Learn - Photoshop - YEAR 13 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

Learn Photoshop Level 3

In order to learn these complex tools:
Automation through scripts.
Integration of original media assets
Sophisticated digital effects

We need to learn photoshop at a level 3 level.

This section will focus on the following tools and techniques:

Colour histograms and adjustments
Non destructive editing
Pen tools and paths
Filter effects
Colour management and printing
Automation scripts

Using a Colour Histogram - Sophisticated digital effects

1.) Download the photo on the right.
2.) Open it up in Adobe Photoshop.
3.) Try to adjust the photo so it looks like the second one
Use this tutorial:

Here is a hint:
Level 1 is black and white
Level 2 is the sky black and white
Level 3 is the ground adjusting just RGB

Download this photo to edit

Non destructive editing
applying industry standards or guidelines

In the last lesson we used adjustment layers in order to adjust the colour of the image.

This leaves the image intact and doesn't destroy any of the original content.

However if we look at the image on the right we can see the problem of destructive editing where the original image is the one being edited.

As everything is on one layer we cannot reverse any of the changes that were made.

With non destructive editing, the changes are made on different layers.

This means that any changes can be turned off or on at any time, without affecting the original image.

Adobe Guide to non-destructive editing

The above guide tells us what to do if we want to touch up an image without destroying the original.

The key is to usually use separate layers to edit the image, however there are some rules for cropping as well.