Final Edited Images

Today we all met up to create the PowerPoint and to edit the 5 chosen photographs. We managed to create the PowerPoint with no problems, however we stumbled upon a few problems whilst editing the photographs. The computers in the library showed the images up with a much higher contrast on screen than what they should do, so when we edited them and opened them up onto a laptop they didn't look great. We then had a go at editing them on the mac's however also struggled doing so.

So we came to a decision that I should take the 5 images home and edit them myself using photoshop on my laptop, as I had a go the previous day before meeting up today, and the editing and the photographs were showing up fine.

When it came to editing them, I started by using the magic wand tool to select just the model and not the background, then I changed the levels and the curves, that way the model stood out more against the background. I then deselected the model and edited the images as a whole, changing the variations to add darker highlights, shadows and midtones.

The floor in all of the images looked dirty, so I cleaned this up by using the burn tool which got rid of all of the dirty marks. I then also used the burn tool to make the eye-makeup, eyebrows, and lips stand out more.

Another tool which I used was the sharpen tool, as I was able to select which parts of the images I wanted to appear sharper, I made the eyes, all of the jewellery, the shoes, parts of the clothing such as zips and studs and the props sharper. That way they stood out more. As well as using the burn tool I also used the dodge tool to highlight certain areas which I thought needed to stand out more, such as the eyes and parts of the background. I also used this tool on the images which include the red heels as It helped make the heels appear more shiny.

Aswell as having a blog, we also have a facebook group which we created as a way of communicating with eachother to arrange meetings and for all of us to discuss thoughts and ideas. Once I finished editing these images I posted them to the facebook group so each group member was notified about these and was then able to give there say on what they thought about the final edited images and also if any further changes needed to be made.

Every group member liked the final edited images and are happy to submit these tomorrow!

Laura McCann

During the shoot.

This was just to show the studio set up, so you can see what props we used, background changes, angles and lights.
Sian Morris

project

Really enjoyed this project, everybody has worked well together and all put in a lot of effort, just the presentation left now!
Alice Giverin

Music

We were looking for some music which can play in the background when presenting our five final images. We wanted something which is relevant to the film and relevant to the 80's era as a whole without being too 'obvious' or stereotypical. We researched the Desperately Seeking Susan soundtrack to find some appropriate music.

This song is by a band called The Fixx from 1983 and is played throughout the film. We thought it was catchy and unique and would compliment our photos perfectly.

Francesca Lascelles.

Last Meeting

Today even though was a long day it was succesful, alot of team work and team effort, editing photos and powerpoint! good work everyone :) see you at the presontaition x

Print Screens of Photoshop Editing

 

As the Black drop in the studio was covered in foot prints didnt look very crisp and clear on the images, we focused on using the brush tool to get a clean black background, also high lighted the models face, used brightness and contrast, curves and levels, all these tools made the images look alot better and brightend the images up, we had to be careful as our images have a lot of contrast colours, while editing it was hard to make them not too contrast. we also used the crop and cloning tool to get rid of edges we didnt want and cloning tool to make her skin really clear.

Posted by Sara

Photoshop Mistake

Hear are 2 of the images that we spent hours on the 3rd floor libary computers, but because the screens werent good, when we went to look at them on the laptop you could see all of the editing, but on the previous computer it looked perfect so had to be done again.

Posted by Sara