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05/18/2007 07:22:16 PM · #76 |
I am here but have been tied up with a few things and have not been on the computer (for fun) for a few days.
I will do the assignments this weekend.
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05/19/2007 03:56:08 PM · #77 |
Ok got mine finished, I just use the far image and copy the and pasted the next image over the next, then add the next two in the same way. By brushing them in...simple stuff. I have never done this before but had a good time doing it. |
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05/20/2007 04:46:55 PM · #78 |
I lacked of free time lately. Here is the first assignment. I'll have to keep reading the layer mask parts of this thread.
Done using only magnetic lasso (I did another version with polygone lasso before and I desaturated my entry of the selective desaturation with this tool as well)
This one is done using mask. Way easier and faster.
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05/20/2007 05:21:01 PM · #79 |
Originally posted by Spurs:
Ok got mine finished, I just use the far image and copy the and pasted the next image over the next, then add the next two in the same way. By brushing them in...simple stuff. I have never done this before but had a good time doing it. |
Great job! It's fun, isn't it? :)
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05/20/2007 05:21:33 PM · #80 |
Originally posted by DaveSM:
This one is done using mask. Way easier and faster. |
Yep! I very rarely use the lasso.
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05/20/2007 06:32:49 PM · #81 |
| Yeah the wife liked it and wants me to do her one, I also got gift last night cs3 I have been playing with it all day. :-) |
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05/30/2007 04:09:50 PM · #82 |
Hi folks. Ken (Art Roflmao) wrote me to say that he was going to be away from DPC for awhile. He wasn't specific as to why.
He asked me to let everyone know. It's my fault for the delay - I've been caught up in other stuff myself.
Now we're going to edit layer masks on adjustment layers.
 Take a shot and add some adjustment layers, then create layer masks and edit them as follows. A good one to play with is the simple brightness/contrast adjustment layer because it's easy to see the effects if you make the adjustment extreme.
1) Using quick mask, select some feature in the photo, like a face, a building, etc. Choose something with a hard edge to make the effects more obvious. If you've set your quick mask to show what's masked out, then when you exit quick mask, remember to invert your selection so the feature is selected instead of omitted using select->invert selection.
2) Create a new brightness/contrast layer. Set both sliders far to the right. You should see the effects only within the selected area. Hit "okay" or whatever the button is to finish the layer and create the layer mask for the adjustment layer. It will also cancel the selection.
3) Edit the adjustment layer's mask in two ways:
a) Click the layer mask thumbnail in the layers tab so it has a black outline around it. You should still be looking at the image in the window, not just the layer mask. Then, with a brush and either black or white, change the boundary between black and white (enlarge one or the other). You'll see the effects as you move the brush across the image.
b) Press alt and click on the adjustment layer's mask thumbnail so the screen shows the mask. Change the edges of the mask. Click on the image thumbail or again alt-click on the layer mask thumbnail to return to normal view.
4) Repeat step 3, but this time use a selection tool like the lasso instead of the brush. Since you'll be selecting areas instead of actually painting black or white, you'll need to use the edit->fill command or the paint bucket to fill the selection with black or white. This is a useful trick when you want to fill in large areas.
Remember: white is where you'll see the adjustment layer's effects,and black is where you won't. Also remember that all the changes in this assignment should be only to the adjustment layer's mask, not the image itself. If you see black or white appearing in the image, press ctrl-Z to undo.
5) Using any tool, create some gray areas in the adjustment layer's mask. The darker the gray, the less effect shows through.
6) While viewing the adjustment layer's mask (remember: alt-click on the layer mask thumbnail), select some part of the white/black boundary and blur it under filters->blur->gaussian blur. If you need an effect to fade out, this is one way to do it.
Once you're really comfortable with all of this, you'll be much better prepared to use layer masks in advanced editing challenges, where you can make selections. You'll often want to limit the effects of adjustment layers. For example, to change the lighting, which will be the subject of the next thread. Here's one example of how much you can change lighting, to get you interested.
Original:
Layer mask showing the sky and cars, changing the light; note how the trees in the middle remain the same:
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06/01/2007 04:02:26 PM · #83 |
| Will get onto this over the long weekend :) |
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06/08/2007 12:41:05 AM · #84 |
Hi everyone.
Here's the new thread on changing the light: //www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=613534
I'm combining all four groups back into one.
Please feel free to continue working on assignments here, too, of course.
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Take a shot and add some adjustment layers, then create layer masks and edit them as follows. A good one to play with is the simple brightness/contrast adjustment layer because it's easy to see the effects if you make the adjustment extreme.
