Digital Photography and Imaging - Week 06

Week 06 - 15.5.2023

LECTURE

The 7 principles of design: 

• Emphasis
• Balance and Alignment
• Contrast
• Repetition
• Proportion
• Movement
• White Space

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PRACTICAL

Digital Imaging Exercise 2: Recolouring

This exercise aims to familiarise the Quick Selection Tool (W) and Brush Tool (B). We practiced recolouring two black and white images.

Part 1 

In the first part of this exercise, I found it quite simple and fun to use the Brush Tool. Then I was struggling a while for the Quick Selection Tool because it keep selecting the other part. What I found out is I can hold Option key to adjust the selection path.

Fig 1.1. Exercise 2 Part 1, Week 6 (16.5.2023)

Fig 1.2. Exercise 2 Part 1 Progression, Week 6 (16.5.2023)

Exercise 2 Part 1 Final Outcome

Fig 1.3. Exercise 2 Part 1 Final Outcome, Week 6 (16.5.2023)

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Part 2

Next, we are practicing to 'transfer' colours. We extract the main colour tone from an image and brush it to another.

We were given images below, using the left's hair colour, and the right's skin colour, recolouring it to Fig 2.2.2.

Fig 2.1. Hair Colour and Skin Colour, Week 6 (16.5.2023)

Fig 2.2. Exercise 2 Part 2, Week 6 (16.5.2023)

The toughest thing for me is selecting the hair to create clipping mask. There's still many minor space between them that makes it unnatural.

Fig 2.3. Exercise 2 Part 2 Progression, Week 6 (16.5.2023)

Exercise 2 Part 2 Final Outcome

Fig 1.2.7. Exercise 2 Part 2 Final Outcome, Week 6 (16.5.2023)

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