Removing People from images

I took a picture of people crossing a street and i uploaded the picture in to Photoshop. I made a copy of the image and i used the polygon lasso tool to select an image. I used the spot healing brush tool, and i also selected the "content aware" and "sample all layers" button.I used a medium sized brush and i started going over the selected image and then i selected the "Proximity match" button and i used a small brush and i went over certain areas that needed touched up. I used the "Proximity match" sparringly. I also used the "Clone stamp" tool to put in some of the background that was missing.

          The picture i took, i guess i could have chose a better area and time of day, because the sidewalk and street was different shades. some areas would be lighter than others and there was a lot of cracks in the street and sidewalk. When i used the "clone stamp" tool i would have to use a small brush and then copy a crack or different shade a little bit at a time. It took a while to do this project because of the different variations, but i think i did ok, but it could be better.

Meteor hitting the Earth

I imported the rock into the picture and i made the rock small to fit in to the picture. I made a new layer and i used red yellow and orange to simulate hot or fire, then i used a blur mode to give it a sense of speed. I also used a blur mode on the rock itself to distort it. I used a red brush on the moon tomake it look like it was being affected by the meteors heat. I also made the background  a dark reddish purple to simulate that the area was changing because of the meteor.

Creating Planets

  I first turned my background black, and then i imported the moon and the planet. I used the paint brush tool to create the stars in the background.  made a group of stars and then i shrunk them and i copied and pasted them on the background. I also made another layer with a blue background.I also made another layer and used a paint brush, i put the mode on dissolve and made a white line above the planet.I made another layer and i used a black paint brush and made a couple circles by the moon and above the planet. I also made a shadow on the moon. I used the eraser a few times to clean up the picture a little bit, i erased some of the clouds so it would be easier to see through the layers.

Tower At Night

I Imported the night scene from the internet and i masked out the day scene from the origional image. I also put the layer of the night scene on the bottom of the orrigional image so it would look more natural. I imported a lamp and a moon  so it would have a light source and i created a shadow of the building by copying and inverting and blurring the image a little bit. I used brightness and contrast on the grass and lamp, i wanted the grass a little darker and the lamp alittle brighter. I also had to position the moon so it gave the building a reason for being so light, so i put the moon on the right side so it looks like the moon is hitting the light side of the building.

Meteor Project

I used a hard bristle brush to make the hole in the side of the building. I also used the Polygon tool to select the steeple and i tried to make it look like it was falling on another building. I created a new layer for the steeple and i made some Debris to make it look like it was exploding. I also decided to play around with the Tall brown building on the left side and i made the top come apart from each other.

Water Marks

The first thing i did was i googled " how to remove water marks" and i received a lot of links on the subject. so i used the spot healing brush tool and i zoomed up on my picture and i went over each letter with a small hard bristled brush until i removed every letter on the picture.

Cliff Matte Painting

I tried to use the Quick mask tool, but i ran in to some problems with it. I forgot to use the inverse so i used the quick selection tool to cut and paste the pictures together, then i would use the lasso tool to cut out the background that i didn't want in the picture.

Blending Practice

 I pressed my "B" button on my keyboard to use my brush tool then i would press the ALT key to change my brush tool to the eye dropper tool and i would use the eye dropper tool on the picture that i am immitating. i would click on the picture and then use the Brush tool to make the circle and the rectangle to look like it's supposed to. When i was done i would use my eyedropper tool to try to make the colors blend in to each other.

Blending Modes

 I took a picture of the park and i also took a picture of people crossing the street, Some people were wlking their dogs so i decided to incorporate that in to my picture by putting the dogs in the park background. Their was a man and woman passing by and i decided to cut and paste them in to the park, and i used Vivid light to make them stand out. I also pasted a man in the park and i used linear light on him, I also lightened the white dog that i pasted in the park.

Creating Brush

The first thing i did was i chose the brush icon and then i went up to the top left corner and clicked on the Brush preset panel and i chose the "Hard round Pressure size" button. Then I chose four more presets which is "Flat fan high bristle count","Chalk 44 Pixels", "Scattered Maple leaves 74", and "Wet Sponge 55". Then i chose my new brushes by clicking on the "toggle the brush panel" Icon located beside the brush panel on the top left corner. I then chose for new brush 1 "Dual Brush", for new brush 2 i chose "shape Dynamics", i chose "scattering for new brush 3,for new brush 4 i chose "Texturing", I also chose " color Dynamics for new brush 5.

Color correction Part II

               I went to the park and i took about five or six pictures, so i could choose which picture i wanted to use. I decided to use the picture with the slides in it, because some areas is shaded and other areas are bright and shiny. I first selected the slide with my selection tool and i chose to make it more vibrant. I put the vibrance to +29 and the saturation to +32, the slide now looks new because the blue is darker.

      I selected the other slide and i used Hue/ Saturation on it, I put the Hue down to -9 and the Saturation up to +6 and the lightgreen i brought down to -14. The slide was in direct sunlight so i figured i would make the slide look shiny like there is a glare. The trees on the top right, i used color balance because i wanted the trees to look crispy and green. I brought the Cyan down to -5 and i put the Magenta up to +27 and i brought the yellow down to -16. On the left side i made the picture in Black and White, i brought the reds, yellow, green, and blues to - 14. I brought the  Cyan down to -30 and the magenta down to- 27. It gives that part of the picture an old dreary look.

Color Correction

 The first picture i worked on was the Quirigua, I noticed that the sky was a little too blue and the grass was a little too green. I went to the input levels and i moved the left cursor to 32, and i moved the middle cursor to 1.41, and then i moved the right cursor to 2.10. The output levels i moved the left cursor to 35 and i left the right cursor alone. The grass and sky looks a little better than it did.

                    The bird, i just moved the brightness to 23, and the contrast to -11.

   The rooster, i had to do something about the shadows and i decided to move the brightness to 32, and the contrast to -13. I also decided to move the input levels to1.03 for the middle cursor and i left the other two cursors alone. The out put levels i moved the left cursor to 3, and the right cursor to 231. I also went to the exposure and i moved it to 0.41, the off set i moved to -0.0020 and the gamma correction i moved to 0.91.

Removing background on hair 1, and 2.

I decided to use the wand tool to remove the background. I turned the background red so i could see all the areas that i missed. I went to the internet and i watched some videos on you tube. The videos i watched was on layers and masking. I tried masking a little bit but i still don't fully understand masking that much so i watched the videos again and i went to other websites to get more information about it so i could have a better understanding on masking. For the most part i used the Marquee and wand tool to remove the background, It was slow and tedious, but i'm sure that once i understand masking better it would make my job easier.

Proficiancy Project

I didn't know what poem to pick at first so i decided to google Poems.com and ireceived a lot of choices to choose from. I decided to pick danger because it is kind of vague and it would allow me to choose a variety of images. I chose the robot because he is always warning WILL robinson about danger. I also chose a vampire because it represents a mythological danger. I chose A bottle of pills because it reminded me of people doing drug overdose. I also chose waves hitting rocky peaks because ships have been known to sink after hitting them. I chose the skull because it is a universal sign of danger. I also thought that the coffee mug with the words "Danger Teacher in Bad Mood!" was kind of hilarious so i had to incorporate it in to the poem.