In this assignment, you will learn how to rotate, crop and do minor repairs to images. These will be handy skills to have in order to enhance your images to prepare for print. *The below effects can be done with regular Photoshop tools... choose whichever you prefer, however I would like you to become familiar with the Camera Raw Filter.
Choose a photo that needs retouching and correction of red eyes.
Open your file in Photoshop and open up Camera Raw Filter
3. Follow the steps in this tutorial. Adjust the cropping, correct the eyes and make retouches to enhance your photo. Save your before and after image and post them to your website.
Two Assignment: Adobe Light Room - Colour Correction, White Balance, Exposure, Contrast, Colour Shift
In this activity, you will learn how to add images to the Lightroom library, the basics of how to edit, organize, and share, and how to use Lightroom CC images in Photoshop.
It is important that you keep yourself organized by properly labeling images and folders.
2. You can adjust Light, Color, Effects, Detail, Optics, and Geometry. View this Technical Guide guide to see how. Choose an image, or two or three, and start playing with these features.
3. Once you are happy with your image(s), you may save and share them. View this guide on how to Save and Share Photos.
4. Lightroom and Photoshop can work together. Lightroom is where you can organize, share, and adjust photos so they look their best. Photoshop is where you can add further edits to photos – like combining photos, removing flaws, moving objects, applying Photoshop filters, adding text, and more. View this Guide to see how.
* You may download the animal image files to play with here.
Three Assignment: Blend Two Images Together
For this assignment, you will be choosing two images and blending them to create a smooth and seamless blend.
Choose two images, do not choose two random photos, try to tell a story with the images you choose.
Follow this tutorial, using the gradient tool for your effect.
Save your file as a psd file and a jpeg file. Upload it to your website with a title.
Example:
Project: Before and After
For this assignment, you may take new pictures or use pictures you have taken in the past.
Once you choose your images, save the original images. Open the files using Lightroom and/or Photoshop.
Adjust the effects such as Light, Colour, Effects, Details, Optics and/or Geometry to create images that demonstrates skill and creativity. Blend your images together to create an appealing single image.
Post these images (BEFORE SHOTS & AFTER) on your website and explain how you created your AFTER shot.
You will be explaining/presenting your AFTER shot to me and your classmates.