Objective:

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

Links:

Google Image Search Result: “Photoshop Fail”

Topics Discussed:

• Photoshop Disasters
• Photoshop Image Repair

Assignment:

In our last assignment, 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 the link above, or do a Google search for “Photoshop Disasters”. 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 realistic and convincing, 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, and use lines and shapes to point out exactly where the changes were made.
7. On the same page, write a few sentences explaining the exact process you followed to correct the image 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. When you are satisfied with the images and your explanation, Export the InDesign document as a High Quality Print format .PDF (File -> Adobe PDF Presets -> High Quality Print) and save the resulting .PDF file to your Desktop. You will turn in this file with the original and corrected images. Note: If you do this correctly, you do not need to turn in the .indd file!
9. Save both your original and corrected image, and the High Quality .PDF file (3 files total) into a new folder with your name on it, and upload a copy of all three to today’s Google Classroom assignment post  by end of day on Monday, November 20th.

Assigned: November 16th, 2023
Teacher Pacing Due Date: November 20th, 2022

Objective:
I can effectively utilize the capabilities of Filters in Adobe Photoshop so that I can apply advanced effects to my images.  

Tutorial Link:

Adobe Photoshop – Apply Filters: https://creativecloud.adobe.com/learn/photoshop/web/applying-filters-basics?locale=en 

Topics Discussed:

• Filter Gallery
• Destructive Edit

Assignment:

Click on the picture of the pretty white rose at the bottom of this page to open the full-size copy, and save the full-size copy to your desktop. The file should be called “justrose.jpg”. Open this file in Photoshop.

Open the Filter Gallery (Filters menu -> Filter Gallery) and search through the available filters, noting the Properties panel on the right hand side for each. See how each filter affects the image, and play with the Properties sliders and controls to see how the Properties affect the filter.

Look through all the filters, and pick five that you particularly like. Remember these five for the next part of the project; write them down on a piece of paper if it helps you remember the names of the filters.

Change the rose photo using one of your favorite filters. Save the picture as a JPEG with the name of the filter you used (For example: ”Colored pencils.jpg”). Note that when you apply this filter, it will permanently change the image (unlike the Adjustment Layers that we studied earlier this week). This is known as a Destructive Edit, because it will permanently alter the image when you save the JPEG document.

Open a new copy of “justrose.jpg” and repeat this process four more times, with a different filter each time. You should have five pictures, each with a different filter, when you are done.

To complete this assignment: Design a composition in InDesign using your five different pictures. One picture should be bigger than the rest (the focal point or “dominant image”).

Pick out your favorite filter image to make the dominant image. Fill up the page with the pictures. Near each picture (using Proximity!), use the Type tool to write a caption with the name of the filter you used.

When finished, save the file as <your name>.filters.indd, export the file as a High Quality Print format PDF (File -> Adobe PDF Presets -> High Quality Print) and save the resulting PDF file to the “Adobe Photoshop 2023 – Rose Filters” assignment post on our Google Classroom page.

Image:

Assigned: November 2nd, 2023
Teacher Pacing Due Date: November 3rd, 2023