Digital Darkroom Assignment for the Week: 4/23-4/30

cletus · April 23, 2004

Displaying Your Images

Use the photo editing software of your choice to create a presentation for your images. Examples include picture frames, borders, vignettes, etc...

There are two goals of this assignment: To find a presentation that adds to your image and to help you become more familiar with your photo editing software. If you already have a favorite presentation, try to come up with something new. If you find a presentation that you like, try to create the same look using different tools.

Here are a couple examples:

Vignette:

Brushed Metal Frame:

gubbs · April 23, 2004

I took this at a wedding last summer so I can't use it for "people in hats", but I've been messing with photoimpact this afternoon and come up with this....

cletus · April 23, 2004

gubbs wrote:

I took this at a wedding last summer so I can't use it for "people in hats", but I've been messing with photoimpact this afternoon and come up with this....

Looks good! That's an effect that I've seen and wanted to try but never have gotten around to it.

Oh, thanks for posting. I just hope your post and mine aren't the only two we have all week

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fish · April 23, 2004

cletus wrote:

Looks good! That's an effect that I've seen and wanted to try but never have gotten around to it.

Oh, thanks for posting. I just hope your post and mine aren't the only two we have all week :

Jeebus cletus...today's the first day. relax. imo post some stuff this weekend. I don't like the frame stuff, but I can definitely get jiggy with vignettes.

wxwax · April 24, 2004

Some different ones I tried a while ago. In the spirit of this challenge, I shall also come up with new ones. Maybe some that look like hats.

wxwax · April 24, 2004

Fun with colors and borders.

Nah, that's too conservative. Tell you what, how's about we let our hair down a little bit?

OK, OK, not too shabby. But surely you can get a little wilder than that, can't you?

Now you're talking. C'mon, one more big push - let's see what you got.

Well, this is all well and fine. But don't you have anything that looks like a hat?

cletus · April 24, 2004

Looks good sid!

wkwork · April 24, 2004

I've come to the conclusion that I really don't like frames, but here's what I got. Whatever you do, it looks amateurish.

Keith

gypsy77360 · April 24, 2004

frames
this PSE is harder than Chinese arithmetic...

wxwax · April 25, 2004

Here's an attempt at vignetting a hat pic.

First, the original.

Which I must say so is so finely framed that it doesn't need vignetting to draw your eye to the hat. *sigh* What I do to please the moderators.

Here it is with vignetting.

gubbs · April 25, 2004

"I've come to the conclusion that I really don't like frames, but here's what I got. Whatever you do, it looks amateurish."

Someones bound to prove us wrong, but I agree.

lynnma · April 25, 2004

my attempt

GREAPER · April 25, 2004

lynnma wrote:

my attempt

Now Thats pretty neet. I like it.

lynnma · April 25, 2004

GREAPER wrote:

Now Thats pretty neet. I like it.

thanks greap... it's a real sleaze job really... took the blossom back ground, layered it on top of the model, used "polar coordinates" in filters, an then erased the center... cheating all the way..

wxwax · April 25, 2004

Not cheating at all, that's how it's done. Cool idea, Lynn! You're thinking outside the box, errr bouquet, ummm floral arrangement, ermmm garland. Oh, whatever... nice idea.

lynnma · April 25, 2004

wxwax wrote:

Not cheating at all, that's how it's done. Cool idea, Lynn! You're thinking outside the box, errr bouquet, ummm floral arrangement, ermmm garland. Oh, whatever... nice idea.

Thanks Sid... I've been sitting here for five hours trying to do something with Miss April.... I'm about to commit hari kari, throw meself on the funeral pyre soon... I blurred her so much you could'nt see her...

cletus · April 25, 2004

Nice work Lynn

Really good idea!

cletus · April 25, 2004

Here's another:

Here is a description of how I came up with this.

wxwax · April 26, 2004

Most excellent, Mr. Cletus, most excellent! Great tutorial, thanks for takng the time - extremely good work, sir.

gubbs · April 26, 2004

"I've come to the conclusion that I really don't like frames, but here's what I got. Whatever you do, it looks amateurish."
Someones bound to prove us wrong, but I agree.

cletus wrote:

Here's another:

Proved wrong already!

cletus · April 26, 2004

Thanks!

I was starting to get pretty tired last night while I was writing the tutorial. That's why the instructions keep getting less detailed as the tutorial goes on

I'll do a re-write on the tutorial some time today or tommorow.

Super Cool Photo Presentation Hint
When I saw this in one of the recent issues of Photoshop User and my jaw hit the floor. Not only is it way cool, it's simple and it's a very creative idea. I was going to wait and use this one myself but I'm running out of time for this assignment. I'll go ahead and describe the technique and see if anyone wants to give it a shot.

The photographer took a picture of a piece of white (any color would work) foam-core board sitting on an easel. Once in Photoshop the photographer created a file with the easel on one layer and the image to be displayed on another. They used Free Transform to fit the image onto the white foam-core.

wxwax · April 26, 2004

I'll see if I can still get the current issue. Barnes and Noble usually has it.

cletus · April 26, 2004

wxwax wrote:

I'll see if I can still get the current issue. Barnes and Noble usually has it.

I'm pretty sure it's in the March issue.

AltPro · April 26, 2004

Lynn seems to be headed in an interesting direction...

GREAPER wrote:

Now Thats pretty neet. I like it.

Lynn seems to be headed in an interesting direction, at least. I'm not really into the framing or bordering... When I mat my prints for shows, display or sale, I use only the simplest of matting and simple frames... I want the work to speak, not the "packaging?"
But here's one of my attempts...

ginette

AltPro · April 26, 2004

Now, this one is Great!!!

cletus wrote:

Here's another:

Cletus.... Absolutely fantastic.
Not like a border at all, and that's what I like about it.

Really great concept.
Well done.

ginette

cletus · April 26, 2004

AltPro wrote:

Cletus.... Absolutely fantastic.
Not like a border at all, and that's what I like about it.

Really great concept.
Well done.

ginette

Thanks! :andy

I'm surprised this one was so much of a hit. It's really a fairly simple thing. I've seen a bunch of variations on this idea in various Photoshop books and magazines.

cletus · April 26, 2004

Rusty frame for a rusty boat
It seems like not too many people are fond of Photoshop generated frames. I'm not real crazy about them either, but I think they are fun to play around with!

One nice thing about frames in Photoshop is that they make a good learning tool. They help you practice creating artwork (for the frame itself) from scratch and layering images. You can also use them for practice with Layer Styles.

ian408 · April 27, 2004

Cletus,

Thanks for the tips!

AltPro · April 27, 2004

ian408 wrote:

Cletus,

Thanks for the tips!

Cletus,
Again, very nicely done. Very professional, as well. Your talent shines through.

ginette

cletus · April 27, 2004

AltPro wrote:

Cletus,
Again, very nicely done. Very professional, as well. Your talent shines through.

ginette

Thanks ginette....

But I think you should be complimenting Ian

wxwax · April 27, 2004

ian408 wrote:

Cletus,

Thanks for the tips!

Nice one, Ian. Way to take the idea and make it yours.

Digital Darkroom Assignment for the Week: 4/23-4/30

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