Photoshop Image Editing Tips
This page is designed for the beginning graphics student that may benefit from image editing tips.
Creating a Floating Background Image
The background of the original image was removed using the Polygon Lasso tool in Photoshop, then the horse was faded by changing brightness to the point where text would show up that was on top of the image. The image was positioned so it would always remain in the middle of the browser screen using css and fixed positioning.
The background faded.
The background removed
Original with no background.
Turning 2 Photos into a Panorama Image
This image was originally 2 different photos taken side by side with the two photos just barely overlapping in the center. The excess was cut off where the two edges of the two photos joined together, then the excess on top and bottom was also cut off.
Because the color of the sky is slightly affected by the angle of the camera to the sun, when you move the camera left or right to get the next shot, the two photos have a slightly different color where they join (the image on right is lighter than the one on the left). The image on the left was lightened by adjusting brightness until it matched the one on the right. Then the joined edges of the two photos were blended with the smudge tool and rubber stamp tool in Photoshop so the edge was less noticeable. The photo was then lightened and a blue tint applied in Photoshop.
St. Mary's Lake, Glacier Park, Montana
To Center horses near the middle of the photo
Original Untouched Image
Finished image manipulation
The first step was to take out the white building and replace the resulting empty space with bottom of the trees using the rubber stamp tool in Photoshop. The canvas was widened and more trees were added (some were reversed and branches added so they wouldn't look like the original) and then pasted back on the left side of the photo. Grass was copied from right side of photo and pasted onto left and the same with the sky. Then everything was blended in where needed. The title was added and a shadow added under the image.
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