Using Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a graphic and picture editing tool. It enables the user to alter, manipulate and create images either from existing photos or found images.
Tools:
Marquee Tool - cuts box shapes around a part of the image
Lasso Tool - unlike the marquis tool, the lasso tool allows you to cut out parts of the image freehandedly. I found this tool quite useful when I needed to crop out irregularly shaped objects from the image. It allows you to be precise.
Clone stamp tool - makes a perfect copy of a highlighted part of the image. This worked well for me since I could make clones of different people/objects and incorporate them into a single image.
Blur Tool - allows you to blur/smoothen out hard edges of an image. This works well when making clones of people/objects and adding them to other images. Blurring out the edges of objects makes gives the image smooth finish.
Sharpen Tool - sharpens soft edges in an image
Eraser Tool - erases unwanted pixels
Burn Tool - allows you to darken areas of an image. This worked well for me - I used to to create shadowy effects, especially on peoples' faces.
Horizontal Text Tool - allows you to type over images
Basics of Image Design & Construction:
When making my poster, I first thought about my frame in terms of rule of thirds and composition. I wanted the viewer to first notice how there are three people and all of them look the same. To achieve this, I cropped (using the lasso tool in photoshop) the person from two separate images and incorporated them in one single frame. I placed the hand in the bottom right third and I then added a dagger in the dead body's hands so that it catches the audiences' attention after they have noticed the three people. Last but not least, I added a title for the picture which is in another language to give the image a mysterious feel.
I initially found Photoshop to be quite challenging however, after playing around with it, I am quite comfortable with it. I found the whole layering idea quite complicated and it took me quite a while to get it right. The move, lasso and clone tools are the most useful tools in my opinion since they allowed me to incorporate several different components of different images into a single frame. I found this idea rather fascinating which is why I believe that Photoshop is a very useful program.
I think Photoshop is absolutely vital in the creation of a media product as it enables editors to think outside the box and create images/frames that helps us take a step outside the real world using a large amount of creativity. It also allows people/editors so correct mistakes and make actors seem more appealing which catches the audiences' eyes and gives them an incentive to watch the film/purchase the product,etc.
Adobe Photoshop is a graphic and picture editing tool. It enables the user to alter, manipulate and create images either from existing photos or found images.
Tools:
Marquee Tool - cuts box shapes around a part of the image
Lasso Tool - unlike the marquis tool, the lasso tool allows you to cut out parts of the image freehandedly. I found this tool quite useful when I needed to crop out irregularly shaped objects from the image. It allows you to be precise.
Clone stamp tool - makes a perfect copy of a highlighted part of the image. This worked well for me since I could make clones of different people/objects and incorporate them into a single image.
Blur Tool - allows you to blur/smoothen out hard edges of an image. This works well when making clones of people/objects and adding them to other images. Blurring out the edges of objects makes gives the image smooth finish.
Sharpen Tool - sharpens soft edges in an image
Eraser Tool - erases unwanted pixels
Burn Tool - allows you to darken areas of an image. This worked well for me - I used to to create shadowy effects, especially on peoples' faces.
Horizontal Text Tool - allows you to type over images
Basics of Image Design & Construction:
When making my poster, I first thought about my frame in terms of rule of thirds and composition. I wanted the viewer to first notice how there are three people and all of them look the same. To achieve this, I cropped (using the lasso tool in photoshop) the person from two separate images and incorporated them in one single frame. I placed the hand in the bottom right third and I then added a dagger in the dead body's hands so that it catches the audiences' attention after they have noticed the three people. Last but not least, I added a title for the picture which is in another language to give the image a mysterious feel.
I initially found Photoshop to be quite challenging however, after playing around with it, I am quite comfortable with it. I found the whole layering idea quite complicated and it took me quite a while to get it right. The move, lasso and clone tools are the most useful tools in my opinion since they allowed me to incorporate several different components of different images into a single frame. I found this idea rather fascinating which is why I believe that Photoshop is a very useful program.
I think Photoshop is absolutely vital in the creation of a media product as it enables editors to think outside the box and create images/frames that helps us take a step outside the real world using a large amount of creativity. It also allows people/editors so correct mistakes and make actors seem more appealing which catches the audiences' eyes and gives them an incentive to watch the film/purchase the product,etc.
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