This would never have worked with the self portraits because of the amount of texture in portraits, but I thought it was an easy way to emulate the same type of image (at least the line art part) without all the work.
Photos to Pencil Line Art
Fwd: RetouchPRO Tutorials
I stumbled across this tutorial and thought it was a great way to create folds in fabric.
Fwd: Painting Cloth and Hair in Photoshop - Tutorials - Mystical Modality
I love this technique because I love the smudge tool - one very underused tool in my opinion. I used this technique to smooth out fabric and create folds on a photo where the subject's white dress didn't flow correctly. But one day I'll experiment making these cool wings. :)
Subject: Painting Cloth and Hair in Photoshop - Tutorials - Mystical Modality
Fade tutorials
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> Fading one image into another for an artistic effect:
> http://www.lunareclipse.net/basicfades.htm
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> Gradually fading the background into a blur:
> http://www.creativepro.com/article/photoshop-how-to-lens-blur-with-alpha-channels
> Fading one image into another for an artistic effect:
> http://www.lunareclipse.net/basicfades.htm
>
> Gradually fading the background into a blur:
> http://www.creativepro.com/article/photoshop-how-to-lens-blur-with-alpha-channels
Fwd: photo resources
Finally, a list of decent sites that host free stock photos!
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> http://www.digitalimagemagazine.com/blog/featured/25-free-stock-photo-sites/
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> http://www.digitalimagemagazine.com/blog/featured/25-free-stock-photo-sites/
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Mother's Day
Did you know Mothers Day is Sunday? What have you gotten for your mom,
or the person in your life who you consider a significant influence in
your life? If your answer is "um..." stay tuned for some inexpensive
gift ideas any mom would
Love to get!
or the person in your life who you consider a significant influence in
your life? If your answer is "um..." stay tuned for some inexpensive
gift ideas any mom would
Love to get!
Edited for update: Take one of your portraits (silhouette, self-portrait or typography portrait) and have it printed at Walgreens. Prices are very cheap--15 cents for a 4x6 or 1.50 for a 5x7. Sign it as the artist and give to Mom. Take it from a mom, she'll love it!
Individual Project
Begin forwarded message:
From: Linda Miller <lmiller@newbraunfels.txed.net>Date: May 3, 2010 8:46:45 AM CDTSubject: Individual ProjectIndividual Project
Grade Breakdown:
1. Proposal.
2. Progress. There will be 3 progress grades. These will be taken on a
"pop quiz" basis--in other words, you will never know when I am going to
take your progress grade, so if you are working on an outside assignment,
or you are playing games, you better hope I don't decide to take a
progress grade at that time.
3. Finished assignment. Counts as a test grade and a final exam grade,
so if you are exempting the final, that's great, but you still have to do
the final project.
Instructions:
You have had almost a full year of Web Page Mastery, in which you've
learned HTML (basic web pages), Dreamweaver (web page and web site
design), MovieMaker, Fireworks, Photoshop and Flash (and for some of you,
Gamemaker). We have covered many subjects and completed many different
projects. But...
Was there project that YOU wanted to do, that wasn't included? Here is
your chance to do it!
Steps for completing final project:
1. Decide what you want to do. Some examples:
Digital scrapbook
1 - 2 minute Flash animation
Series of animated gifs
Children's book illustrations
Design portfolio for favorite "whatever" (CD cover, web design, logo,
poster, animated gif, etc.)*
Party Package (invitation, thank you cards, table tent, poster, name tags,
decorations, T-shirt, etc.)*
Series of T-shirt designs or posters using artwork from tutorials
Series of portraits (i.e. individual family members, friends, etc.)*
Digital comic book
Web site (would include design and content)
15 - 20 minute slideshow/video* in Flash
Team picture package (softball team, club, etc.)*
*I have specific projects in this category that need to be done for other
classes or organizations. If you decide to use my project, you will
receive 10 points on your final project grade. If I use your project you
will receive 10 points on your final project grade AND your exam grade.
2. Write your Proposal
Your proposal is due by the end of class on Tuesday--yes, Tuesday, as in
May. 4th.
Must be typed.
Format:
Name and class period at the top.
One sentence summary of what you are going to do.
URL of example or instructions or tutorials.
Breakdown of steps you will take to complete the project, with an
estimated date of completion for each step.
How you will turn in your project--I want to know the file types, the name
of the folder you will be turning in, and how that folder will be
organized.
3. Work every day
Since this is a test grade, you may not ask me for help, unless it is to
clarify instructions. You may get help from others in the class, but
since this is an individual project, your best resource will be the web.
4. The final day you can turn this in is Monday, May 24th or Friday, May 22 if you are a senior. Plan to finish at least a day early. Use the extra day to make sure
everything is complete.
5. Organize files according to your proposal and turn in.
Good luck and have fun!
Linda Miller
Web Page Mastery
"Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the
propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to
miss lunch."
--Tim Berners
Red faced!
I have been working with photos for the Arc of the Hill Country site, and many of them have lighting issues. Some of the issues just can't be fixed--like a large light overhead casting a terrible glare. The problem with glares is that they create an absence of color and texture, so there's not really anything underneath to work with. The other problem has been a red tint to the skin of many of the subjects. I finally found this workaround, using a hue/saturation adjustment layer:
First, copy the layer (ctrl J), then...
1. Open a hue/sat adjustment layer, and select "reds."
2. Take the left eyedropper and click over the deepest red that needs to be fixed.
3. Next, take the eyedropper on the right ( - ), and click the skin tone you'd like to match.
2. Take the left eyedropper and click over the deepest red that needs to be fixed.
3. Next, take the eyedropper on the right ( - ), and click the skin tone you'd like to match.
4. Move the hue slider all the way to the left. The image will turn into magenta/blue one. Don´t worry.
**Now, look at the gray area between the two rainbow bars. There are two tiny tics within this area. Grab the tic on the right and move it to the left until only the area you want to fix has that magenta/blue stuff going on. It's okay if areas beyond the subject are selected--you will be erasing those later.
5. Move the hue slider to the right, beyond the original position until you reach your desired skin tone.
**Now, look at the gray area between the two rainbow bars. There are two tiny tics within this area. Grab the tic on the right and move it to the left until only the area you want to fix has that magenta/blue stuff going on. It's okay if areas beyond the subject are selected--you will be erasing those later.
5. Move the hue slider to the right, beyond the original position until you reach your desired skin tone.
6. Now, merge the adjustment layer with the layer below.
7. Use your eraser, set with a hardness of about 50%, and erase the areas that you didn't want changed--for instance, someone's red shirt, or shoes, etc. Sometimes there will be nothing to erase...
8. Finally, merge down one more time, and you're done!
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