PROJECT 5 ABEL

On the monkey photo I enjoyed the Smart sharpen filter tool worked best for this photo it was similar to the photo in the book of the beer. I found that the fur looked more realistic and less blurry when I used the smart sharpen filter.

On the Portland photo I added alot of different portland landmarks to this photo all 4 of these items are what comes to mind for me when I think of Portland landmarks. I added a blur to the main photo of mt hood. So that it looked like it was farther away I added an Unsharpen filter to the made in oregon sign and to the portland sign. I also added filters to the photo of Portland it self so that it looked less blurry from the lights.

Project 5 : Sangeeta

This was a fun project. For the first part I used Smart Sharpen Filter. Initial picture was dull, so Smart Sharpen helped me to sharpen it little bit more and background of cage was plain in the original image, but after filter was applied to it we can actually see the actual lines of the cage. The most important setting for this picture was to get the Amount setting right because as I increased the Amount setting to 300 I could see small squares on the face of the dog.

The second part was about layers. I think I got carried away with it. As you can see I used lots of layers in this. For few pictures like wolf, rooster, sun and moon I used jpeg images and applied on a different layer and arranged in the stacking order. I used Custom Shape to tool to create stars and clouds. To write Good Morning I used clipping mask and for the other test I used Wrap text to create the affect.

Project5 -- Sampa

Part1
I have used Unsharp masks, Gaussion Blur, Median and Reduce Noise for my Picture. Now my picture looks more real than before and it looks like a smooth and closer photograph.
Part2
It was very interesting and I had too much fun with this project. I have used Masks, Knockout and Luminance blending option to blend four pictures in one picture.
I have used clipping mask for gradient layer with the main picture to make a night picture and used Knockout and luminance blending option to make other two pictures to look like a night picture and blend with the main picture. I have formatted the text to a shape and used path selection tool and direct selection tool to make my text look different and then used clipping mask for gradient layer with the text to make colorful text. Used Wrap tool to stretch my text and the horses’ picture (ears and faces look longer than normal horses) to look little bit odd and wavy. At last used brightness and contrast to make my picture real.

Andy Gooch Project 5

This project was a lot of fun. I can spend hours with the filters making images look nothing like they originally did. The pic on top is originally the pic of the fish in the ocean below it. I used plastic wrap, several blurs, and texture>stain glass(the stain glass is my favorite filter). I enjoy the way it makes things look pixilated while at the same time achieving kind of an organic/cellular wall look.

For the layered composite pic I scaled each mask to achieve the look I was going for. I used a Gaussian Blur for the background and for each layer I re-sized, did some auto-contrast/color. The extract filter is user-friendly and makes the work go much quicker.

Project4 Luna

I used the Color Range tool to remove the red sculpture from the original picture. I found the Masks pallet difficult to use with the images I chose because of the various colors and shades. So for the black and white sculpture I used the Quick Selection tool instead. For the Park title I used the background of the same image as well as the Copyright shape. I didn’t really like where I placed the title because the colors look very faded with the background area. To make this image better I could have created a reflection of the sculptures on the water.

I used the Extract Filter for the Rock image. It was simple to use for highlighting the rock and removing it from the background. A few extra pixels were selected but I erased them with the eraser. I used the Dodge, Burn, and Sponge tools to change the color of the rock.

From this project I learned to use different tools to remove objects from pictures. My favorite tool was the Extract Filter because it is easy to use and quick.