Photoshop Class - Petra Fantova

Panorama - Kings Canyon

2010-06-02T19:51:00.001-07:00

For My English Classes: 64RV & 65RV

2010-05-20T00:47:00.000-07:00

FINAL - Magazine Cover

2010-05-15T09:07:00.000-07:00

I have decided to do a cover of my favorite magazine, MIND.

I bought a picture from fotolia.com (from Jens Schmidt)

MY FINAL COVER:

Week #14: Lesson 8 & Last of Groovy Photoshop Techniques

2010-05-11T06:59:00.000-07:00

Pop Dots:

Using Text As a Clipping Mask:

Tutorials from the Book (One-on-One)
Sharpening an Image - using Blur to sharpen

Applying Free - Form Distortions

Gaussian Blur and Median - softening

Week #12 & 13: INTRODUCTION TO MASKS continued - part 2

2010-05-08T19:11:00.000-07:00

CHINASKI in the United States - April 2010
The popular Czech Band CHINASKI came to visit California

Miro & Me in the Concert of Chinaski in Mountain View, CA

Me & Erika

Week 12: LESSON 9 in the Book (One-on-one)

2010-05-08T16:51:00.000-07:00

All Images are from the book - Photoshop CS4 - One-on-One / Excercises:

Arranging and Modifying Layers

Importing, transforming, and Warping Layers

Masks, Knockouts, and Luminance Blending

Working with Layer Comps

Aligning Layers and Blending Photographs
Final Composite - 2 images in 1

Creating Panoramas with PHOTOMERGE
Pictures used for final Panorama View: Final Image:
Content-Aware Scaling
Before:

After:

Week #12: Depth of Field

2010-05-08T07:31:00.000-07:00

The Final Composite of depth of Field:

Image: Prag, the Czech Republic.

Assignment #11: PLUG-INs

2010-04-27T10:26:00.001-07:00

I followed the videos and I choose to upload the package with Contact Sheet II, Web Photo Gallery
It is very helpful and pretty fast. I enjoyed playing with these plug-ins.

Contact Sheet II:
Another QUICK Contact Sheet without any changes:
Web Photo Gallery: just a picture by using a print screen

Assignment #10: SURREALISM

2010-04-22T09:52:00.000-07:00

Surrealism is a 20th-century literary and artistic movement that attempts to express the workings of the subconscious by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtaposition of subject matter.
The elephant from the ZOO (in Usti nad Labem) is free again, and He can enjoy his life with other birds in California. :o)

Pen Tool: Elephant, Wings, Buble Text

the original picture of elephant

Image Correction

2010-04-17T22:49:00.000-07:00

BeforeAfter

Week #9: PAINT, EDIT, HEAL

2010-04-16T21:35:00.001-07:00

Examples from the book One-on-One:

Colored Butterfly - After

Before:

After

Darker Skye, lightening in her face

Before

After

Red Eyes, Greenish Hair, Yellow Teeth

My example: Scanned picture of me in the kindergarten :o)
Before Healing
After
Another Of My Examples of Me:

Week #8: Midterm - "HOLOCAUST"

2010-03-25T17:24:00.000-07:00

Week#7 – Typography Graphic

2010-03-12T00:20:00.000-08:00

Assignment: Image Requirements:

Choose one typeface and one piece of text {haiku, part of a poem, lyrics, quote from a person, quote from a newspaper article or your own poem...} that will set the tone and theme for this graphic.

Use one background graphic, or create a composited image that supports and works with your text. Prepare your background using image editing skills we have previously covered. You may use original photographs, stock photography, a web graphic (provide a credit if you do).

You may choose to try the filter techniques outlined in my video tutorials for this week or try a technique of your own.

Work to integrate your text as a graphical element within the imagry. Establish a focal point in your graphic, and apply appropriate tracking, leading and choose a typeface and type treatment that aptly conveys your message. You may include a title for your text and who wrote it, or give credit in the email when you submit it.

Final Image:

Text Tutorials (Adobe Photoshop CS4, one-on-one):

Week #5 - Introduction to MASKS

2010-03-11T20:19:00.000-08:00

Assignment:
Create a mask and a subsequent composite graphic using the Mask from Scratch + the Putting the Mask in Play tutorials covered in this weeks lessons.

Mask Requirement:
Select a an image of your choice to practise making a mask using the above technique. You will find that the above technique does not apply to all types of photographs, so try various photos if need be. Pick a figure, or an object to mask that doesn't have too much background detail and is a bold

Here is the original picture used as a mask:

The Final Image:
On the picture is the Chobot LAKE (close to Concord, CA). The tree is my mask from a different image.

Text Tutorials (Adobe Photoshop CS4, one-on-one):

Week #4 – Color Your Way Perfect / Colorizing a Greyscale Image

2010-03-10T19:30:00.000-08:00

Assignment:
Work with your levels, hue & saturation, match color, and the other tools reviewed in the tutorials to correct colors and enhance the imagry. Work using use multiple layers, and blending layers with the layer opacity and layer effects. Pay close attention to developing an intentional color scheme. Use at least two sources of imagery.

You may choose to use cool colors (green, blue) or warm colors (red, orange, gold). You may choose to use a color palette that is analogous, or you could choose a complimentary color scheme.

Here are the original images used for the assignment:

The Final Projects:

Colorizing Image
This image is captured in Madeira. There is a valley covered by clouds that remind me a border of the Czech Republic; therefore, I show the border in the lower left corner.

Gradiant Map
A picture of the cost in Borneo. I used a gradient map.

Text Tutorial (Adobe Photoshop CS4, one-on-one):

Fixing A Color Cast Tint and Color

Colorizing a Greyscale Image

Correcting Camera Raw

Week #3 - DUOTONE

2010-03-09T20:16:00.000-08:00

Assignment:
Using at least two sources of photographic imagery, and the compositing techniques that you learned by using Photoshop’s Selection tools in lesson 2, cut out part(s) of one photograph and merge with another. Make sure your composite has clean edges, and is scaled appropriately.

Here are the original images that I used for the assignment:

The Final Projects:

Week #2: THE BASICS OF SELECTIONS & RESOLUTION

2010-03-08T06:29:00.000-08:00

Text Tutorials (Photoshop CS4 - one-on-one):
Selecting Regions of Continuous Color Quick Selection and Refine Edge

Selecting an Irregular Edge
Drawing Precise Curves