Photoshop Portrait

We are going to play with your face using Adobe Photoshop. In this assignment, you are going to learn about basic photo editing and manipulation techniques. First we need the photo of you.
Here are some Photoshop editing tutorials if your want to further your Photoshop skills...
http://photoshoproadmap.com/35-creative-portrait-effects-photoshop-tutorials/ 

We are going to learn about Photoshop.
Basic Photoshop Techniques

1. Basic tool bar functions.
2. Sizing and cropping an image.
3. How to adjust exposure- Image- Adjustments- Levels. 

 

 

 

Filters

• Duplicate your portrait layer (the one with the original photo called "Background", right click on the layer, select Duplicate).
• Experiment with Filters (in the filter menu). Make a New Duplicate layer for each of the filters, but turn off the Visability of the other filter layers with each one. Label your layers with the corresponding filter effect.Try: 

1. Sketch>Stamp,
2. Stylize>Find Edges, 
3. Artistic>Cut Out, 
4. Brush Strokes> you choose
5. Pixelsate> Color Halftone 

 Then try a 5 more filters and combinations of filter

Hue & Saturation

• Open a new portrait and check out the "Hue & Saturation" Adjustment layer.
• Click colourize and experiment with the saturation and levels.
• Change the colors and "Save As" the filter name for each of the filter experiments.
• Then try a few Image> Adjustment techniques : 

 
Then we are going to create a composite of 9 manipulated portraits to post to your blog.

Portrait Studio Sessions Today

Look your best. We are going to take photos of you in the LFAS photo studio. While you are waiting, work on your self-portrait objects/elements in Illustrator. Then we will have an introduction to Photoshop next.

Computer Arts Term1

Here is a list of assignments for Term 1:
Computer Arts 9

1. About Me
2. Pen Tool Tutorials
3. Pear with Background
4. Vector Animal with Background
5. Apple Mesh Tool

Computer Arts 10

1. About Me
2. Banner- Ribbon scroll, brush swirl, Illustrator font.
3. Graphic Mind Map- Five+ points about you arranged graphically with images
4. Self-Portrait Illustrator re-created images:  1, 2, 3, 4