Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus painting, was painted during the Italian Renaissance, by Botticelli. I learned several new techniques during this project. One being the actions. The actions were used to create the meshes. I had never used the action tool in photoshop before. I also learned how to use the variations. They gave the image a cool look by differing the look of parts of the image.

Words and Brushes

For this assignment, I downloaded some city brushes and some paint splatter brushed from, www.myphotoshopbrushes.com/brushes. For the first picture, I flipped one of the brushes, so that it looked like a reflection. I used the words "la f oi", which mean "faith" in French. For the second assignment, I used the word ambition, and put the brushes at different angles.

Doodle 4 Google

My doodle 4 Google theme, was Greece. I used an image that I took myself and placed it under the Google text. I also used the quick selection tool and cut out a blue dome, and a map of Greece. I placed the map of Greece inside the lowercase g.

HDR Photography

HDR means High Dynamic Range. I created my image by bracketing in camera raw. I focused on certain pieces of the image while editing. Then, I combined the edited images. I uploaded them to photoshop, and used a layer mask to remove the edits I did not want for each layer.

Painting with light

This image is taken with a long exposure on the camera. The camera has to be set on TV mode. It's necessary to be in a dark place. Once the camera is set up, with the shutter open, you use a flashlight to "paint" whatever you want.

A watermark has several purposes. It can be used as a logo, copyright, or simply for satisfaction. It is supposed to remind people who the image belongs to.