Wednesday 2nd June 2010

Final class today, I presented my finals today. HOPE EVERYONE LIKES THEM.

1. MELBOURNE’S SUBURBAN CLOUDS
Photo taken on a 6mp camera
Manipulated on Photoshop with multiple layers
I have added highlights and low lights
I have changed the density of colour
I have darkened the land on purpose because I wanted the sky to stand out.
I have used two images and joined them together by adding more clouds
This was difficult because I couldn’t tell when one cloud was starting and the other one was ending.

2. ‘MELBOURNE’ BANNER
Taken on a 12 mp camera.
I used Photoshop.
I cropped each image using the quick selection tool by adding and subtracting parts I wanted and didn’t want.
I then copied and transformed each image to make them fit all together.
This set up reminds me of the old ABC TV days when they use to get kids to spell out words.

3. WALKING THROUGH MELBOURNE
I used Photoshop
I used smudging in between the legs because I couldn’t subtract the area.
I used the magic wand tool to add and subtract the background.
I added a dark contrast to add mystery because you can’t see where they are going.
I changed the gamma colour, lowered the density, added a blue filter and changed the hue colour.
I flipped the background image.
I made the magpie darker so it stood out as well as changed the light colour of the lamp post.
This image creates an optical illusion because the image of 2 females in the foreground are the same dimensions as the same image in the background. Even thought to the eye it looks larger.
Influenced by Andrea Polli.

4. FOREVERCHANGING WEATHER.
I used Photoshop
I started of by smudging all the clouds together.
I then added highlights using the blur tool.
I then used the magic wand and highlighted the area of the house in the foreground and on the top left hand side another house and used a sketch filter of charcoal.
This created a dark black overlay with a white outline which I liked.
I then smudged out the fence line so the white wasn’t so visible to the house.

5. EVERCHANGING BLUE SKY
Took an hour film of the sky.
Set up digital camcorder in my backyard.
Using Final Cut Pro I condensed the 60 minute footage into 6 minutes.
I had to cut certain areas and changed the speed at which it would be played.
Normal speed is 100% and at times my video ranges from 25% to 5000%.
As I was watching the footage I noticed some birds flying across so I have slowed down the video so you can see them.