Assignment 3

1. Black and White
I started off by creating an adjustment layer under the "Black and White" tab. I then brought the blue down to -53 and the red to -111 to create a dark and spooky effect.







2. Black and White with Tint
I again brought up a Black and White adjustment layer. I brought the "yellow" down to a -9 and then added a tint. I changed the color of the tint to a pale lavender for a softer, entrancing look.








3. Model and Background- Different Colors
I used the Magnetic lasso tool to select the model and then used the eraser tool to refine the selection. I then, while the model is selected, created an adjustment layer for Hue/Saturation. I changed the hue to +116 which gave the model an outer-worldly cyan glow. I then inversed the selection to change the background. I changed the hue to +59 to get the lime green and also increased the lightness.





4. Gradient Blur- center sharp, edge blurred
To blur I just selected the Blur Tool, made the brush large, and hardness to only 4%. I continuously blurred the background and edges until the model really "popped".





5. Sharpening
Under "Filters" and then "Sharpen" I used the Smart Sharpen tool and raised it to %150





6. Old Looking Image
Started off by going into "Blur" under "Filter" and adding a Gaussian Blur. I then went back to "Filter" and "Add Noise" to about %40. I changed the blending mode under "Layers" to a "Soft Light". I went into "Hue/Saturation", clicked "Colorize", and then brought the hue up to a warm yellow-red and increased the saturation and lightness.



7. Change the Background
I began by using the Magnetic lasso tool to select the model, used the eraser to make it more refined, then inversed the selection. I then brought up by new background image in a new window and selected the whole background. I copied the selection and used "Fill" to fill the selection around the model. Finally I used the blur tool to try and soften the edges.





8. Choice
I selected the model's lips using the lasso tool and adding red-purple color to them by cutting out the selection, moving it to a different layer and then lowering the saturation on the original layer to -100 and the lightness up to +12. I then used the "Smudge" tool to soften the edges.




9. Choice
I went under the "Photo Filter" tab, added the "Underwater" filter, then raised the saturation. I then created a "Color Balance" layer, raised the levels of blue and magenta of the Highlights. Under shadows, I raised the levels of red and yellow to create a surreal effect.



10. Choice
I used a size 25 "Smudge" brush to annihilate her face into a expressionism's cartoon because I was tired of looking at her model's proportions. I then went into "Brightness / Contrast and raised the Contrast to 70 and lowered the brightness to turn her into something grotesque. I then used a less intense "Smudge" tool to soften the rest of the model's edges.

Three Recreations

Original Image


In my first recreation I edited in a new sky using the magic wand tool as well as the plane. I replaced a single green hue in the bushes with a bright cyan color. I also replaced an orange color in the building with a deep purple. I also decreased the brightness of the background image while heightening the contrast. At this point I felt the plane looked very out of place and decided to replace it's bright colors with neutral greens instead.

In my second recreation I once again started by editing in sky but using the other given image this time while still using the magic wand tool. I brought up both the brightness and contrast in the background image. I then replaced the color of light shadows by changing the hue and saturation to give the image a lighter-orange feel. I then edited in the plane using the magic wand tool again but this time made it much smaller and flipped the direction. I then replaced the colors on the plane to softer warm colors. I then replaced one of the bright greens in the bushes, greatly deepened its saturation, and increased lightness.
For my last recreation I edited in the first sky I used again, but I then turned it black and white. I edited in the plan again and added a rough pastel filter to it and replaced the colors once again to a cyan. I added Glowing Edges to the background image and set the fade to 57%. I then used the magic wand tool to only select the buildings and added the glass effect as well. I then went into color replace, selected one of the middle greens in the bushes and increased both the hue and saturation.

Photo Shop Day One

1. Resize to 5 x 7 jpeg
Here I simply went into "Image" and resized the given photo without problem with 72 pixels to make it web friendly.





2. Crop the Image
I decided to crop what I felt to be the most "active" part
of the given photo to try and give the
photo a more lively
and textured feeling.







3. Alter contrast
Here I changed the brightness to negative 150 and the contrast to 100% to make the once sunny setting into a sunset one.





4. Black and White
Here I created a black and white photo by using the black and white option and then changing the contrast to 100% for a more dramatic effect.





5. Stamp Tool

Although due to size it's difficult to see, I used the stamp tool to copy other part of the photo and effectively edit out the small blue boat in the background.




6. Be creative!
For the last photo I decided to combine skills. I first cropped the photo and then increased both the brightness and contrast. I then explored and found the photo filter tool and added a red haze over the photo. I'd like to think the effects give the photo a hot southern day feel.

Kacie_face Rants About Stuff

Here is a multimedia project I created solo about how silly MySpace, FaceBook, and Twitter are in my personal opinion. Honestly I see them more as a place for people to showboat themselves. The problem with this is that these are people that sound not be showboating anything. Taking pictures of yourself naked and putting them on your page does not make you awesome it makes you easy. Giving a site applications does not make it cool; it makes it cluttered. All in all, people are usually uninteresting and yet we have so many sites devoted to the cause of stalking them anyways.

It's coming . . .

In the following week or so I will try to mange my own video to put up here. Since I am an opinionated person with alot of time on my hands I thought I'd make a short on my personal thoughts on the internet networking triforce: MySpace Facebook and Twitter. Just a little snippet or two with scrrenshot visuals added in. So watch closely for my personalized update to come!

Newspapers in Motion

Over the weekend I found two newpaper sites that offered video on the top 100 newspapers online in America. It would seem that all the top newspapers in America have a section right on their home page for multimedia and display the lastest in their archieve of video such as
The New York Times.

The NYT has a large library of news videos that are presentable and offer great sound quality. The section is easy to find and navigate since all you have to do is locate that 4x5 inch black video box.

Newspapers like Salt Lake City Tribune also offer a multimedia section on their home page. However, there is no lastest preveiw like in The New Yorker so the section is not zAlso, the multimedia consists of slideshows as well as video without the massive variety.

All in all it would seem any newspaper in the topp 100 of America has video on their site and manages the section with at least some amount craft; some just have more than others, and that's why their higher on the list!

iReport

The following videos are from iReport.com:
Video Game Factory Line:

This video I found very interesting as it talked about, roughly, how a game is made, at least down at MIT. The segment was particularly well done and certinaly telvision ready and worthy. If I was on CNN's dork news I'd put this up there. It takes a lot of time out of leveling up to go out and get those interveiws afterall!

Jazan Wild

This slide-show put on display the comic artwork of Jazan Wild. Recently released (2008), I found the artwork to be wonderfully done. After seeing this I really want to go and check out the series. Granted, this small bit of news might not be worthy enough to up on CNN but for anyone looking for a gruesome new comic book series, it's a sweet find.

Spiritual, but not Religious

Seeing as how Easter was this past Sunday, I decided to put up a video abut faith. Here is a woman on iReport that have many of the same values that I share as well as parts that got me thinking. I think that her video is very well written for the people in the "gray area", that is to say, people that appreciate religion but are not overzelous about it. Seeing as how CNN has taken other videos that broadcast one person's opinion- I believe that this one would been well worth considering. At the very least, maybe it will inspire you to put down the second or third chocolate bunny next year.