Dodge and Burn Tool Exercise

Today we used the dodge and burn tool to brighten up eyes and teeth in a portrait photo.

And here’s the one I did of myself:

Cloning Tool Exercise

Today I cloned a bird using photoshop. I used the clone tool to clone the bird on a separate layer. then by turning off the lower layers I was able to use the eraser tool erase any background I might have cloned.

Here’s the exercise:

And the one I did myself:

Photoshop Filter Exercise

Today we spiced up some boring photos using the zig zag and clouds filters in photoshop. First we flipped a copy of the picture upside down, then applied the zig zag filter for pond ripple effects, then used the cloud filter to dull the mirror image to make it look real. Here is the example:

And the one I did myself:

 

Overlay Exercise

Today we learned how to add detail to an old photograph using levels adjustment layers, with the overlay blend mode in photoshop.

And here is my own version

 

Watercolor Effect

This lab is for making a normal photo look like a water color in Photoshop.

Here is the Exercise result with a low res example photo:

And my own example:

Original Photo

After

201 Photoshop Exercise

Here is a picture I put in a frame in photoshop. We learned the limitations of the background layer and how add transparency to an image. Then we learned how to edit using multiple layers to make the two seperate images look like a framed photo. The one on the bottom is my own example.

Mini Documentary

Here’s a Mini Doc I shot and edited for 101, following the band Rapechild and their brief “success” in the local music scene.