Digital Photography and Imaging - Week 4

 7/10/2024-20/10/2024 Week 4

Komugi Uchibori / 0363900

Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media


LECTURES

Week 4 - Adjustment Layer & Filters

  • Adjustment Layer
non-destructive image editing tools that add color and tonal adjustments to your image without permanently changing its pixels. you can edit and discard your adjustments or restore your original image at any time.

Brightness / Contrast: Adjust the highlights and shadows.

fig.1 Brightness and Contrast


Level: adjust the levels of the shadows, mid tones, and highlights.

fig.2 Level

Curves: adjust as many points as you want throughout the entire tonal range of your image, and is the most powerful and precise tool for editing the tones in an image.

fig.3 Curve

Exposure: adjust exposure levels with three sliders- Exposure, Offset, and Gamma. Exposure adjusts only the highlights of the image, Offset adjusts the mid tones and Gamma adjusts the dark tone only.

fig.4 Exposure

Selective color: selectively modifies the amount of a primary color without modifying the other primary colors.

fig.5 Selective color

  • Filters
There are filters to change color, add blur, or create completely new image effects. 


TUTORIAL & PRACTICAL

Week 4 - Digital Collage & ADJUSTMENT LAYERS & FILTERS

This week, the teacher conducted online classes and we downloaded some images and made 3 digital compositions using Photoshop. I learned about how to cut out and crop images using select tools and pen tools. As for the rectangle pics, I cropped them out. People are cut out by selecting, magnifying, and using pen tools. The most difficult way was cutting out complicated shapes like plants. I used the channel, adjusted the contrast, and created a selection using masks. Exploring tools was quite fun for me. Here are 3 compositions I made.


fig.2-1 composition #1

fig.2-2 composition #2

fig.2-3 composition #3


  • ADJUSTMENT LAYERS & FILTERS

I used a color balance layer to change the atmosphere of the fish changing the numerical value +76, -35 and -100 from top to bottom.However, the image was a little dark as it was, so I adjusted it using a curve layer. As for the building, I used a hue/ saturation layer, the former numerous values are -162 and the latter one is -54. I also changed the color balance in the rectangle with the plant adjusting +41, +26 and -44 from the top. I also tried to use a filter, but it didn't match well so I just tried and didn’t use it. After adjusting, the overall image changed to a warmer color and atmosphere, like a day-to-early evening.  



fig.2-4 final composition with adjustment


FEEDBACK

Ussing a high-quality piece of pictures in case you magnify it.

Reflective writing

I thought that the more elements a composition had, the better it was, but I was surprised to learn that simplicity is actually better.


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