Computer and Print Experiments

Text overlay and erasion 

Process:

1. Alter image as you wish e.g. brightness, contrast, lighting.
2. Crop image to desired dimensions such as 1x1 framing as shown above.
3. Create a text box and write chosen text such a "BITE THE BULLET" across the images top and resize until the text evenly fills the top of the image.
4. Open a new blank image and then drag the text into it.
5. Drag the copied text out of the blank document and onto your original image you should now have to lines of text.
6. Repeat until you have filled the image with text.
7. Ensure that your chosen text colour stands out well against the colour of your subject in the image.
8. Select the eraser tool (a large tool can be used for bigger areas but it is best to use a smaller rubber when going round the edges of your subject) and erase text that is not placed on your images subject.

Saturation alteration with grid composition

Process

1. Crop the image to your desired dimensions such as 1x1 as seen above.
2. Use the quick select tool to select the area you wish to alter the colour of (if the smaller/easier to circle area is not the area you wish to alter the colour of you can select it and then inverse the selection to create the same effect).
3. Toggle the saturation option in adjustments to alter your image.
4. Save this image as a jpeg file and repeat multiple times with colour variants.
5. Once you have however many colour variants that you wish for reopen your files.
6. The create a new blank document.
7. Drag your edited images onto this document and resize them to suit your needs (above I decreased their size and overlaid them to make sure they had the same dimensions) before placing them in your desired formation.

Joiner

1. Open 40cmx40cm white layer.
2. Insert images taken on shoot.
3. Create composition of images by altering sizes of various images and creating a layered placement.
4. Adjust images saturation, brightness and contrast as needed.
5. Crop image as desired.

Filter gallery stained glass

1. Open image.
2. Open filter gallery.
3. Select stained glass.
4. Alter light intensity, cell size and border thickness until you are satisfied.

Text

1. Edit image as you wish (above image is edited with a reduced saturation and lowered brightness as well as curves).
2. Insert text using text tool.
3. Edit text size, coloration and positioning.

Black and White

1. Open image.
2. Crop as wished.
3. Alter saturation using adjustment layers.
4. Alter brightness using adjustment layers.
5. Alter lightness using adjustment layers.
6. Alter contrast using adjustment layers.
7. Alternatively alter each colours saturation individually using the saturation tool.

Layered Saturation

1. Create 40cmx40cm white square background.
2. Open the image you wish to use in a separate tab.
3. Drag selected image into white square.
4. Repeat as many times as desired (four layers are used above).
5. Evenly shift layers to create a staggered or step like effect.
6. Reduce opacity of layers 2,3 and 4 in order to create semi-transparent layers (opacity approximately 40).
7. Alter layers saturation in order to create an interesting composition add new saturation layers between each layer of image.
8. Crop white background around edited image to create a 2x6 composition.