IWA-HWG Photoshop Course. Lab 5-6: Weeks 5 & 6

Week 5

• Retouching, Layer Styles, and Blend Modes
  
  
  
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  1. Color Boxes. Applied a Pattern Overlay (Wood) style, set the opacity to 50% and used the Luminosity mode within style (not layer). Also applied Drop Shadow Style.
  2. Tiger. Behind the Tiger Layer is another layer with just a copy of the tiger's eyes (37% Opacity). Behind that is a Black Rectangle to block the Linear Dodge applied to the Tiger Layer from affecting the Color Boxes. This makes the tiger's eyes burn bright.
  3. India Map and Taj Mahal. Same Style as applied to the Color Boxes. Screen Blend Mode. (They're opacity is 100%; it's the blend mode that makes them somewhat transparent.)
  4. Type. Applied Drop Shadow, Color Overlay (with color R=51, G=26, B=0), and Stroke (with Color R=204, G=153, B=102)

Week 6

• Color Correction Exercises.
  
  
  
• Cubist Sherlock

  
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  Required Tools and Elements:
  1. Tool 1 - Pencil: used in the relections in the eyes.
  2. Tool 2 - Blur: used on coat shapes and Conan-Doyle smoke.
  3. Tool 3 - Smudge: used on Conan-Doyle smoke.
  4. Tool 4 - Burn: used on edge of Scandal-in-Bohemia page.
  5. Gradient: background to achieve page yellowing look and in irises
  6. Pattern: Coat pieces use wrinkle pattern with a dark brown color overlay at 50% opacity.
  7. Selection of another image: image of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (used in smoke) and The Strand Magazine cover image in lower right-hand corner.
  8. Scanned elements: 1) Plaid jacket used in the hat; 2) Page from Scandal in Bohemia.