Editing

Last week we learned how to use some of the more commonly used editing tools in photoshop.  We made a woman youthful again, edited some plants, and edited out someone's ex-boyfriend from a beach scene.  :)  I never thought I would be able to do such things, so it was pretty fun in class try and figure it out.  Of course, we just learned it last week so my touch jobs might be noticeable to the super trained eye, but it was still fun none the less.  So for some practice in my own time I decided to try retouching my friend's pictures from over spring break.

So as you can see, he has quite a rip on the inside right leg.

And with a little photoshop magic...

it is completely gone!  :D  This time around I didn't mess with the color which is why the tone is has a much more gold look.

It's crazy how much you can edit things in Photoshop, but at the same time it can be quite handy.  At Brook's they teach us to take the best pictures possible to make the editing process less time.  The more time you have to spend editing a picture, the less money you make.  The next couple labs will be even more intense so I will be learning a lot more things.  :)  Can't wait for the next coming sessions.  And then soon I will be able to be out of lower division and taking the classes that REALLY interest me.

*Edit

Here is another work of photoshop that I was successful at.  :D

As you can see, the background was made to look much less bright and lit with such harsh lighting.  I also reduced the glare from the do since it was a bit distracting.  Kosaka sensei was very nice in letting me photography him!  I bet Santa Barbara dojo is the most well photographed dojo in AUSKF.  hahaha. There are perks to being in Santa Barbara with a bunch of Brooks students.  =P