Creative Editing - who wants to learn?

05/21/2011 05:16:56 AM · #251

Originally posted by thrumyiis:

Ok Im still stuck back at the start of lesson 3. I have been trying to figure it out for a week but cant get it. I'm sorry but this is my introduction to photoshop, I know absolutely nothing.(but in between all of this Im trying to learn the basics from books.) So I'm not understanding how I'm to "cut out the figure". Ive been going around it with the magnetic lasoo but I just cant figure out the select/colour range and what im supposed to do with it.? I invert the image and press the mask icon and it looks like your silhouette image in my layer pallet. But apart from that the main image all looks the same?? Could you PLEASE help me further, Judi. Many many thanks..

I put up a Select/Colour Range Tutorial earlier (you will also find it in my original post on this thread). Go through that and if you are still having trouble, post a screenshot of your layer palette so I can see where you are going wrong. I have an idea what the problem is, but we will work through a process of elimination first.

thrumyiis

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/21/2011 05:59:02 AM · #252

Thanks Judi, missed that one, sorry. I'll read up and give it another go as soon as I can. Cheers

05/21/2011 11:44:24 PM · #253

Okay now for the ladder.

Using image 9223 clone the hands out and replace them with more broom. Cut the broom out and copy to a new layer. Put a new white layer beneath your broom to hide everything else in the previous layer. Zoom into your broom and make sure your edges are neat. Now using the free transform tool (Ctrl+T) rotate the broom 90 degrees. Duplicate the broom layer and flip the broom and move it down to join onto the bottom of the other broom. This gives you two round ends on the broom. You made need to increase your canvas size to accommodate the size of the broom. Mask out the hard edge of the broom where it overlays the other broom. You want a nice blend between the two brooms. When you are happy that it looks like one stick with two round ends, merge the two broom layers. Duplicate this layer and flip the new layer horizontally and move across to make the second upright of the broom. Duplicate this layer and royate 90 degrees and slide it into place to make the first ladder rung. I put the end of my ladder run to slightly overlap the ladder uprights. Don't worry about the excess of the ladder rung sticking out to one side. We will remove them later. Duplicate this layer and move the new layer down to make the second rung. Repeat until you have enough ladder rungs. Merge the ladder rungs ONLY into one layer. Mask out the excess. Duplicate this layer and flip horizontally and nudge over to make the round ends stick out the other side of the ladder. When happy merge all ladder layers and save as PSD. Post a screen shot to this thread.

Lad

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/22/2011 06:12:13 AM · #254

Hi Judi, this looks like a ladder even i would be brave enough to climb ;-)

dianapf1

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM

05/22/2011 05:33:15 PM · #255

Hi Judi,

Hopefully this will do.

05/23/2011 02:27:39 AM · #256

05/23/2011 05:25:59 AM · #257

All of your ladders look good. Now drag your ladder and small people into the image and start placing them where you want. Don't forget to add shadows and mask out any overlap areas.

Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

05/23/2011 04:41:25 PM · #258

amnon

Canon EOS R6

05/23/2011 05:00:29 PM · #259

my first try

05/23/2011 05:04:43 PM · #260

Maggye - Well done. Now all you need to do is treat the image as an entire image and do your standard edit that you would do to any image...ie, Shadow/Highlight, levels, etc.

amnon - Looking good but the little person up the top needs a bit more masking down his back to get rid of the white edge.

05/23/2011 08:16:40 PM · #261

So, what do you think

Judi?

05/23/2011 08:20:12 PM · #262

Maggye - Job well done maggye. The only pick up I can find is in the bottom character there is a white line around the back of his head. But overall, good work. It wasn't that hard was it? Take a break and let the others catch up as next week I will be starting you on the dragon smoke image.

05/23/2011 08:46:57 PM · #263

Originally posted by Judi:

Thanks

Judi and LOL, it wasn't easy, but I'm learning A LOT, I'll be looking forward to the next image, and thanks again for doing this, we really appreciate it!

Lad

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

05/24/2011 01:49:10 AM · #264

Hi Judi, Here is my final effort, and great fun it was too.
Thanks for your help.

Craig

05/24/2011 05:08:57 PM · #265

Originally posted by dianapf1:

"We are now going to add a Border. There are a few ways we can do this. But I am going to show you a
way that gives you much more flexibility, especially in changing the border colours without having to
undo your steps."

Can we use this on DPC advanced editing challenge entries?

I just checked with SC and the they say you should be fine using that method in basic or advanced. Just like anything though...if you are still unsure send it to them prior to the challenge.

05/24/2011 05:09:59 PM · #266

Lad - It looks like you had fun with this image...that's what I like to see.

dianapf1

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L IS USM

05/26/2011 04:40:30 PM · #267

Hi Judy,

Here is my final image:

I too had fun doing this and I learned so much. Thanks for everything and I look forward to the dragon smoke image!

05/26/2011 05:10:45 PM · #268

dianapf1 - You've also done well. I hope it has helped you all learn a few skills.

06/07/2011 12:28:06 PM · #269

Judi, I think we are all ready for the next assignment and excited to keep learning!

06/07/2011 02:51:18 PM · #270

Originally posted by Maggye:

hi Judi, I think we are all ready for the next assignment and excited to keep learning!

Awesome. Can you bear with me as I have had some significant shoots with enormous pressure this week. I had planned to have the dragon started by now but I didn't expect this much pressure from these clients. Give me a few days if that is ok.