introduction to photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is a graphic and picture editing tool. It enables the user to alter, manipulate and create images either from existing photos or found images.

in the previous lessons we have used several tools. The one i found the easiest was the stamp tool, it is a simple function of copying a part of the image and then pasting it into another are of the image, this could be used to copy and paste a eye in order to then 'stamp' it onto the forehead so it looks like the man has three eyes instead of two, if you want you could then copy and paste a part of the cheeks and copy it onto the real eyes, to create a image of a cyclopse.
Another way of copying and pasting a image is using the marquee tool or the laso tool you basically draw a line around th eobject you want to copy and then paste it onto whatever you please. So for instance you could copy and paste a head onto someone elses body.
Two other options avaliable to you in photoshop is the burn and and dodge tool. These help you pronounce th eshadows in the photos. The brun tool creates a darker shadow, while the dodge tool creates a highlight, you must be careful not to use it to a great extent otherwise it will look too unrealistic, unless you are going for that look.
A problem a lot of people come across are the dreaded layers. A lot of the time you will try and create a copy and paste, etc and it wont work- most of the time this is because of a layers issue. Yu need to make sure to be on the correct layers, which you can choose using a sidebaar on the right.
Photoshop is a pretty simple programm if you know how to use it, you need to figure what each tool does before you try and create a image. Photoshop is mostly used to create a image that makes the objects in it (i.e. models) to look better, or to create a image that could not be created in real life scenarios.

BAsic Skills Camera Work and Composition

Composition:

Photography brings a visual language that is universal in understanding. We must then understand its vocabulary which consists of shapes, textures, patterns, lines, colours, shade of light to dark and sharp to blurry images. Just as we must learn to arrange words in a coherent order in order to make sense when we write or speak, so too must we put visual elements together in an organized manner if our photographs are to convey their meaning clearly and vividly.

Composition means arrangement: the orderly putting together of parts to make a unified whole; composition through a personal, intuitive act. However, there are basic principles that govern the way visual elements behave and interact when you combine them inside the four borders of a photograph. Once we have sharpened our vision and grasped these basic ideas of principles, then we will have the potential for making our photographs more exciting and effective than ever before.


Rule of thirds is basically when one imagines there four lines running through ones frame; two horizontally and two veretical so that there are 9 little frames. Where the lines intersect are the important ares as these are the places your eyes look at first. This means you should place important elements in these areas.
Using rule of thirds gives you nicely balanced images.

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