Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Bruises/Hands


Today I worked with Michelle Li on editing some photos. She's really great and a really valuable part of my art community. I'm looking forward to working with her. We're going to start a bathroom vandalism project together (photographing it) and I can't wait.

How to replace a sky in a picture (according to the method Michelle and I used)
  • Find a nice sky that would work in your picture
  • Open the sky in Photoshop and drag it over the picture you're putting it on (click command+T to transform it)
  • Invert the sky using the adjustment layer
  • Play around with options such as harden, lighten, overlay, etc... 
  • Mask the sky
  • Brush it into your picture
Here is a method I researched today: 


  •  Select and copy the original photo
  • Paste the original photo into the sky photo’s document
  • Duplicate layer 1
  • Turn the top layer off
  • Select layer 1
  • Select the area below the sky
  • Add a mask layer
  • Select and turn on the top layer
  • Open the blending options and change the "blend if" option to blue
  • Drag the top right slider towards the left
  • Adjust the transition between the photos to remove fringing 

I haven't had time to try this out yet, but I will see how it works and make a video to make the above much clearer. I'm really wiped out from coming home at 7 p.m. every night. 

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