Spring 2008 - Thursday Class

Here are the links that we referenced in class:

http://www.scottkelbybooks.com/elements5

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brockangelo

And photos from PS Course:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brockangelo/tags/pscourse

From Class 1:

Badlands

From Class 2:

Baby Violet

From Class 3:

Cropping: the pink flower - Chapter 3, pages 76-78 & 90-91

Cropping: the red sports car - Chapter 3, pages 92-93

Be sure to read pages 95-97 on how to easily straighten a photo if you have Elements 5. CS doesn’t have it this good.

Color Correcting: Lady in sunglasses - Chapter 4, pages 122-129

Drag & Drop with Layers: Adjustment Layers - Photo 1 - Chapter 4, pages 134-136

Drag & Drop with Layers: Adjustment Layers - Photo 2 - continued

Drag & Drop with Layers: Adjustment Layers - Photo 3 - continued

Better Black & White Conversion - Chapter 4, pages 145-149

Faking a Layer Mask


From Class 4:

Toolbox Practice:

Girls at the playground

Violet: Close-up

Desert: Blue Sky - as seen on page 142

Applying Filters - as seen on page 140

Digital Dodging: Venice - as seen on page 162

Concert Flash Correction - as seen on page 172

Softening Edges - as seen on page 202

Cloning Away Unwanted Objects - as seen on page 268

Burned-In Edge Effect - see page 291 HOMEWORK!!!

View the Screencast of how to merge photos by clicking here.

View the latest Keyboard Shortcuts

View the Photoshop Toolbox Checklist

From Class 5:

Toolbox: Edith, Christmas Twins

Blending Photos: Edith, Emma, Violet

Laptop Image and Nemo Fish Image - as seen on page 308-309

A destructive Depth of Field method - as seen on page 310-311 (layer masks would be better)

Colorizing Black & White Photos - as seen on page 334-337

Repairing Spots - as seen on page 341-343

Several detailed descriptions of Blend Modes:

  1. Samples of each mode using real photos - scroll to the bottom for pictures
  2. Adobe’s official descriptions - with algorithms used - a pdf file
  3. Unofficial, maybe a bit confusing - a pdf file

Orton Effect using Blend Modes - explained here with video tutorial here.

HDR using blend modes - a wiki article

Soft Focus Effect - as seen on page 296-297

Soft Spotlight - as seen on page 288-290

From Class 6:

Zip File of Yellowstone photos

Brock’s family photo with his in-laws.

Another capture, try applying layers from previous edit.

Here is the PSD file from our Yellowstone collage project in class.

Funny

humorous pictures
see more crazy cat pics

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