Showing posts with label Flickr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Flickr. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Dark Glare [Resplandor Oscuro]

My photography classes have ended (for now) but my quest for new knowledge continues. I have lots of ideas in my head and lots of doubts as to how to develop them but I'm working on a series I hope to one day share with you.

[Las clases de fotografía han terminado (por el momento) pero mi búsqueda de nuevos conocimientos continua. Tengo muchas ideas y muchas dudas sobre como desarrollarlas pero estoy trabajando en una serie que espero compartir con vosotros un día.]

At the moment my computer rests from processing 2GB images and I surf the web in search of new and neat photoshop tricks to keep my creative juices flowing.

[Por el momento mi ordenador descansa de procesar imágenes de 2GB y yo navego por la web en busca de nuevos y geniales trucos de photoshop para no perder la creatividad.]

Today I read about the Dark Glare Effect on the Photoshop Support Group bulletins. I've adjusted their system to my tastes, below my images you'll find the steps I followed and you can see more examples on the link above.

[Hoy leí sobre el efecto llamado resplandor oscuro en el foro Photoshop Support Group. He ajustado el sistema a mi gusto, abajo de las imágenes encontraras los pasos que yo sigue y puedes ver mas ejemplos en el link de arriba. Y perdonad pero no he incluido la traducción de los pasos pero si te interesa me lo dices y te lo envío.]

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1. Open image in Photoshop.
2. Immediately duplicate image as a new layer.
3. Go to IMAGE, then ADJUSTMENTS, select HUE/SATURATION, desaturate duplicate layer. Change blend mode for this layer to MULTIPLY.
4. Duplicate original image again in a new layer.
5. Go to IMAGE, then ADJUSTMENTS, select HUE/SATURATION, desaturate duplicate layer. Change blend mode for this layer to OVERLAY.
6. Duplicate this last layer.
7. Go to IMAGE, then ADJUSTMENTS, select HUE/SATURATION, desaturate duplicate layer.
6. Adjust opacity of layers as necessary and to your liking.
7. Adjust contrast via CURVES or LEVELS as necessary and to your liking.

At this point the tutorial went into blurring and coloring etc. I didn't find these steps necessary as I like my images completely focused but everyone has their own style so you may enjoy. Check out the link above. I skipped ahead to the following:

8. Go to LAYER on the toolbar. Select NEW FILL LAYER, select SOLID COLOR. Here I went with a sepia tone type color.
9. Change blend mode for this layer to OVERLAY and reduce opacity to between 5 - 10%, depending on your taste.

At this point I masked and unmasked some areas to my liking but it's not necessary. I hope I didn't miss any steps and if you ever end up using this method, let me know how it works out. = )

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Blending and Textures [Mezclando y Texturas]

I've wanted to use textures in my images for a while now. But I'll admit I was intimidated and didn't know where to begin. Flickr has been a great research and resource tool for me. While browsing I found this great free textures website, I like it because it's simple and organized - good stuff! Here is my very first image with texture:

[Hace tiempo que quería usar texturas en mis imágenes. Pero admito que la idea me aterraba y no sabía por dónde comenzar. Flickr ha sido una buena herramienta de investigación y recurso en esto. Mientras buscaba por aquí encontré esta magnífica página de texturas gratis. Me gusta porque es sencilla y organizada - cosas buenas! Aquí está mi primera imagen con textura:]

This image has a lot of ingredients, if you're curious as to what, continue reading.

[Esta imagen tiene muchos ingredientes, si tienes curiosidad de que se trata, continúe leyendo.]

The image that inspired it all is a picture I took while in Barco de Avila. It's a picture of the backyard as the sun was setting. I love the colors in the image but felt something was missing. I kept opening up the image and staring at it ... thinking that if I stared long enough an idea would come to mind. Here is the original:

[La imagen que lo inspiro todo es una foto que hice en Barco de Avila. Es una foto del patio en el atardecer. Me encantan los colores de la imagen pero sentía que algo faltaba. Abría la imagen y lo miraba fijamente... pensando que si lo miraba lo suficiente alguna idea se me ocurriría. Aquí está la original:]


Then I ran across a self portrait I captured months ago while experimenting with the lighting in my apartment. The lighting is all natural light coming in from one window, I believe it was about 5PM (summertime), so not too strong.

[Después encontré un retrato proprio que capte hace meses cuando experimentaba con la luz en el piso. La luz es todo natural, entrando desde una ventana, creo que era las 5 de la tarde (en verano), así que no muy fuerte.]

Since I was using the backyard image I wanted to replace the closet doors and mirror frame with something you might find outside. A wooden shed of some sort came to mind so I used an image of a door I had captured in Barco de Avila.

[Como estaba usando la imagen del patio quería reemplazar las puertas del armario y el cuadro del espejo con algo que encontrarías fuera. Un cobertizo de madera de algún tipo se vino a mente, así que use la imagen de una puerta que también capte en Barco de Avila.]

The final ingredient was a texture. I found one by JustN8 on Flickr that I enjoyed.

[El ingrediente final fue una textura. Encontré uno hecho por
JustN8 en Flickr que me gustaba.]

Combine all these and voila!

[Combinar todo esto y voila!]