Computer Graphic Design

Fall 2015 – 18 – Digital Photography: Impossible Images

Objective:

I can use digital photography, selection tools, clipping masks and transformations to make an otherwise impossible image.

Links:

 

Topics Discussed:

  • Photoshop
  • Selection Tools
  • Clipping Masks
  • Transform Tools
Assignment:
Last week, we tested our acquired Photoshop skills by fixing a Photoshop Disaster. Today, we are use our acquired Photoshop skills to create something entirely new, and completely impossible.
  1. Visit the above website for inspiration. Notice how many of the images use scale (size) to make the images impossible: some of the elements are impossibly big or impossibly small. Others place elements in places where they don’t normally belong (a giant mouth where the subject’s stomach should be).
  2. Your goal is to produce an Impossible Image, just like the ones in the example link, with the following restrictions:
    1. You may ONLY use photographs that you took yourself. You MAY NOT use any images borrowed from the Internet, from other people, or from any other source other than your own original photo collection.
    2. You may use your own camera, but you must provide the original photo files as proof that you are the photographer who took the pictures.
    3. You must use at least THREE original images to comprise the final composite image.
    4. Your image should depict a completely impossible scenario, situation or condition, but should look as realistic as possible.
    5. Your image should be 11″ x 17″, (or 17″ x 11″, if you’re making it landscape).
    6. The final image will be placed in InDesign, in a photo frame with a 1″ colored border.
  3. Apply whatever modifications you are necessary to make the image look as realistic as possible. Pay close attention to detail, shadows, scaling and your selection edges. Don’t make this into a Photoshop Disaster!
  4. Save your image as a .psd file before importing it into InDesign.
  5. Create a new InDesign document. Save it with your name and “Photoshop Impossible Image”.
  6. Place the Impossible Image Photoshop image on the page in a photo frame with a 1″ stroke. You may make the stroke whatever style or color you choose.
  7. Place your name (or signature) somewhere on the page. This is your original artwork, so you should sign it and be proud of it!
  8. Save your Photoshop image, the pictures you used to make your Photoshop image, and the InDesign .indd file into a new folder with your name on it, and place the entire folder into “18 – Impossible Images” in the Student Drop Folder by end of day on Friday.
Assigned: November 16th, 2015
Due Date: November 25th, 2015
Computer Graphic Design

Fall 2015 – 17 – Photoshop Disaster Recovery

Objective: 
I can use Photoshop image repair tools to fix a “Photoshop Disaster”.
Links:

 

Topics Discussed:

  • Photoshop Image Repair
Assignment:
A couple of weeks ago, we tested our acquired Photoshop skills by building a composite image using several smaller images. Today, we are going to look at some examples of Photoshop alterations gone horribly wrong. By the end of the week, we are going to use our skills to recover some of these “Photoshop Disasters”.
  1. Visit either of the above websites. Look through the examples of “Photoshop Disasters”, have a good laugh, and select one that you think you can correct using the image repair techniques we have studied in class. (Keep it school-appropriate!)
  2. Save a copy of this photo to your Documents, and open it in Photoshop.
  3. Apply whatever modifications you feel are necessary to make the image look more realistic, or to fix the obvious problem. The final image should look more realistic than the original, so pay close attention to detail. The final image should be flawless, not just “less bad”.
  4. Save your corrected image with a different filename than the original.
  5. Create a new InDesign document. Save it with your name and “Photoshop Disaster Recovery”.
  6. Place both the original image and your corrected version into the InDesign document. Label the original and the corrected version.
  7. On the same page, write a brief paragraph explaining the exact process you followed to correct theimage in Photoshop. Use the correct terminology and tool names. (Did you use the Healing Brush Tool? The Spot Healing Brush Tool? The Patch Tool? Did you use a Lasso Selection? A Quick Selection? The Magic Wand? Did you have to manipulate Layers? Did you have to flatten Layers? Did you have to Scale portions of the image?)
  8. Save both your original and corrected image, and the InDesign .indd file into a new folder with your name on it, and place the entire folder into “17 – Photoshop Disaster Recovery” in the Student Drop Folder by end of day on Tuesday.
Assigned: November 9th, 2015
Due Date: November 13th, 2015

It’s super effective!