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Photography 11

Lesson #6: Photoshop - Statue of Liberty 

Big Idea - How can I inventively create 7 realistic changes to this photo to challenge copyright protection and convey my individual voice?

Assignment 6 - Statue of Liberty.jpg
Photoshop finished.jpg

Learning Goal - To gain a strong understanding of the use of Adobe Photoshop tools to manipulate an image and create an entirely new work. 

Learning Outcomes - understanding of; 

  • File saving formats

  • File Sizing        

  • Tools - cloning tool, various selection tools, layers and masks, adjustment layers, transform/scale and warp tools, healing tools, colouring methods etc.

  • Methods/tools used for success based on individual ideation.   

Goal;

To create a minimum of 7 changes using Adobe Photoshop to the back and white image provided here. This original image can also be found on Google Classroom. Possible changes could include:
 

  • Change the sky

  • Add clouds or weather effects

  • Add colour to selected areas (counts as a maximum of two changes)

  • Add a person in the foreground

  • Change the time of day

  • Add birds in the sky

  • Add boats or ferries in the water

  • Replace or modify the background cityscape

  • Add lighting effects (sun rays, glow, lens flare)

  • Add atmospheric depth (fog, haze, distance blur)

  • Change the texture of the statue (aging, cracks, weathering)

  • Add realistic reflections in the water

  • Add an object interacting with the statue

  • Add environmental elements (rain, snow, leaves)

  • Crop and reframe the image

  • Warp the image
     

All of the photographs used in this assignment must be taken by you. Think about scale, depth of field and foreground, middle ground and background when manipulating your image.  Your final image must appear to be as realistic as possible. 

Presentation 

2. Final image sized 8" by 11" psd file

3. Final image sized 8" by 11" jpeg file

Self Evaluation sheet/rubric completed 

File sizing and set up

How to select and add colour using a mask

Adding colour

Adding foreground and background images

KathyNamL6-4.jpg
JosephFosterL6.jpg
AylinTafreshi.L6-Pt2.jpg
hazelleeL6.jpg
KevinDengL6.jpg
JasmineWangL6.jpg
statue.jpg
Estella - St of Liberty.jpg
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