Digital Photography & Imaging - Week 04

19/09/2022

Ahmad Firas Bin Ahmad Fisal (0345121)

Digital Photography & Imaging | Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media | Taylor's University

Week 04 - Introduction to Photoshop 3


LECTURE

Figure 4.1 - Adjustment Layer feature in Adobe Photoshop

Introduction to Photoshop 3 taught us about the ways to do adjustments to your layers and make use of the filters to enhance our design work than it already is. There was a video provided for us as a tutorial on how these features actually function and Sir Fauzi instructed us to try multiple adjustments to our chosen and pre-approved pre-composition from last week and submit the adjusted version for a review from him.

The Adjustment Layer is essentially a feature to control our Brightness, Contrast, Level, Curves, Exposure, etc. Also, Filter is a feature that uses Adobe's system graphics editor that enables us to change certain colours, add a blurred effect or create an image with impressive effects. There're a lot of other features to explore still but these are the main highlights of the week.


TUTORIAL

During the tutorial session, we were given a set of videos as extra materials for us to watch to expand our knowledge on this matter. So we took the time provided to watch a couple of the videos before starting to work on our own composition.


PRACTICAL

Before submitting our work in Google Classroom, we are tasked to use the final digital collage and make adjustments with the adjustment layers feature in Adobe Photoshop to tweak the overall collage before submitting it in the Project 1 submission document. Below are the processes;

The first attempt was me trying out those features and also an adjustment that was made heavily by Hue/Saturation that completely changes the colour palette of the collage.

Figure 4.2 - Attempt #1 

However, I only intend to make the chosen final composition of the digital collage more vibrant because it looks a little flat without those adjustments. So, I've decided to remove the Hue/Saturation adjustment and focus on the others such as Levels, Curves and Color Balance.

Figure 4.3 - Attempt #2 (Final and Chosen Variation)

Adjusted piece for submission:

Figure 4.4 - Final Design for Digital Collage Design


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