Assignment 4. Real or fake.
Finally after several trials. Much research, going through many photographs. looking for something I can work with.
I set a file aside, filling it with pictures so I could get some inspiration from. Looking for a subject I could put together, that looked convincing.
In the end selection, I chose a man on a bike. A Probosci's monkey in a tree.
Indigenous only to Borneo.
To do this for the combining of the two. Many layers and adjustments were taken.
Starting with Monkey: Separating the subject from the background, to separating limbs to layers, Shading, adjustment of tone and contrast, adding and resizing layers.
The only adjustment I could not find, that I have seen on TVin use is a 3D adjustment. I would like to have turned the Monkey slightly away.
Nevertheless, with some perseverance, I managed to bring this delightful image to life.
How was it done?
Once I manage to break up the monkey's body into layers. As shown in Fig 1 This way I can work with each part to manipulate them to perspective.
Fig:1
Then to adjust the bike image.
My first observation was to:
To correct the direction of the bike by flipping the image. Then realising the composition of the bike was leading out of the picture.
I used the Quick selection to move the bike back. Ten rebuildings the road. Then do the same to take the post. taking it away on the far right.
Next:
To take the backdrop and clean up the edges of the monkey.
Placing the monkey onto the bike. The sizing it to match. I could then see where and what I needed to take, and ad in layers.
As seen here in the screenshot. A sequence of images that brought the image together.
Once the layers were in place and adjusted. The layers were flattened.
Some clone and retouching done on the legs, and arms and the body, to make it look real. making layers of just the arms and sections of the leg. turning them and then using clone soft brush to blend.
Another Layer of the bike was added to cover any points that were taken away. When using the eraser tool, the history brush would not restore.
From there, more rebuilding of the legs. tuning, Placement.
Last of all feathering, using softer brushes and cloning, to blend the image layers together. Making fingers. The leg was the hardest and foot in the sandal.
At each stage, I saved, or (save as), renaming each set. So any adjustment that went wrong or required further adjustment may be made, and not lost.
Finally. Flatten and save to Jpeg.
The tail I did not use.
Even after this, Some floors were noticed. So I tidied up repetitive marks.
Then to make it a front page cover for a magazine.
First to make another new canvas. Resize for the average magazine, Not known.
I chose :
Then to reduce the above image and make a border.
Imports some jungle as an outer frame,
Ad Title
Caption, reintroduce helmet layer. Toad a bit of depth.
Clean up. Ad text.
Ad frog and snake, to liven the page up. Using the same above technique.
As seen here:
Final product for publication.
I hope to publish this now with a write up on what I encountered this week in Borneo, of the poor Proboscis monkeys. Losing their habitat. From the vast deforestation making way for new roads.
Finally after several trials. Much research, going through many photographs. looking for something I can work with.
I set a file aside, filling it with pictures so I could get some inspiration from. Looking for a subject I could put together, that looked convincing.
In the end selection, I chose a man on a bike. A Probosci's monkey in a tree.
Indigenous only to Borneo.
To do this for the combining of the two. Many layers and adjustments were taken.
Starting with Monkey: Separating the subject from the background, to separating limbs to layers, Shading, adjustment of tone and contrast, adding and resizing layers.
The only adjustment I could not find, that I have seen on TVin use is a 3D adjustment. I would like to have turned the Monkey slightly away.
Nevertheless, with some perseverance, I managed to bring this delightful image to life.
How was it done?
Once I manage to break up the monkey's body into layers. As shown in Fig 1 This way I can work with each part to manipulate them to perspective.
Then to adjust the bike image.
My first observation was to:
To correct the direction of the bike by flipping the image. Then realising the composition of the bike was leading out of the picture.
I used the Quick selection to move the bike back. Ten rebuildings the road. Then do the same to take the post. taking it away on the far right.
Next:
To take the backdrop and clean up the edges of the monkey.
Placing the monkey onto the bike. The sizing it to match. I could then see where and what I needed to take, and ad in layers.
As seen here in the screenshot. A sequence of images that brought the image together.
Once the layers were in place and adjusted. The layers were flattened.
Some clone and retouching done on the legs, and arms and the body, to make it look real. making layers of just the arms and sections of the leg. turning them and then using clone soft brush to blend.
Another Layer of the bike was added to cover any points that were taken away. When using the eraser tool, the history brush would not restore.
From there, more rebuilding of the legs. tuning, Placement.
Last of all feathering, using softer brushes and cloning, to blend the image layers together. Making fingers. The leg was the hardest and foot in the sandal.
At each stage, I saved, or (save as), renaming each set. So any adjustment that went wrong or required further adjustment may be made, and not lost.
Finally. Flatten and save to Jpeg.
The tail I did not use.
Even after this, Some floors were noticed. So I tidied up repetitive marks.
Then to make it a front page cover for a magazine.
First to make another new canvas. Resize for the average magazine, Not known.
I chose :
Then to reduce the above image and make a border.
Imports some jungle as an outer frame,
Ad Title
Caption, reintroduce helmet layer. Toad a bit of depth.
Clean up. Ad text.
Ad frog and snake, to liven the page up. Using the same above technique.
As seen here:
Final product for publication.
I hope to publish this now with a write up on what I encountered this week in Borneo, of the poor Proboscis monkeys. Losing their habitat. From the vast deforestation making way for new roads.
