CSC/FAR 020, Computer Graphics, March 4, 2010 Dr. Dale E. Parson Assignment 5, due March 18 at 5:50 PM

Project 5 requirements Use your own photographs. You do not personally need to appear in the photos. (1) Take a portrait that has the following deficiencies (next page), correct them, and save the result in a Photoshop file. Also provide the original image. You can use a portrait that also has one of the deficiencies of the following step 1b that you are correcting. Just make sure to include originals, final PSD files and README notes identifying the files and defects removed.

Deficiencies for requirement 1a (1a) The face in the portrait should have a blemish, pimple, zit, boil, scar, scab, wrinkles, rash, crow’s feet, unwanted hair or other cosmetic blemish that you remove using one or more of Healing Brush, Patch Tool, and Spot Healing Brush. Describe the blemish in the original image and the steps you took to remove it.

Deficiencies for requirement 1b (1b) Image should be underexposed or overexposed. Use a Level Adjustment Layer OR a Shadows / Highlights on a copy of a regular Layer to adjust the exposure. This step can use the same or a different image as step 1a. (1c in addition) correct another image that is backlit, using the Camera Raw tool to correct it as we went over in class. Make sure to save a copy of this JPEG file before opening the Camera Raw tool, since the Camera Raw tool modifies the JPEG directly when you exit the tool. Identify which JPEG is before and which is after in your README log.

Requirement 2 Use a Smart Filter Layer with one of the Blur Filters appropriate to the image, for example Motion Blur for a motion-like shot, or Softening Blur to soft-focus a portrait. Smart Filters automatically add layers masks. Use the layer mask to mask off the blurred effect from part of the image. Make sure not to flatten the Smart Filter layer into surrounding layers.

Requirement 3 Take another image that has a slightly out-of-focus foreground figure, and use either Smart Sharpen or Unsharp Mask to sharpen the focus while keeping the image realistic looking. Make sure your log file identifies both the original image and the corrected image. Don’t create a cartoon character! If you cannot get the figure fully into focus, then improve the focus without making it look artificial. You will get more points for a slightly out-of-focus realistic figure than a fake looking one.

Requirement 4 Make a Halloween mask of your yourself or using a portrait you have taken, for example morphing skin, adding tattoos, etc. as your compositional component for the assignment. Use one or more of the following techniques. Leave the layers intact and describe how you used these effects in your README log. Effects include creative use of Filters, Filter Adjustment layers, Layer Blending, additional Blur Filters other than the one you use for Requirement 2, removing Spherical or Chromatic Aberrations, duplicating color range across images, Color Replacement. Describe in the log.

Next assignment The next assignment will swing back to a creative composition. This one focuses on PhotoShop machinery, but feel free to be creative with it. It is due by 5:50 PM on March 18 in my Inbox. Go back over these bullets as a checklist before turning it in.