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Cloning image

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The original you are able to see the women in the background climbing the stairs and the logo on the girls bags ‘Zara’, ‘Just do it’ and ‘Dior’. We learnt how to clone out these factors from the pictures on Photoshop. We did this on a photograph of students from SMS this was because by removing corporate branding from the image so that it could be suitable in the school prospectus. Also by removing these factors it does not take away the reader’s attention.

Colour popping image/ Colour filtering

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As you can see the original picture is in full colour whereas the new image is in black and white however I made the green and the yellow stands out from the picture. This was done by toning down the background, making a new layer and colour in the whole picture except for the green and the yellow. To create the effect of a colour popping image I opened the picture that I was going to change so what I did first was to adjust the layer. To do this I turned down the hue saturation to -100 so the picture was in black and white and unlock the layer so the image was invisible. Using the brush tool down the right hand side of the column and enlarge it and coloured the foreground black using the colour replacement brush. Next using the lasso tool I pick the colour which I wanted to stand out from the picture. So by creating a new layer I was able to go over the picture again but leaving the

Fonts

We were given five different font websites which we were able to use to download free font of our choice. The website which I used was http://www.1001freefonts.com/ which had loads of different styled fonts which I felt I was able to use. To install the different fonts I had to:
· Download the fonts has a zip file from the website
· Open it up on the WinZip folder using the evaluation version
· Go o my computer, C: drive, Windows folder, Fonts folder: C:/WINDOWS/Fonts
· Drag and drop from the Zip folder to the fonts folder



These are some examples of decorative fonts and a script-style font. The decorative fonts can be used for occasions such as a birthday card because it is playful whereas script-style fonts may be used for wedding invitation because it formal and elegant looking.

Colouring effect

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To create the multi-coloured affect on the picture I had to create a new layer and I chose different colours to highlight the shape in a rainbow affect by using the brush in swirly affect.

Air Brushing

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During the lesson we had to air brush a picture. I opened up the picture which was saved on the C: drive onto Photoshop. 1st I duplicate the layer so I can do all the changed on the copy background and not the main picture itself. I next blurred the background to give her face a smoother look. To achieve this on the tool bar I click on filter blur then I used Gaussian blur to blur the picture to about 2.4-2.6 pixels. Next I erased the eyes, nose, eyebrow and mouth so it stands out from the blurred face. Secondly I changed the eyes of the model from a blue colour to a brown/hazel colour. By clicking on the brush tool and changing the size so it’s roughly the same size as the models’. Before making any changes to the picture I must make a new layer so it would be easy to change anything instead of having it on one layer. To make the eye colour blend it I would have to change it to soft light or overlay to make it look more realistic also I had to change the opacity again to make the picture look realistic. Lastly I changed the hair colour I decided to make it a bit darker using the same process as changing the eye colour. I choose which colour I wanted, used the brush tool and coloured in her hair. Next I changed it to soft light and the opacity.