Digital Media Midterm

Midterm

1) Proposal/abstract:

For the midterm I will be creating a portfolio of my digital images.

2) Production log:

Preproduction and production:

Images:

1)      

-Before

-Trying to duplicate the amount of toy figures in the image

-After

-Achieved by creating a cut out of the toy figure and duplicating it and placing them accordingly. The adding shadows on a separate layer using the burn tool.

2)    

 -Before

-Trying to add more colour and contrast to the buildings in the picture.

-After

-Using hue and saturation, brightness and contrast and colour balance I was able to improve the quality of the photo.

3)    

-Before

-Trying to add more colour and contrast to the picture, and also increase the brightness.

-After

-Using hue and saturation, brightness and contrast, colour balance and exposure I was able to improve the quality of the photo.

4)    

-Before

-3D rendered scan of my head (Rendered in KeyShot)

-After

-Use of Photoshop filter (Artistic/Colour Pencil/Cutout) and added lines in the background, then saved as a PNG

5)     

-Before

-Trying to make the final model and ball appear as if they’re in motion

-After

-By adding motion blur to the ball I was able to make it appear as if it was travelling. The metal bar required more work. I had to first create a motion blur, then duplicate it several times and play with the opacity of the layers to get the image how I wanted it.

6)      

-Before

Original Image 2:

-Used as one of the images in the image blend

Original Image 1:

-Used as one of the images in the image blend

-After

-Using a layer mask for image 2 while it was on top of image 1, I was then able to use the gradient tool to blend image 2 into image 1 by dragging the gradient tool from the top of the page vertically down to the bottom of the mountains. This allowed me to just include the sky from image 2 and not blend in the entire image.

3) Self-evaluation

·         What worked:

I felt that basic image editing such as hue and saturation etc worked very well, and I was able to add them as a layer mask so that I could come back to the Photoshop file and edit them at a later date. Filters were also very easy to use, I felt the drop-down menu was very descriptive and accurate when I was trying to find a filter to use, and they were very easy to navigate.

·         What didn’t work:

Although I feel that the shadows I added worked, I think that I could still improve. I also think that I could improve my skills in non-destructive workflow, by starting to clearly name layers and maybe trying to organise images using folders, so that if I was ever to return to my previous work I could quickly pick up where I left off.

·         What you found particularly good or enjoyable:

Enjoyed adding characters and objects to images and creating shadows in the scene.

·         Development:

Maybe starting to use Adobe After Effects to experiment with editing video.