Photoshop Free Choice Project

YOUR PROJECT/DESIGN: My design is a website example and a family portrait of the business owners. I started by making a website which will show what style I was going for. Then I started to design the family portrait. I started by gathering the people (all from different photos). I erased the background from all but the guy  with the quick selection and the magic eraser (I also had to erase around them to clean it up). Then I grouped them together in one photo and changed the opacities and tone curves of everyone so they would match. After that, I changed their hair and eye color by using the brush tool for the eyes (also a layer mask) and quick selection and tone curves for the hair colors. Then I changed the background color to black and white. After I fixed their blemishes and brightened up their face using a clone stamp and brush tool. I darkened the background and buried it using the blur and burn tools. Lastly I added an action. I chose a very light simple one to add texture to the image. I turned the opacity way down to make it subtle and erased the effect when it was on the people to make it look real and only be in the background. Then I added a drop shadow around the 2 girls to make it more natural and not such a harsh line. That was pretty much it. I hope you like it even though it was not my best work.

DESIGN PRINCIPLES: contrast, balance, emphasis, and style repetition.

DESIGN PRINCIPLES: Action and editing the tones of the photo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkvDrdPP-mQ)

• Making the background black and white by using the quick selection tool and the image panel sliders (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdqzpVYusmc )

• Photoshopping the family together (everyone is from separate photos)

• Blemish correction (clone stamp and blur tool)

• Changing their eye color (quick selection and tone and curves)

• Putting a mask and a texture over the picture

• Changing hair colors

• Darkening and blurring the image with the blur tool and burn tool.

I know this is nowhere near good work for me but I am behind so I am rushing things