Multi-layered project
Clipping Mask I think all of Deke's weird exercises with monsters and dinosaurs might be rubbing off on me...
For my project, I used the clipping mask tool to unite an image of a strange woman a mud mask, and Crater Lake. I created a layer on which I drew and a oval in approximately the same color as the lake, and to that, I applied a gradient tool to create depth and (arguable) a more realistic effect. I then created another layer on which I placed the image of the face, created a clipping mask, an voila! :)
Multi-layer image
I began with three images, a forest, a "no trespassing" sign, and a skeleton. To create my multi-layered image I first applied a slight gaussian blur tool to the forest. I then corrected the colors in the "skeleton" image, and then removed it from the background using the color range and mask tools. I found the color range tool to be quite helpful since the background was considerably darker than the white skeleton. I found the tool to be particularly useful under these circumstances. I used the mask tool to clean up around the edges that the color range tool has missed.
The color range tool was less useful on the "no trespassing" image since there was less contrast between foreground and background, though it was a helpful starting point. I relied more heavily on the mask to remove the background from this image.
To unite the images, I dragged the "skeleton" cut-out to the tree background applied "match color". To the "skeleton" image I aplied the "inner shadow' and "gradient overlay" effects. I then dragged over the "no trespassing" image which I blended as a "hard light" layer with 35% opacity, resulting in it's semi-transparency. I intentionally placed this yellow object over the background trees of the same color to create color unity.
My next step was to apply a black gradient to the entire image via "multiply." My intention in so doing was to create movement between the dark, lower part of the image, and the light, upper right corner. At this point, I applied a solid grey "vivid light" layer at 60% opacity to alter the forest color. I then applied hue/saturation, color balance, and brightness/contrast tools to arrive the finished composite.
Experience
As I mentioned above, I found both the color range and mask tools to be useful. The color range tool is best best suited to images with greater color contrast, whereas masks are more universally applicable. I was happy to see how both of these could be used together to simply and cleanly remove foreground images from a background.
Multi-layer image
I began with three images, a forest, a "no trespassing" sign, and a skeleton. To create my multi-layered image I first applied a slight gaussian blur tool to the forest. I then corrected the colors in the "skeleton" image, and then removed it from the background using the color range and mask tools. I found the color range tool to be quite helpful since the background was considerably darker than the white skeleton. I found the tool to be particularly useful under these circumstances. I used the mask tool to clean up around the edges that the color range tool has missed.
The color range tool was less useful on the "no trespassing" image since there was less contrast between foreground and background, though it was a helpful starting point. I relied more heavily on the mask to remove the background from this image.
To unite the images, I dragged the "skeleton" cut-out to the tree background applied "match color". To the "skeleton" image I aplied the "inner shadow' and "gradient overlay" effects. I then dragged over the "no trespassing" image which I blended as a "hard light" layer with 35% opacity, resulting in it's semi-transparency. I intentionally placed this yellow object over the background trees of the same color to create color unity.
My next step was to apply a black gradient to the entire image via "multiply." My intention in so doing was to create movement between the dark, lower part of the image, and the light, upper right corner. At this point, I applied a solid grey "vivid light" layer at 60% opacity to alter the forest color. I then applied hue/saturation, color balance, and brightness/contrast tools to arrive the finished composite.
Experience
As I mentioned above, I found both the color range and mask tools to be useful. The color range tool is best best suited to images with greater color contrast, whereas masks are more universally applicable. I was happy to see how both of these could be used together to simply and cleanly remove foreground images from a background.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.