It is very common for upcoming designers and photographers to overdo enhancements on their work. This is a habit you don’t want to let yourself fall into. Be careful to remember that enhancements are not to overpower the object that you’re trying to improve. It’s just like perfume. Perfume is designed to enhance ones fragrance but too much of a good thing can do more harm than good. Have you ever had a girl walk by you that went a little perfume happy? Wow… it’s almost nauseating! Well… it’s the same with pictures or video… don’t put too much perfume on it! Here’s a shot I recently took. You can see the original shot as well as the enhanced one. Notice how the enhancements don’t change the overall look of the picture but bring out the highlights and depth of it.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Welcome back to another exciting tutorial! Today we’re going to go over how to make a awesome panoramic shot in less than thirty seconds using Adobe Photoshop Cs4! This is going to be so quick that you’ll have so much extra time to do all the other things in life that you want to do… like… watering flowers, sweeping the carpet, or cutting grass… the possibilities are endless! Let’s proceed…
First off I like to find my pictures in Adobe Bridge, making sure I Ctrl+click each one of them so they’re all highlighted. Then just click on “Tools” – “Photoshop” – and then “Photomerge”.
Once you press “photomerge” this menu screen will open up in Adobe Photoshop. Make sure the layout is set to “auto” and that you have the checkbox clicked for “blend images together”. Press ok.
Once you press “ok” photoshop will then proceed to process your photos into your panorama view. This should just take a moment. Once it’s finished you’ll notice how it needs to be cropped on the edges. Once you’re finished doing that, save your file and you’re done! Tada!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
A lot of times people use presets to turn their image to black and white. Usually, it turns out to be more grey-scale than anything else and looks very washed out. I'm going to introduce to you an exceptionally easy method of how to make a black and white image and bring out the details at the same time.
Our program that we'll be using is Adobe Bridge. This is a utility that is often overlooked and yet is extremely powerful. We'll get more into AB (Adobe Bridge) later on with its main functionalities.
Find your photo using the folder column to the left and right click on the photo you want to edit. In the box that appears, click- "Open in Camera Raw".
Another box will open in Camera Raw. Click on the "HSL / Greyscale" tab.
Then proceed to click on the "Convert to Greyscale" check box.
Now go back to the "Basic" tab where you'll be able to make most of your adjustments. Note that every picture will have different adjustments depending on its lighting. So, just have fun playing around with your own settings.
By now you'll have a great black and white shot. Just another option might be to add a lens vignett. Click on the "Lens Corrections" tab and again make the necessary adjustments depending on how much of a vignett you want. Note that if you move the "Amount" sliders to the right you will have a white vignett verses moving it to the left and making a black one.
Now just click on the "Open Image" button on the bottom and your newly edited picture will be opened in Photoshop where you can save it in whatever file that suits you most.
Again, you can do a lot with Adobe Bridge in Camera Raw. We'll go over some more great techniques soon!
Our program that we'll be using is Adobe Bridge. This is a utility that is often overlooked and yet is extremely powerful. We'll get more into AB (Adobe Bridge) later on with its main functionalities.
Find your photo using the folder column to the left and right click on the photo you want to edit. In the box that appears, click- "Open in Camera Raw".
Another box will open in Camera Raw. Click on the "HSL / Greyscale" tab.
Then proceed to click on the "Convert to Greyscale" check box.
Now go back to the "Basic" tab where you'll be able to make most of your adjustments. Note that every picture will have different adjustments depending on its lighting. So, just have fun playing around with your own settings.
By now you'll have a great black and white shot. Just another option might be to add a lens vignett. Click on the "Lens Corrections" tab and again make the necessary adjustments depending on how much of a vignett you want. Note that if you move the "Amount" sliders to the right you will have a white vignett verses moving it to the left and making a black one.
Now just click on the "Open Image" button on the bottom and your newly edited picture will be opened in Photoshop where you can save it in whatever file that suits you most.
Again, you can do a lot with Adobe Bridge in Camera Raw. We'll go over some more great techniques soon!
Monday, August 17, 2009
Here's an example of compositing done in Adobe Photoshop. One of the most important things to remember when doing this is lighting. Everything has to blend together in a way where it looks like one picture. Another trick is to clone your background around your object. In this case, I put some bush in front of the characters, giving the illusion that they're actually there. The helicopters are blurred out to add more realism regarding the focusing of a camera lens and the grass is actually burnt where the fire is. Compositing is a lot of fun and you can apply these techniques to any design.
Right now I'm just organizing this blog in conjuction with my website, www.nomadgraphix.com I'll be posting articles and video here on technique and design using Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop Cs4.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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