Archive for March, 2006
Photo mojo
Image assignment is completed and available for your purusal at http://gmu.mossiso.com/?linkid=ImageAssignment
That page has the commentary, so I’ll spare you more here.
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A touching image of man and cat
Reconstructing the cat and man image:
-Take a good look up close and see what you have.
- scratches are not a job for the healing brush, use the stamp tool.
- healing brush for spots.
- come at a big spot with the rubber stamp tool (it takes a sampe and stamps it exactly) from different angles (both sides, top, bottom).
- to get a better oval, or to be able to position it where you want, use the ruler and move the ruler marks to the top and side of the oval you want to select. Then with the oval selection tool, put the crosshairs in the crossing of the ruler lines, draw an oval. Then you can ’select->inverse’ and then delete the selection, which leaves you with the oval.
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Little noties for Weekly Posties - March 7
Cameron Moll, That Wicked Worn Look
Part Four: Expert Guest Gala
Academics of Worn
Greg Storey, airbagindustries.com
This guy has some good advice. Take shapes from the times. Like signs, airplanes, cars, etc. Also take the colors from the times, and then apply hues/saturation filters to get the other tones that make the image look old and authentic.
Aged Aesthetic
Jason Santa Maria, jasonsantamaria.com
Does the ageing support the concept of the site, or are you just doing it ’cause it looks cool. “The better you understand what it is you are emulating, the more realistic the effect will be.” Touch it, taste it, feel it, smell it, study it. Be creative, and make weathered looks from things around you.
The Awesome Antiquated Look
Blake Scarbrough, blakems.com
Use a brush tool that has the look you want. Add that style to any tool; brush, eraser, clone, etc. Then apply blending, colors, and filter affects.
Weathered: Subtle. Restrained.
Ryan Sims, justwatchthesky.com
Not there, couldn’t track it down….
Time Traveling
David Hellsing, monc.se
Four easy steps to make something look old.
Analogue
Dave Rau & Josh Bertrand, redlabor.com
Use source files, scanned in images for textures.
Paula Petrik, Scholarship on the Web: Managing Engravings
This is the tutorial for what we did in class last week. A good reference.
Poysonal thoughts:
These were all good tips and tricks for editing images and making them ready for the web. The “Wicked Worn Look” (making a new image look old) was doing to an image in reverse of what we learnt in class last week, making an old image look new.
The most helpful tips were to look at the purpose of ‘ageing’. Will it add to the concept of the site, or is it just because it looks cool. For inspiration, look at shapes and colors of signs, airplanes, cars, houses, anything of the time period. Use things commonly handy for tools to make your own filters and textures.
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