First off I started with a picture of a lamppost, usually not the most interesting thing (unless you are in Narnia of course), but I decided that even lampposts need accessories too. To start with, it would be good for all of you to know that I am using GIMP, therefore my terms will be related to that.
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| From Digi Photo Photoshop 1 |
First off in the process I individually cut every object out from its surroundings as Lisa did in the selecting tutorial. I actually used the magic scissors the most as they seemed to be the most helpful, but I also used the lasso for getting things that the scissors left behind.
After taking a long time to figure things out, I think it came out reasonably well. I resized the sunglasses, hat, and gloves to fit my figure. I also modified the colors on the items to make them fit in a bit better as my house lighting is not quite outside lighting.. at all.
And, I think that's it, see the finished product!
After taking a long time to figure things out, I think it came out reasonably well. I resized the sunglasses, hat, and gloves to fit my figure. I also modified the colors on the items to make them fit in a bit better as my house lighting is not quite outside lighting.. at all.
And, I think that's it, see the finished product!
Edited Photo: (see if you can tell the difference)
My next photo is that of the sky/trees right next to my house, was quite a basic picture, and for the most part still is, but it now holds one great feature, a TARDIS. For all those who do NOT know what a TARDIS is and for that matter, Doctor Who, please go on wikipedia to discover how awesome it is. For the basica description, TARDIS means Time And Relative Dimensions In Space, so it is a space space/time traveling vessel to sum it up.
The TARDIS is built out of Legos and retains the general shape of it. I wanted to give it a look as if the TARDIS was flying right by me.
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Of course, I started out by cutting out the TARDIS from my other picture by use of the laso, magic scissors and color selector to erase the background. The biggest problem I came to was that the lighting had produced certain colors on the figure and some parts got cut out when I used the color selector. I fixed this by pretty much patching the areas with other areas of the ship.
The last thing I did was to indicate that it was moving. What I did was to copy the layer that the Tardis was on and put a motion blur on one of them and put the clear one on top. This was to ensure that the picture would stay relatively clear, but also have the desired motion blur. I did add a bit of blur to the top one, but not nearly as much. Also I increased the brightness of the light on top by adjusting its hue. All I had to do was lasso it and throw the settings on and tada, that worked.
And here is the result!
Edited Photo:
The TARDIS is built out of Legos and retains the general shape of it. I wanted to give it a look as if the TARDIS was flying right by me.
Original:
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| From Digi Photo Photoshop 1 |
Of course, I started out by cutting out the TARDIS from my other picture by use of the laso, magic scissors and color selector to erase the background. The biggest problem I came to was that the lighting had produced certain colors on the figure and some parts got cut out when I used the color selector. I fixed this by pretty much patching the areas with other areas of the ship.
The last thing I did was to indicate that it was moving. What I did was to copy the layer that the Tardis was on and put a motion blur on one of them and put the clear one on top. This was to ensure that the picture would stay relatively clear, but also have the desired motion blur. I did add a bit of blur to the top one, but not nearly as much. Also I increased the brightness of the light on top by adjusting its hue. All I had to do was lasso it and throw the settings on and tada, that worked.
And here is the result!
Edited Photo:
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| From Digi Photo Photoshop 1 |
Hope you enjoyed the picture, if you have any questions, please ask!
Josh
Josh
I like the light, looks like a snowman :) Why did you use the magic scissors rather tahn lasso tool? What would have been different if you just went straight to the lasso instead?
ReplyDeleteThe second photo is funny. I like the motion blur, makes it very silly.
Great work! I'm having such a hard time!!! Feeling like a failure this week for sure!!!
ReplyDeleteAmber
The lamppost is very clever! Nicely done. I also like how you added some motion blur to indicate that the TARDIS is moving in the second picture. That detail made the image work quite well!
ReplyDeleteLove the lampost, that is a great idea, and I like the blur in the secone photo, good job with these.
ReplyDeleteBeing a fan of The Doctor for about 40 years I have to say I like the Tardis did the Leggo one work as well as the original and is it still bigger on the inside.
ReplyDeleteThe dressed lamp is also a nice effect a good job of blending the images.
haha I like the lamp post! Nice job!
ReplyDeleteNice Job Josh, you seem to know your way around the software quite nicely. You also seem to cut and layer everything so exact. I'm impressed. I hope that my skills will improve and am able to manipulate my photos in a similar manner. Love the lampost so unique. You have a creative imagination.
ReplyDeleteYou did an excellent job, Josh! I really enjoyed looking at your photos! Great job putting the "gear" on the lamp post. That must've taken you some time to get everything just right. Nice job also with the second photo! I have to agree with Paula and say that you have an awesome imagination! I never would've thought of anything like that!
ReplyDeleteAWESOME! Plus, your description was excellent, Josh. Good for you. If there was anything I'd do is tweak the contrast in both pix, but we're doing that this week (wk8) so I won't hold it against you '-)
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