LO4 - Stereotypical Goth edited photos

First edit

This is the original image I started with from the peace gardens.

I started by zooming in on Bradley's face and getting rid of spots using the spot healing tool.

Next I duplicated the layer and then played with the hue/saturation on the copy in order to give it a surreal sci-fi effect. 

Because I didn't like the sky being so dark I used the lasso tool to get rid of it on the top layer so it was replaced by the original sky.

Next, as Bradley's face was difficult to focus on because of the effect I had added to the image, I used the eraser tool to get rid of it on his body.

In keeping with this I also used the eraser on the stone of the water fountain he was sat on.

I then duplicated the top layer again and got rid of everything but the sky so I could put the 'cloud' filter over it then desaturate it so the clouds were black.

Lastly I played around with the opacity of the cloud filter so it looked more realistic but still surreal.

Second edit

This is the image I originally started with.

I immediately used auto tone to brighten up the photograph I had taken and also sharpened the outlines of the image as a whole.

I then added the filter 'film grain' over the top of the image to give it an old, crackly effect.

Third edit

This is the original image I started with.

I used the spot removal tool to get rid of spots on blemishes on my model's face.

Then I duplicated the image and used the lasso tool on the top layer to separate Brad from the rest of the image so I could play with effects on his face more freely.

On the background layer I looked at the colour balance and altered it so it was black and white, like graveyards often so stereotypically are in these sorts of images.

Once again I duplicated the layer and got rid of Brad as well as the rest of the background so that I could sharpen the headstone behind him. 

Returning to Brad's layer I tried out different filters before I settled on 'plaster' as it made him stand out from the rest of the image- ironically the 'goth' is the most colourful thing in the graveyard.

LO4 - Stereotypical Hipster edited photos

First edit

This is the original image I chose to edit.

I then zoomed in on Kayla's face and got rid of spots/blemishes using the spot healing brush tool, as well as this I also used it to get rid of particularly prominent water droplets on her glasses.

I duplicated the background and then used the magnetic lasso and quick selection tool to get rid of everything besides Kayla on the second layer so I could sharpen her.

Then I used auto contrast to slightly alter the levels of Kayla in the image.

After this I returned to the background layer and used the radial blur so that everything further away from Kayla in the image was less in focus.

Third edit

This is the original image I used.

I duplicated the background layer and then used the lasso and quick selection tool to remove everything except Kayla from the latest layer. Then I used the 'pointilize' filter to break up the image of Kayla.

I played around with the pointilize effect on Kayla for a little while until I decided I preferred a larger cell size. I then went onto the background image and used the same effect but on a smaller cell size so there was a bubbly effect to the image.

 Third edit

This is the original image I started with.

Then I used auto tone to try and brighten up the picture of Kayla so it looked more saturated. After this I used the filter 'dry brush' to give the image the slight effect of an oil painting.

Finally I cropped the image to get rid of the blurring at the edge caused by water droplets on the camera; I did not entirely get rid of the blur as I still wanted the image to be landscape so could not crop it down too much.

Fourth edit

This is the original image I started with.

I zoomed in on Kayla's face and used the spot removal tool to get rid of any spots/blemishes on her face, and then used the lasso tool to create a second layer with only Kayla on it.

Then I selected the background layer and used the 'dust and scratches' filter to smooth out the wall behind Kayla. 'Adaptive wide angle' was then used to add more of a curve to the wall.

Finally I selected the layer just including Kayla and sharpened her.

LO4 - Stereotypical Chav edited photos

First edit

This is the original photo I started with. 

I used the lasso tool to cut out Alex and the bench and put them on a separate layer above the original one. I then put the filter 'solarize' over the background layer to create the bright, sic-fiesque effect.

As I had already cut out Alex and the bench to make them a different layer I then decided to use the filter 'find edges' to make him stand out from the background more but also appear less out of place.

Second edit

This is the original image I started with.

The first thing I decided to do was zoom in on Alex's face and use the spot healing brush to get rid of any spots and blemishes on his face.

After using the spot healing tool I used the magnetic lasso to cut Alex and the pole in the foreground out of the image. This way Alex would not be affected by anything I decided to do with the background. I also took this opportunity to 'sharpen' the pole so it stood out more from the rest of the image.

I then went back to editing the background and used the box blur so that the colours of the fairground melded more together and became out of focus to put more impact on Alex.

Third edit

This is the original photo I chose to edit.

After using auto tone I zoomed in on Alex's face to use the spot healing tool and get rid of any of his spots and blemishes.

I cut the bench out and gave it it's own layer so that I could sharpen it so even the scratches and outline of it were more obvious in the final image.

I duplicated the background layer again to edit Alex out of the picture using the lasso, once I had done this I played around with the tone of Alex so that it felt more authentic than the original picture that I had decided to use the flash on.

I played around with the hue/saturation of the image as a whole to make the picture brighter and less moody than before.

Finally, I used the radial blur to make the people in the background less in focus and put everything further into the foreground in better focus.