The final edit

So here is my recreation of the van gough Flowers. it was a pretty fun/somewhat difficult assignment but i got enjoyment out of it. Especially messing around with all the adjustment layers.

Notes:

• custom brushes window-brushes

• in brush preset hit the top right icon to get different brush presets (hit append when it asks)

• hold down shift and then hitting the bracket key changes the softness.

*side note: Roq La rue has a gallery in pioneer square

• make a square marquee around the paint then go to edit-define brush preset

• size jitters determines how big the paint will be

Scattering

• scattering increases were the brush lays down
• edit-define pattern (marquee tool the texture first)
• noise makes the picture look rougher
• wet edges are like water color
• command L brings up the level adjustment
  (layer adjustments effect every layer under it)
• DO NOT go to image-adjust
• global adjustments effects everything in the layers pallett
• clip layers are only visable if the layer below it is visible.

 

 

 

The edit!

So i am continuing on with editing this painting to get it as close to the original as possible, so here we go.

here are the things that helped me with this continuation.

*Refining selections.
*additive color mixing is mixing colors with light
*subtracting color is mixing pigments
* image-adjustment-levels (command L)
*this brings up the histogram*
Mask, layer with transparency channel hold down the command key click on an image and anything that is  white. (thumbnail) will get selected and what’s black won’t (select inverse when everything is selected and it will select the image.)
*Edit-content aware scale. (contact aware looks for pixels)

The pen tool
*note if you are new to this tool it is going to take alot of practice because at first it is a really tedious tool to use but once you have mastered it, it will be a blast

window-paths to see your paths on the selection.(it is also right next to the layers tab above the layers pallet)
*hit alt to bend the anchor point once you have made a path.
*command key and click on the point to influence the an already placed anchor point
(make sure the drop down menu says paths not shape, this will only appear when the pen tool is selected.)
*the size of the pencil will effect the size of the stroke.

Refining selection
*Changing the quality of the selection.
select-refine edge (command R)
smooth: smooths edges of the selection
Feather: Adjusting the transparency of the edges
contrast: hardens the edges
shift edge: grows or contracts the image
select-color range

Recreating a famous piece of art.

The goal here was to recreate a famous art piece in photoshop. So the famous art i used were flowers in a vase painted by Vincent Van Gogh.
Here are some photoshop  hot keys that helped me complete this assignment.
Alt Delete: fills the forground
command A: selects all. (also known as the marching ants.)
command C: copy image
command V: is to paste the image you have copied.
command T: free transform (morphs the image so you can either rotate, or scale it.)
Shift: adds from the selection.
Alt: subtracts from the selection
*hitting the alt key when the brush is selected will sample the color you click, an eyedropper should appear.*
Left bracket: shrinks the brush ([)
right bracket: enlarges the brush (])
Command+: zooms in
Command-: zooms out
holding the space bar gives you the hand tool.
Command 0: fits image to the screen.
F7: Layers pallet
*If you want to reset your workspace  go to essentials and hit default.*
Command D: deselects selections.
Command alt Z: moves back multiple steps. (in case you mess up real bad)
*if you can’t find the command keys they are on both sides of the space bar, and if its not named command then it is control which will be in the same place*

This is the recreation i did of the very first painting.