Image manipulation

Image Manipulation

Analysis and Evaluation

26/04/15

A big part of this project is image manipulation, and the theme being hoax makes very good practice to create images that have a believable quality and are on the bizarre side of things.

Because this was a new project, we began by looking at common hoaxes- UFO Sightings, and began to create our own on Photoshop using various methods and some images we had taken of the areas surrounding college.

Inspiration for the image manipulation came from Polaroid images, and how, with age, they had worn and become damaged.

To achieve the effect of an aged Polaroid image, we used many different techniques in Photoshop.

The first thing I did was go into Image and Adjustments, and select levels. By doing this you can take out a little bit of colour from the image, in this case, I was lightening the image. After doing this, I once again went into Image and Adjustments, this time however, I went into curves.

 Making sure that the image was an RGB image, I then went on to changing the colour within the image.

Because the image was an RGB image, it meant that I could adjust the amount of red, green and blue within the image. By tweaking the red, green and blue just a little bit, I could then start to get a retro effect on the image.

This technique was used over and over again as we practiced using other images that we had taken.

As well as this, we could then experiment by other means. I began by adjusting the vibrance and exposure, and then adding a warm filter on the image to give it a worn but retro finish

Overall I feel that I was unable to get the desired effect on most of my images aside from the last one (pictured above) however even then, it isn't something I was particularly keen on. I wasn't able to get the aged effect I wanted at first because I was unsure of how to do it, however, I feel like my last image was a success.