Self pic

Panorama Project

Blur

Old Lady Portrait

Photo Shop Tools Assignment

Part 1: Questions
1. What type of brush must be used when layer masking and clone stamping?  A soft brush

2. What key on the keyboard is pressed to select an area to be cloned when using the Clone Stamp tool?  The option key

3. Explain the difference between making a selection with the Lasso tool and creating a Path with the Pen tool.  With the lasso tool, a person is taking a selection from a photograph and moving it to another section of the photo that might be missing a piece from the photo.  The selection must match with the area around the missing part.  With creating a path with the Pen tool, you are making an edge around a photo that can attain for curves in the object.  This way you can crop out the background and keep the photo intact.

4. What is the benefit of using a Layer Mask as opposed to using an Eraser?  The benefit is you can make changes to a photograph without making changes to the original copy.  This allows a person to go back a photo and make other necessary changes that need to be made and being able to see the original photo.

5. What is "non-destructive" editing and why is it an important approach for a photographer using Photoshop?  Non-destructive editing is making layers in photoshop so a person can make changes to a photograph without changing the original copy.  Another way of non-destructive editing is making layer masks to layers.  It is an important approach for a photographer using Photoshop because it makes sure the photographer doesn't change the original copy of a photo and keeps the photographer from making a major mistake.

Part 2: Pictures
Use the following photo blog to answer the questions below.
http://www.americansuburbx.com/

6. Look through the photo blog American Suburb X and find a photograph that you think is successful. Copy the photo to your computer and post it on your blog. Answer the following questions.
-Why did this photo catch your eye?  This photo caught my eye because as i was looking at the cars in the photo, I noticed all the animal heads hanging on the wall behind the man sitting on the car in the photo.
-Describe what the photo shows and is about. Be as detailed as possible. Imagine you are explaining it to someone that has never seen it.  I believe that this photo is trying to describe the lifestyle of the man in the picture.  It shows that he sells cars for a living and probably in his free time during the weekends he goes out hunting in the woods.
-Imagine you are one of the objects in the photograph. Describe the scene from your point of view. What happened before the photo?  The man in the photo probably wanted his photo taken with his cars and animal heads and was trying to get a photographer to take a picture of it. What happened immediately after?  The man probably had to help with customers who were interested in buying a vehicle. What's the temperature?  Since it is inside, the temperature would probably be at normal room temperature. What time of day is it?  The time of day looks like this picture was taken during the middle of the day. What smells are present?  The smell of car freshners may be present. What is the atmosphere like?  The atmosphere seems to be calm. Are there noises?  It does not seem that noises are present during the time the picture was taken. Do you feel safe or is there a chance of violence?  I feel safe when looking at the photo because it doesn't look like a crime would be committed at this place.

Ethics of Retouching

During the last couple of weeks you have learned how to use tools in Photoshop to retouch and repair photographs. In Photoshop a skilled artist can fix flaws, blemishes, scars, yellowing of teeth and eyes, even change the color of a person's eyes, hair and skin. Please read the following questions and answer them thoughtfully on your blog. Title the post of your blog Ethics of Retouching. This is due by the start of class on Thursday.

1. What ethical considerations must be made by someone using Photoshop to retouch a portrait photograph?  Many considerations must be made by someone using Photoshop to retouch a portrait photograph.  One consideration is not to change the entire look of the photograph.  The purpose of putting a photo in Photoshop is to retouch it and improve it.  We are trying to clean up the picture so it stands out more as it previously did before it might have been damaged.  Another consideration is we must respect all of the requests of the owner of the photograph.  The person who owns the photograph has the right to tell the retoucher what needs to be and what not to fix.  Even if someone thinks there is a change needed to be made in the photo the owner of the photograph did not point out, this person does not have the right to fix it.  He or she must talk to the owner first.  Lastly,  make new layers to fix a photo.   Do not ever fix a photo on the original version because if the owner of the photo is not pleased with a retouch and wants it fixed, then the retoucher has nothing to go back to fix.
2. Give an example of a positive use of photo retouching and a negative use of photo retouching?  Some examples of positive uses of photo retouching is whitening teeth, taking away blemishes, fixing missing patches from photos and making it seem like the photo had never been ripped, and making the white of the eyes brighter.  Some example of negative uses of photo retouching is taking away a birth mark that is special to someone, distorting the image, and making a color of an object different from the original
3. Has learning retouching processes caused you to look at advertisements, magazine images and other published photos of celebrities and models differently? In what ways?  It has made me change the way I look at celebrities and models because before pictures of them are released they can be touched up a little bit to make them look like they have no flaws.  If everyone knew about photoshop, then everybody could change the way they look in a photo.  Since celebrities photos can be fixed, it makes people feel that they have to look that perfect to be like a celebrity even though they don't realize that the celebrity doesn't look that perfect.

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