Digital Photography and Imaging / Week 4

 October 26 / Week 3

Sheren Princessa Davon / 0362134

Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University

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LECTURE

Introduction to Photoshop 3

Mr. Fauzi explained to us about adjustment layers and filters. He told us how they can make the colors in an image or composition look more cohesive.

Adjustment layer

- it's an editing tool in Photoshop that allows us to adjust the colors and tones in an image without permanently changing the pixels

- these edits can be changed/discarded

Different kinds of adjustment layers:

- Left: Brightness/Contrast

- Levels

- Exposure

- Curves

- Selective Color

Filters

- change color, blur, create new image effects

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TUTORIAL

Mr. Fauzi then shared a video of how to add adjustment layers in Photoshop.

 

Video 1: Adjustment layer tutorial

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PRACTICAL

Adjustment Layers

Next, we were tasked to create adjustment layers in the previous exercises where we made 3 digital collages. We picked the best one and made the adjustments so that the overall composition looks better.

This is my composition chosen before any adjustment layers

Fig. 1.1 Composition Before

Process
First, I changed the hue and lowered the saturation of the fish to give it a more lighter blue color. I also did the same with the vending machine, and turned down the brightness and contrast.

Fig. 1.2 Fish and Vending machine

I adjusted the color of the leaves by turning down the saturation a little as well as changing the hue. As for the man in the bench, I turned down the vibrance so the colors matched more.

Fig. 1.3 Leaves and Man on Bench

Then I changed the person standing to black and white for more contrast in the collage since it already has a lot of colors. 

Fig. 1.4 Person

Finally, I adjusted the Exposure of the black texture, I turned up the Gamma Correction to make it seem more like a space background with stars.

Fig. 1.5 Black Texture

Below is a before and after comparison

       

Fig 1.6 Before (left) vs. After (right)

Final Composition (Digital Collage)

After adding Adjustment Layers of different Brightness/Contrast, Hue/Saturation, Exposure, and Black & White, I finally finished the final composition. Overall, the colors of the composition are less messy and vibrant, now more cohesive-looking.

Fig. 1.7 Final Digital Collage - JPG. Week 4 (26/10/23)

Fig. 1.8 Final Digital Collage - PDF. Week 4 (26/10/23)