by changing the brightness and contrast to make it a bit brighter. Then I changed the curves slightly. Then I brought the saturation up. And finally, I used the burn tool on the sky and the trees.

I like the edited one better cause the first one was kinda colorless and the 2nd one has more color.