Edit Composition Photos

Photo Filters

Take your top photos of each of the categories and edit them one at a time with http://pixlr.com/express with each of the following edit adjustments (student example).

All of your A3 photographs should have a similar look and feel so try to match the same editing styles.

ADJUSTMENTS

Crop

Crop all photos 1:1 and make sure the focal point is on the rule of third point or in the middle if it is symmetry.

Color

In the photography tutorials you learned a lot about the three factors of color; now you will change these variables according to the look that would look best for the photograph.

Hue is the photo's color, lightness is the value of light, and saturation deals with the overall color scheme of your image. When you increase the image's saturation, you brighten and deepen the colors in the photo all over. When you decrease the saturation, you remove the depth and deepness of the colors. Dragging the image's saturation bar all the way to the left for a value of negative one hundred will cause the image to become black and white.

Vibrance

Vibrance is saturation light. Increasing a photo's vibrance will bring up the colors in areas that have weak saturation, while areas that have high saturation levels remain unaffected. Vibrance is especially useful for bringing up the colors in photos of people. It is very kind on skin tones because it will not over saturate them, causing the colors to be unrealistically bright. Most of the time, you will find the results you're looking for by changing the vibrance instead of the saturation because it does not affect every pixel in the image.

Contrast

Contrast is defined as the separation between the darkest and brightest areas of the image. Increase contrast and you increase the separation between dark and bright, making shadows darker and highlights brighter. Decrease contrast and you bring the shadows up and the highlights down to make them closer to one another. Adding contrast usually adds "pop" and makes an image look more vibrant while decreasing contrast can make an image look duller. Here is an example where we add some contrast.

Sharpness

Sharpness can be defined as edge contrast, that is, the contrast along edges in a photo. When we increase sharpness, we increase the contrast only along/near edges in the photo while leaving smooth areas of the image alone.

Brighten

This tool allows you to just brighten a certain part of the photograph with a customized brush.

EFFECT (please read below and use sparingly or do not use)

Choose wisely which photo effect to apply to your photograph that will compliment the photograph, not take away from the beauty of the photograph or distract from it. Do not use the creative effects or effects that are too crazy. Use only effects that will enhance the photograph and not to transform it into a monster. Feel free to tone down the effect by reducing the amount of the effect from 100% to a lower number that may be more appropriate. All of your A3 photographs should have a similar look and feel so try to match the same effects.

BORDER

Add a simple thin black border that best fits the photograph. Use the same thin black border for all of your photographs. Do not use a border that is flamboyant in design or a color that is too contrasting.

SAVE

Save your image as full quality and make sure they are at least 500kb or 1mb in size or they will be pixelated when you print them later. For the file name of each photo you export, make sure to save each as the following format and save them in the class drive folder.Space.ca1.last.first name

Lines.ca1.last.first name

Patterns.ca1.last.first name

Framing.ca1.last.first name

Movement.ca1.last.first name

Lens Flare.ca1.last.first name

Leading the Eye.ca1.last.first name

Aperture.ca1.last.first name

Self-Portrait.ca1.last.first name

Upload them to a new Picasa album and label what category they are in the caption. Make sure to change the settings to public album. Post the link to the spreadsheet. Take a screenshot of the photos in the album and post it along with the Picasa link to wordpress.