Digital Photography and Imaging / Week 6

October 31, 2023

Digital Photography and Imaging / Week 6

31.10.2023 - 6.11.2023 / Week 6

Bong Sue Zhiun (0366866)

Digital Photography and Imaging

Digital Imaging Exercise 2

1. Lecture

2. Instruction

3. Tutorial

4. Practical

LECTURE

Week 6 : Poster Design

The principles of design are the rules a designer must follow to create an effective and attractive composition.

The 7 principles of poster design

1. Emphasis

example for principle of design emphasis: poster with violin guitar on stage

Fig.1.1. Emphasis , Week 6 , 31.10.2023

2. Balance and alignment

Fig.1.2. Balance and alignment , Week 6 , 31.10.2023

3. Contrast

Contrast is what people mean when they say a design “pops.” It comes away from the page and sticks in your memory. Contrast creates space and difference between elements in your design. Your background needs to be significantly different from the colour of your elements so they work harmoniously together and are readable.

example for principle of design contrast: black panther cat design

Fig.1.3. Contrast , Week 6 , 31.10.2023

4. Repetition

If you limit yourself to two strong typefaces or three strong colors, you’ll soon find you’ll have to repeat some things. That’s ok! It’s often said that repetition unifies and strengthens a design.

If only one thing on your band poster is in blue italic sans-serif, it can read like an error. If three things are in blue italic sans-serif, you’ve created a motif and are back in control of your design.

example for principle of design repetition: vertical numbers and text design

Fig.1.4. Repetition , Week 6 , 31.10.2023

5. Proportion

Proportion is the visual size and weight of elements in a composition and how they relate to each other. It often helps to approach your design in sections, instead of as a whole.

example for principle of design proportion: vintage designed poker run poster

Fig.1.5. Proportion , Week 6 , 31.10.2023

6. Movement

Movement is controlling the elements in a composition so that the eye is led to move from one to the next and the information is properly communicated to your audience. Movement creates the story or the narrative of your work.

Fig.1.6. Movement , Week 6 , 31.10.2023

7. White Space

White space (or negative space) is the only one that specifically deals with what you don’t add. White space is exactly that—the empty page around the elements in your composition. For beginning designers it can be a perilous zone. Often simply giving a composition more room to breathe can upgrade it from mediocre to successful.

Fig.1.7. White Space , Week 6 , 31.10.2023

Reference

7 Principles of Poster Design

1. https://99designs.com/blog/tips/principles-of-design

2. https://youtu.be/qp3jHWyPW-E

INSTRUCTIONS

TUTORIAL

Week 6

Digital Imaging Exercise 2

Tutorial for Photography basic:

1. https://youtu.be/V7z7BAZdt2M

2. https://youtu.be/ffiJH5fUeN0
3. https://youtu.be/AKXwJbZ7kXQ

Tutorial slides ( Recolouring ): https://bit.ly/3dXGYu8

Tutorial video ( Recolouring ): https://youtu.be/DeGpKh6pMfk

Tutorial slides ( Breakdown ): https://bit.ly/3rpZvCp

Tutorial video ( Breakdown ) : https://youtu.be/Tye0ULqK9SQ

PRACTICAL

Digital Imaging Exercise 2

Part 1: Recolouring

In this exercise, we are going to recolour the black and white photo. To do so, we will use brush tool, blending mode & layer mask.

Fig.4.1. Black & white photo, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

1. Create new layer for the face and colour the face using the BRUSH TOOL.

( Shortcut keys : ] - Increase Brush Size, [ - Decrease Brush Size)

Fig.4.2. Process work, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

2. Apply BLENDING MODE : Overlay/ Soft Light . ( in the Layers section)

Fig.4.3. Process work, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

3. Adjust the colour tone using Hue / Saturation.

Fig.4.4. Adjust the saturation, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

Fig.4.5. Result after applying saturation Week 6 , 31.10.2023

4. Repeat step 1-3 for hair, lips, eyes and coat.

Fig.4.6. Colour the hair, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

Fig.4.7. Colour the lips, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

Fig.4.8. Colour the eyes, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

Fig.4.9. Colour the coat, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

5. Add new layer above the original black & white photo. Select the colour for the wall.

Fig.4.10. Process work, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

6. Use QUICK SELECTION TOOL to select the area exclude the man.

Fig.4.11. Process work, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

7. Apply LAYER MASK to the previous selection and the wall.

Fig.4.12. Process work, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

8. Apply BLENDING MODE : Soft light for the wall.

Fig.4.13. Process work, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

Final outcome

Fig.4.14. Final outcome , Week 6 , 31.10.2023

Part 2 : The Breakdown

We are going to recolour the black & white photo as well but this time we have to use the colour inside the images provided to recolour it.

Fig.4.15. (Left) B&W , (Center) Skin colour , (Right) Hair colour , Week 6 , 31.10.2023

1. Select hair with QUICK SELECTION TOOL and refine selection in SELECT AND MASK .( in the Properties section )

Fig.4.16. Process work, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

2. Select OVERLAY and use REFINE EDGE BRUSH TOOL to brush over the edges. After refining, apply LAYER MASK.

Fig.4.17. Process work, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

3. Create new SOLID COLOUR layer and use COLOUR PICKER to select the hair colour from the image provided. Drag and drop hair layer mask to solid colour layer to replace the previous layer mask.

Thus, apply BLENDING MODE : Soft light.

Fig.4.18. Process work, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

4. Repeat the same steps and apply them in face, background, fur clothes, lips, teeth and ear ring.

Fig.4.19. Process work, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

Fig.4.20. Process work, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

Fig.4.21. Process work, Week 6 , 31.10.2023

Final outcome

Fig.4.22. Final outcome , Week 6 , 31.10.2023

Part 3: Exercise

For the last exercise, we have to select one black & white photo from the folder provided.( https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1czJ0D44XGRTp8gVCHxqcuArBfLZqWK5-?usp=sharing )

Therefore, we also have to search photo online for skin and hair references. Lastly, recolour the photo.

Below are my selections from the folder and online searching.