Contrast Project

For this project I chose to use a picture of Zac Efron. I used the high pass effect on the picture of Zac Efron and found a text tutorial for Captain America styled text. However, my text isn't exactly like the tutorial because they used a downloaded font and had a different glassy looking texture. The hardest part was probably doing the text because it was very tedious and time consuming. I also had to go through a lot of the preset textures to find a sort of metal looking one. Other than that it was pretty easy. 

Grunge Effect

For this effect I chose to use a picture of my dad. I only used one pass for this picture because any more passes would make it too dark. I followed the tutorial exactly and made multiple changes to the levels, curves, and hue/saturation. I also used layer masks to bring back certain features in the image. 

High Pass

I chose to use this picture of my cousin, Brant, for the high pass effect. I only used one pass on this photo because more than one pass looked pretty horrible. I followed the tutorial exactly and used all of the techniques, like changing blending modes and opacity, that they told me to do. 

Event Poster

Graffiti Text

Wood Burn Text

Western Text

Neon Text

Movie Poster

Compositing with Brushes

For this project I used 13 layers. I first selected the guy from the original picture he was in and used the refine edge tool to get every strand of hair without the background. Then, I found a forest background, changed the opacity and color, and added it behind the guy. After that, I used the gradient tool to make my picture a little darker in the top right corner. I then used fog from a different picture and put it in mine. I changed the opacity on the fog and also took a soft brush and went around the corners to make the fog look more airy. Next, I found a picture of a hawk on Google, cut it out, made it into a silhouette, and used the free form tool to get it the exact size and shape I wanted. I then copied and pasted the hawk a couple more times and rotated them to make it look like they were not the exact same. Then, I added a triangle with the polygonal lasso tool and changed the opacity and color. I tried to make it like the tutorial, but I couldn't really find a way to make it 3-D. After that, I found a leaf brush, changed a couple of settings, and put them into the picture. For the leaves, I used a Gaussian blur. I then added some type of galaxy print onto the guy. I changed the opacity and blend settings on the galaxy print. Lastly, I changed the levels and made the picture a little more saturated. The hardest part was probably getting the fog exactly how I wanted it.