Digital Photography and Imaging | Week 6 Project 1B Exercise 1

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28.10.24 - 01.11.24 / week 6
Subhana Salim  / 0375936 
 Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelor's of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Week 6 Project 1B Exercise 1



LECTURES

During week 6 lecture, Mr. Fauzi went through the 7 principles of poster design which is :- Emphasis, Balance and alignment, contrast, repetition, proportion, movement, white space.  
  • Emphasis :- Every poster should have a focal point or an element that is the main focus.
  • Balance and Alignment :- When it comes to adding elements in your design, you must focus on adding both small and big elements and they must be placed evenly across the page to create balance. 
  • Contrast :- Refers to adding elements that stand out from each other, which helps make a design pop
  • Repetition :- Repetition helps in unifying and strengthening the elements in a design
  • Proportion :- proportion refers to the visual size and weight of parts in composition and their correlation
  • Movement :- Movement is controlling the elements in a composition so that the eye is led to move from one to the next and the information is properly communicated to your audience
  • White Space :- Refers to the empty space around the elements in your composition. It helps give the composition more room to breathe.


CLASS SUMMARY
 
 Week 6, Mr. Fauzi briefed us on this week's practical. We are given several black and white photos and we are required to recolor them using the features in adobe photoshop. He also gave us a demo to help us get started on the practical. We have 2 exercises for this practical and required to submit it on 1st November. He also reviewed the students week 5 practical and gave feedback. 

WEEK 6 PROJECT 1B EXERCISE 1

For week 6 we are required to do 2 exercises where we are given a black and white image and have to recolor it. We are also given tutorial videos as well as instructions in the PPT to follow along to guide us in doing the exercises. For exercise 1, we have to recolor a black and white picture of an old man. In exercise 2, it is divided into 2 parts. For part 1 we have to recolor the black and white picture of a woman, with the help of the tutorial video. In part 2, we are required to pick a black and white picture from the google drive link provided and attempt to recolor it. 


EXERCISE 1

Original picture 


Coloring the skin and applying blend mode 'overlay'

Adding Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to the skin 

Adding hair color through the same process 

Adding eye, lip and jacket color and using blend mode soft light

Going to edit > fill with the color green, use quick selection tool to mask the background, Make mask on image layer, drag mask to fill layer. Adjust the fill layer using blend mode 'Soft light'

Final Edited Picture



EXERCISE 2 - PART 1

Original Picture

Pictures given to derive color

                                Image 1                                                                         Image 2

Eye dropping the colors from the images above, Image 1 for hair, Image 2 for skin

Using quick selection tool for the hair and turning the selection into a mask on the image layer. Clicking on the mask and then going to properties to choose 'select and mask'

Editing and cleaning up the mask using refine edge brush tool 

    Making a solid color adjustment layer, dragging the hair mask to the solid color layer

Changing the blend mode to soft light

Repeating the same step with the skin 

Adding color to the lips, earrings, fur coat and background

Final Image



EXERCISE 2 - PART 1

Original Image



Pictures used to derive color

                                Image 1                                                              Image 2


Eye dropping color for hair and skin from reference image

Selecting the skin of the person. Using select and mask feature to refine the mask layer

Adding new solid color layer and eye dropping skin color from reference. Dragging skin mask to solid fill color layer. Creating new hue/saturation layer and clipping it solid color layer. Editing the skin tone using hue/saturation layer

Selecting the hair and editing its color

Changing the color of the shirt and background
Adding color to the lips, eyes, teeth


Final Image


REFLECTIONS

This was an interesting exercise. I was able to learn how to recolor black and white images in 2 ways. 
I learned about the quick selection tool feature and it really helps speeding up the selection process. The select and mask tool is very helpful in refining your mask. In it I mainly used the brush tool and the refine edge brush tool. I also learned more about the fill color adjustment layer. I also got more familiar with using blend modes. This exercise also taught me some more shortcut keys, to streamline my process. The tutorial video I followed along was very informative and beginner friendly. The second part of exercise 2 helped me better absorb the information I learned this week. Overall I find this assignment very educational. 

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