Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I x Lab Work: Photoshop Colorize

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop – Basic lab and colorize work Lab Work: Overview guide Make it jump off the page but keep it believable. How much ‘Presence’ that you adjust into any image is up to your story idea. The idea can be concrete (prose) or ethereal (poetry). The story can come from a logical thinking or spontaneous real world discoveries. However the story idea is born and captured, you must be able to at least give it a title that makes concrete or suggestive sense.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop – Basic lab and colorize work Lab Work: Layer ‘filter’ adjustment All Layer adjustments are non-destructive. They are only ‘filter’ adjustments that can be re-adjusted in the future, turned off, or even removed. Removal is usually not necessary since any filter adjustment can be turned off.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop – Basic lab and colorize work Levels Adjustment: Of the three basic adjustments, the Levels is normally limited to one-time use. The color adjustment is also mostly used once. But it might be used the second time. The Brightness/Contrast can be used more than once. It’s often used in the retouching ‘burn and dodge’ phase in very small to large areas.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop – Basic lab and colorize work Lab Work: Adjustment guide 1.Person Shot Skin tone is usually the key adjustment factor. 2.Thing Shot There is more leeway with color, tone, and contrast. 3.Natural Scenes This group of images will require the most ‘realistic’ adjustments.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop – Basic lab and colorize work Natural Scene: Images in this group requires the most realistic adjustments. Although, there is also an opposite idea. The goal of natural processing is to make the final image look both believable and to have strong presence. Your final processed image may not look like the original scene at all.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop – Basic lab and colorize work Thing Shot: Camera original of a Red Toyota hood logo. The logo is sculpted beautifully but it’s a pretty thin beau-relief. I know some people with good taste that don’t like it but I think it’s pretty cool looking.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop – Basic lab and colorize work Lab Work Step 1 - Levels  Start by selecting the Auto button. It works well for most images.  If the change goes in the right direction but it goes ‘too far’, just lower FILL from 100% to a lower number.  Don’t try to make the brightness and contrast perfect using only this step 1 change. Step 2 – Brightness/Contrast  Brighten dark image by +3 to +9 adjustment range.  Darken light image by -3 to -9 adjustment range.  Consider any adjustment beyond 15 to be serious. Step 3 – Color balance  Use skin tone, white, or gray as your visual guide.  Go for ‘neutral’ most of the time.  Cheat skin tone towards the warm side.  Use ‘cool’ shift to imply weather or mood.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop – Basic lab and colorize work Thing Shot: Processed 1.Levels 2. Brightness/Contrast 3. Color I processed for maximum presence I want the viewer to see this ‘as if’ seeing it in person with the perfect light on it.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop – Basic lab and colorize work Simple Retouch: The power lines in the hood highlight area were Clone stamp removed. The street light remains as a fourth reading element and knowing that it may never be noticed.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop – Basic lab and colorize work Colorize: Make it blue Notice how this simple color change makes the feeling tone of the image change. The color is at full saturation. It could have easily been toned down or the color could have been easily changed.

Teacher: Kenji Tachibana Digital Photography I Photoshop – Basic lab and colorize work Summary: Image processing is about controlling all aspect of the image from: 1.Brightness 2.contrast 3.Tone gradation 4.Color and color saturation These controls can apply to the whole and/or parts of the image.

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