Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for Photographers- P10

Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for Photographers- P10: In 1996, a group of self-proclaimed ‘digital’ photographers met together at IanMcKinnell’s studio in Holborn, London, to discuss the formation of a DigitalImaging Group. At first, this was a small gathering of professional photographers.The one thing we all had in common was a shared interest in using computers andtheir potential as a photographic medium of the future.
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Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for Photographers- P10 Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for Photographers 4 The Omni light source is like a round diffuse light, which when positioned centered behind the model adds an extra glow to the backdrop, al- though this time with a softer edge. One can also color the lights in Lighting Effects. If you double- click the swatch to the right of the lighting con- trols, one can choose a color from the picker, which will in effect ‘gel’ the light. Lighting Effects is a very powerful imaging tool. The combinations of light sources, light coloring and texture map facility offer many more lighting opportunities. 430Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Filters 3D Transform 1 Take an object and isolate it from the back- ground layer by defining an outline selection and making a Layer > New Layer > Via Copy. The 3D Transform filter is then chosen from the filter menu to affect this new layer only. The dialog box displays a monochrome preview of the im- age on the layer. Select one of the object draw- ing tools to surround the selected area and match its perspective. Next select the view angle tool to twist the perspective. 2 When the 3D Transform has finished process- ing the transformation, the before image may show through from below. Here I went to the background layer and deleted them, filling these areas with white. 3 The cleaned-up after shot appears to show the camera as if it had been rotated toward the lens axis. Excessive 3D transforms will not work so convincingly. After all, not even Photoshop can reproduce the back of an object. 431Please purchase PDF Split-Merge on www.verypdf.com to remove this watermark. Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for Photographers 3D Transform This filter effect bears some resemblance to one of the early Andromeda series of plug-in effects. The filter can be used to take an object and effectively change the perspective view relative to the remaining image. It is not an easy filter tool to mas- ter and there are restrictions on how far round you can rotate what is a ‘2D captured’ object. The example on the previous page was done with the ciné camera on a back- ground copy layer, where the camera was first carefully cut out. Practical applications People either overuse Photoshop filters and techniques or dismiss them as pure fakery and having nothing to do with photography. There is a middle line where I believe there is nothing wrong with experimenting, mixing illustration techniques and photography. When used properly, the Lighting Effects filter is an exceptionally useful Photoshop tool for generating textures, 3D objects or lighting fills. I once saw a good example of a floodlit hotel exterior where some of the outside lights were not working. The client couldn’t get it together to organize replacement bulbs and the photographer had to shoot the scene as it was. Because the outside walls were not completely pitch black, there was plenty of shadow detail recorded and the Photoshop artist was able to apply the Lighting Effects filter to replicate the missing lights. He used one of the image color channels as a texture map to make the floodlighting appear more realistic and made the light source color match that of the other exterior lights. So is it real or is it Photoshopped? Where the integrity of an image matters, such as in photojournalism, we would all prefer that photographers don’t mess around with the subject matter. On a commercial shoot everything we do is all lies anyway, so who is going to care? If Photoshop can do something quickly and effectively, it makes sense to do it on the computer rather than waste time in the studio when you could be more productive and creative attending to other important things. I hope the tips and techniques demonstrated throughout have helped you understand more about the power of Photoshop as a professional quality image editor. Don’t forget that the C ...