Home Learning Task 2 Find at least three examples of special effects in images, film stills, etc. Identify which groups they are most likely to appeal to and why. Copy or change one of the images as a drawing in your sketchbook.

Connector Watch the clip below from Harry Potter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rby4s1_SaAI What was you favourite special effect? Can you think how they did it? Why do filmmakers, artists and designers use special effects

Key words Effect: Affect: A Noun is a thing Noun. Something that changes or alters something (the effect of climate change on the planet) Affect: Verb. The process by which something is altered (increased temperature affects polar ice-caps by melting them). A verb is a ‘doing word’

Learning Outcomes All will be able to change their image using curves creating at least 5 different effects Most will be able to use the polygonal lasso tool to select areas to alter using Photoshop effects Most will identify how their image appeals to a target audience Some may isolate colour channels to affect using curves Some may use a combination of filters and effects to the same selected section of an image

Big Picture Open image in Photoshop and set up your desktop Use curves as shown to change your image – consider how it relates to your target audience. Select only one area of the image to use affect using the ‘polygonal lasso’ tool Use effects as shown on the selected area Use both filters and effects on the same area

Go to the folder Kew Gardens on Student Shared Pick an image that you like to work from Create a new folder in your ‘natural forms’ older and give it the name ‘effects’ and save a copy of the image in to that folder Every time you make changes to the image you’re working from save it as something else!

In the start up menu go to Graphics > Photoshop Once in Photoshop go to file > open and select the image you chose

Go to the ‘window’ menu across the top bar > select ‘history’ from this menu. The History window allows you to go back and forward through the steps you’ve taken on your image - this is much better than ‘undo’ as it allows you to go back or forward directly to the stage you want - So, don’t worry if you make a mistake you can always re-write history….

Go to the layer box across at the bottom left of your screen Double click on the layer to unlock it

Go to the icon that looks like the circle split in half: Hold it down and select curves

You will see a graph that you can move with your mouse and create new points by clicking on it. This is an example of how the image can be changed to make it darker or lighter Save the file using the name of the filter eg, ‘curves01’ and save it as a .jpg (these take up less space) Eg, curves01.jpg Play around until you find one you like, then save it into your folder

Try out different colour balances using the curves tool Save each one separately in your folder, then re-open your original image. Think about the effects your creating: What is the mood? Is it bold or subtle? How might it appeal to an audience? (Who are you trying to appeal to?). Aim to have at least five different curves examples saved in your folder If you’ve done this and you’re feeling confident follow the instructions on the next slide…

Go to the drop down menu channel Select either red, blue or green and try the curve that affects that colour – save it as ‘curvered01.jpg’, for example.

Go back to your original image and select an area of it you’d like to work with Go to the ‘tool’ bar on the left hand side of your screen and select the ‘polygonal lasso’ tool

Selecting areas It’ll become big on your screen – to zoom back out stay on the magnifine tool and press ‘alt’ or to zoom out fully press ‘command’ and ‘0’ together. Hold down and drag the magnifine glass over the area you want to work on

Go back to the polygonal lasso tool Selecting areas Single click your way around the area that you want to use. Be patient! The more clicks you make the nearer the selection. Don’t double-click until you’re done - that’ll undo all your work. When your line makes it back to your starting point double-click on it` Go back to the polygonal lasso tool

Here I’ve used ‘drop shadow’ and ‘inner glow’ Once you’ve selected the area you can apply filters and effects to that area only Here I’ve used ‘drop shadow’ and ‘inner glow’ The circle with the ‘f’ in it is the effects tool. Hold it down and pick an effect to apply to the selected area

Once you’ve selected the area you can apply filters like you did last lesson but to that area only Here I’ve used the filter ‘Graphic Pen’ from the filters menu from last lesson

You can try applying filters and effects together

Check! Have you got at least five different images with using the curves tool? Have you saved them all as jpgs? Have you saved them in your own folder called natural forms – Kew gardens, in your own documents! Have selected an section and used the filter and effects from this lesson or last lesson on them?

Review WWW: Pick your most successful image. Why was it successful?: (exploring lots of moods; has a lot of impact when you look at it) EBI: What could you do to improve?: (tried more different moods; used more than one filter on an image; selected an area to change)