Animoto!

My Works
I created this quick video of some of my works on Animoto. All I had to do was choose a template and song, and then upload my pictures and the site creates the video for you! It was super simple and fun!

Hidden Image!

See if you can find the frog..

For this little assignment we had to hide an image in another image, like the face hidden in coffee beans example. I chose to use a forest as my main image because it is quite busy and distracting. I then chose a frog because a green one would blend in really well with this image. After I scaled him down I decreased the opacity some to make him less visible. I also covered him with a selection of grass with a low opacity just to make sure he was hidden really well. I think it turned out pretty well considering sometimes I can't even see him. Can you find the frog?

Color Wheel Stencil #2 & #3!

These are two more Color Wheel Stencil images I did, using the same steps. The first one, I used a picture of colorful buildings in Italy and used the word Italy as my stamp. I changed each image to one of the major colors in the building and made a white to pink gradient. In the second one, I chose one of my favorite pictures I have taken of my brother blowing bubbles. I chose a more creative arrangement for this image, put mainly shades of blue photo filters, and put a light gray stroke around each. I really like how this one turned out.

Color Wheel Stencil

For this assignment, we had to choose an image to use as our stencil and an image for the pattern. I chose to use a butterfly as my stencil and a picture I took of the sun setting behind the trees. After I made the sunset image into the shape of a butterfly, I duplicated it 5 times and arranged them on my canvas. I then added photo filters to each butterfly, making them each different colors. Then I put a white stroke around each butterfly and added a purple to white gradient. I like the layout of the image and how the different colors makes each butterfly stand out.

2 More New Tricks!

In the first image, I learned how to manually cross process an image by going to the adjustments panel, then to curves. From there, I manually changed the reds, greens, and blues of the image until I got an effect I desired. The image turned out much brighter and interesting than the original and I really like it. I can now use this knowledge to enhance other photos.
In the second image, I learned how to color a black and white image. This was something I was always curious how to do and was excited I found a tutorial on it. All you have to do is color the section of the image you want on a blank layer and then change the layer mode from normal to color. This keeps the color but also brings back the texture of the original image.

Shadows!

 For this assignment, we had to take a chair, cover it with strips of an image and then make a shadow for the chair. For the first chair, I used strips of an abstract image, dodged the center and burned the edges to create a more realistic chair and made a shadow with the light source coming from the left. I then skewed the shadow to make it more realistic. For the second chair, I used strips of one of my own works dodged the back and outside of one arm and burned the edges and inside of the other arm. I imagined light coming from the right and cast a shadow below the chair. I struggled on the first chair, making the shadow because I couldn't get it to look right, but I think the final product turned out okay. I really like the second chair I did though.

New Tricks!

Today we had to watch tutorials on photoshopuser.com and try out two new techniques. The first image I tried Replacing a Sky. It was super simple, and you didn't have to spend a lot of time making selections. This will be really helpful for future projects and things I do. The other two images I tried Pushing Photos. I've seen a lot of photos like this, and I always wondered how to do them. It was really easy as well and it was fun to play around with the images once I pushed the image through the text.