The Portal

The objective of this project was to create a surreal/fantasy image by incorporating different images acquired from stock image sites. The images are then compiled together utilizing different tools and layering modes.

All images were used with permission from various sources.

Key Objectives and Tools:

• Image Resize

• Canvas Resize

• Dodge/Burn

• Brush tool

• Blending Modes

• Eraser Tool

• Marque Tool

• Blur Tool

• Masking

• Levels

• Color Balance

• Hue/Saturation Control

• Inner Glow FX

• Blur Filters

Tattoo

The objective of this project was to utilize multiple images to create tattoos to insert into another image by using layer blending and perspective altering tools.

All images were used with permission from unsplash.com

Key Objectives and Tools:

• Image Resize

• Canvas Resize

• Dodge/Burn

• Brush tool

• Blending Modes

• Clone Stamp

• Eraser Tool

• Marque Tool

• Transform Tool

• Puppet Wrap

• Perspective Tool

• Skew

• Distort

Russell Brown Challenge

The objective of this project was to incorporate the image of Russel Brown provided by Russel Brown and create a costume for him using a second image of creators choice.

All images were used with permission from various sources.

Key Objectives and Tools:

• Image Resize

• Canvas Resize

• Actions

• Dodge/Burn

• Brush tool

• Blending Modes

• Clone Stamp

• Eraser Tool

• Marque Tool

• Blur Tool

• Masking

• Levels

• Color Balance

• Hue/Saturation Control

Photo Retouch

The objective of this project was to demonstrate effective use of photoshop tools to retouch the image by removing wrinkles, skin spots, fix discoloration, add color, and remove unwanted background objects.

All images were used with permission from unsplash.com.

Key Objectives and Tools:

• Image Resize

• Canvas Resize

• Actions

• Dodge/Burn

• Brush tool

• Blending Modes

• Clone Stamp

• Eraser Tool

• Marque Tool

• Blur Tool

• Masking

• Levels

Movie Title Text Effect

The objective for this project was to follow, recreate, and restyle a movie title text tutorial.

Key Objectives and Tools:

• Type Manipulation

• Gradient Filters

• Bevel/Emboss Effect

• Shadow Effect

• Inner/Outer Glow Effect

• Saturation Control

Mock mobile ads

The objective of this project was to demonstrate the application of the Mock Web Ad in various forms such as for mobile viewing. The goal was to insert the ad image into a generic mobile screen through replaceable smart image placeholders.

Key Objectives and Tools:

• Image Resize

• Smart Image Manipulation

• Hue/Saturation Levels

• Tone Levels

• Layering

Mock Web Ads

The objective for this project was to create a series of mock web based ads.

Images were acquired from the PSU stock images server with permission.

Key Objectives and Tools:

• Image Resize

• Canvas Resize

• RGB/CMYK Color Modes

• Type Manipulation

• Rectangle Tool

• Frame/Image Placement

• Shape Tool

• Layer Manipulation

Text Effect

The objective for this project was to follow, recreate, and restyle a text tutorial.

Key Objectives and Tools:

• Type Manipulation

• Gradient Filters

• Bevel/Emboss Effect

• Shadow Effect

• Inner/Outer Glow Effect

• Saturation Control

• Layer Manipulation

Timeline Animation

The objective of this project was to create silhouettes of images by removing backgrounds and then changing fill color. Then create a timeline animation to make an animated final product.

Images were acquired from the PSU stock images server with permission.

Key Objectives and Tools:

• Timeline Animation

• Selection Tool

• Eraser Tool

• Paint Bucket

• Pen Tool

• Layer Management

Film Slides

The objective of this project in Raster Graphics was to fill a minimum of 25 empty slide frames and experience the importance of selection, inverse, layer management, canvas size and the text tool.

The required footer also exposed us to Image size versus Canvas size and how the megabytes of a file changes depending on resolution. 

The before photo of the film slides was provided by the instructor. I had the freedom to choose the other 25 photos I used which were downloaded with permission from unsplash.com.

Key Objectives and Tools:

• Image size

• Canvas size

• Text tool

• Rectangle tool

• Paint bucket tool

• Layer naming and management

• Importing images into Photoshop

• Scaling images in proportion

• Sizing an image based on specifications

• Free transform feature

• Selection tools (polygon lasso)

• Inverse selection

Action Application

The objective of the project was to practice and see the use and effects of actions in photoshop. Utilizing the record action was the secondary objective.

Key Objectives and Tools:

• Image Resize

• Canvas Resize

• Action Panel

• Levels Adjustments

• Saturation Adjustments