Compositing with Silhouettes

First, I loaded the luminosity as a selection and created a new Alpha channel. I set the Fill dialogs to white and changed the blending mode to overlay. Then, I created a new layer, chose Load Selection and selected Alpha 1 to fill the area with black. Next, I worked on the room image. I created a new adjustiment layer and chose hue/saturation, turned on the colorize checkbox and set the hue, saturation, and lightness. I used the move tool to drag an image over to the room image that would add texture. I desaturated the color, changed the mode to overlay and created a merged copy of the image. Then, I used the move tool to merge this layer into the original image. I positioned it in and added a layer mask. I added a gradient and drew out several gradients. I used the horizontal type tool to add text. Then, I used the single row marquee to make to sections of pixels white around the words. I added the words at the top. I clicked on the room layer and added a hue/saturation adjustment layer and changed the options making some areas bluer. Then, I used the brush too to clean up some of the hairs. The hardest part was adding the room image to the silhouette. I had to try several times before getting it to work correctly. The easiest thing was doing all the finishing touches and adding the text at the end. I liked this tutorial, but it was not one of my favorites.

Montage

To create this montage, I started by opening the separate images in Photoshop. I then dragged the "frontclose" image on the the "original" image. I then pressed the layer mask button to create a white "mask". I changed the default colors to black and white and selected the brush tool. Next, I selected a brush with a soft edge. I selected the vector mask and then brushed over the areas I wanted to blend. I did these steps several more times to blend the other photographs in. I really liked the resulting outcome and enjoyed this tutorial. I think creating a montage is really cool and fun. The hardest part was getting the face "frontclose" image to blend the way I wanted it to because I was struggling to blend the top edge line of the picture. The easiest part for me was, once I figured out how to complete the process and blend the pictures, just continuing to blend them all.  

Vintage Tractor Photograph

To create this image, I used Photoshop. I first started with the background. I set a gradient to be the necessary colors for the background (browns). I also made it radial. I changed the texture of the background and added two textured photographs to contribute even more to it. I next used the rectangle marquee tool to create the white border around the picture, and I added a clouded effect to it. I also added noise, crosshatch, changed the hue/saturation, and a drop shadow. I added the tractor picture by using the marquee tool, free transform tool, and a couple combinations of buttons. I then changed the opacity of the picture, the distance, and the noise. A stroke with a pattern was also added. This pattern was used on the white border, too. I changed the hue/saturation. Next, I linked three layers and used the free transform tool to tilt the image. I copied the three Polaroid layers and did a layer merge. Then, I tilted the new copy of the image and changed its levels. I repeated these steps to create one more tilted copy. I am really enjoying Photoshop and liked this tutorial. I think the hardest part was getting the layer to merge correctly and creating the tilted copies. The easiest part for me was setting up the background.

http://www.myinkblog.com/create-a-vintage-polaroid-effect/

Refine Edges Project

To change this image, I used the quick selection tool to select the dog. Then, I went into the refine edge options, chose the white background option, made the radius appear, and selected smart radius. I used the refine radius tool to paint over some of the areas to pick up the edges better. I also used the eraser tool to help, too. I changed the saturation on the background by inversing the selected area and clicking the hue/saturation button. Then, slid the saturation bar. This made the dog stand out more. The hardest part of the project was being detailed with it because the image was small. The easiest thing was changing the saturation of the background colors.

Veggie man

This is the image of the veggie man I created using Photoshop. I began with separate images of different veggies and ended with an image fill with them all. To start, I used the elliptical marquee tool to select the blueberry. Then, I used the move tool to position the blueberry inside of the carrot slice. This created an eye for the veggie man. I used the elliptical marquee tool to select the eye and then clicked the move tool. I held down Alt and moved the eye to the left side of the head. I dragged a copy of the eye to the right side of the head using Shift+Alt. I used the elliptical marquee tool to select the kiwi and dragged it to the melon to be the mouth. I selected the magic wand tool and clicked inside the pear tomato. Then, I selected all the parts of the pear tomato. Then, I held down control and dragged the tomato nose onto the face. I used the lasso tool to make selections around the bow tie pasta. I free handed some of it and held down Alt to create straight lines for other parts. Then, I added the bow tie to the melon. I used the lasso tool again to create a rough outline around the mushroom. Then used the Shift and Alt buttons to add and subtract pieces to get a better outline of the mushroom. With the magnetic lasso tool, I clicked the bottom left of the inside of a grapefruit and moved the mouse around the flesh to select this inside piece. I rotated and re-sized this piece to be the ear. Then, I duplicated it and reflected/transformed it. I selected the radish using the magic wand tool and Alt button. I moved it to the face and duplicated it and transformed it. Lastly, I cropped the face using the crop tool. The hardest part of this assignment was selecting the bow tie pasta with the lasso tool. The easiest part was doing the radishes because it was using one tool and just clicking.

Bomb--Fall Final (Victoria Evans)

To create this image, I used tools such as the pen tool, gradient tool, shape builder, pathfinder, blend tool, ellipse tool, and more. I first started with the background. I created a rectangle, and then I added a gradient to it. I made the gradient radial and then chose the colors for it. Next, I created the black ring. To do this, I made a circle and then scaled another circle, a little smaller, inside of the original circle. Then, I used  the shapebuilder tool to remove the inner circle which created the ring. Next, I typed the words using the type on path tool. To cut the letters out from the ring, I made the letters into outlines, used the pathfinder tool to divide, and then used the direct selection tool to delete the inside of the letters. Then, I made the stroke around the letters and ring thinner. Next, I created the bomb. I started with the ellipse tool to create the main part of the bomb. Then, I used the blend tool. I blended the bomb and a smaller lighter circle together towards the bottom of the bomb. I used the ellipse tool, again, to create a white circle in the right top of the bomb. I then scaled two more larger circles and changed the opacity on them. I used the ellipse tool to create the part of the bomb in the upper left corner and scaled a smaller black circle to go inside of it. I created a line, thickened its stroke, and added a gradient to it to be the wick. Then, I added another line with a gradient to go on the top of the wick. To create the light, I used the ellipse tool to make the middle circle and added a radial gradient to it using yellow and orange as the colors. I used the pen tool to create the light beam pieces and added a gradient to them, too. The hardest part of this assignment was cutting the text out of the ring, allowing you to see the purple background. The easiest part was creating the light because it was just making a small circle, a simple shape with the pen tool and then adding a gradient. I think my ending result turned out well. 

Cupcake Corner Pattern

The picture at the top is the pattern I created for my cupcake packaging. The picture at the bottom is the original image used to create the pattern.

To create this pattern, I used the logo for "Cupcake Corner". The logo was created using the pen tool and the text tool. First, I removed the text and flower from the logo. Then, I tilted the the pieces of the cupcakes and changed the colors of the cupcakes. Next, I made the pattern with one of the brick patterns.

The hardest part of creating the pattern was getting the cupcakes positioned the way I wanted them. The easiest part was changing the cupcake colors. I think the pattern turned out well and fits "Cupcake Corner" well, too.