Friday, November 8, 2013

Period 3 Day 1

Cabrera, Juan                      
Cedillo Zuna, Carlos
Giron, Yulisa                                  itsmeli.edublogs.org
Gonzalez, Larisa                            k-popgirl2000.edublogs.org
Guaicha, Mark                              chewingmonkey.edublogs.org
Hall, Kyra                                     kyrasblog13.edublogs.org
Harris, Christina                            christinadur.edublogs.org
Holliman, Netonia                          nholliman2013.edublogs.org
Hongach Jr, Ernest
Lucas, Jasmyn                                nlucas.edublogs.org
Mitchell, Nycole                             nickeycutiepie.edublogs.org
Nauratan, Melizi                             itsmeli.edublogs.org
Pauta, Jason                                   jpauta.edublogs.org
Santos, Kristina                              ksantos.edublogs.org
Serrano, Marco                              mserrano321.edublogs.org
Torres, Dylan                                  lafrincro2000.edublogs.org
Barreto, Junior                                junior1240.edublogs.org
Bishop, Miracle                              mbishop6.edublogs.org     
                      

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Paint.Net: Breakout Image


Paint.Net: Breakout Image

Breakout images are used throughout advertising to demonstrate action.  If you've seen pictures of a baseball player jumping out of a picture, an animal flying out of a picture, etc., you've seen a "breakout image".  Sometimes the breakouts are out of all sides (see image on right) and sometimes they are just leaving one or two sides of an image (like the example below).

In this example I used a marble texture as a background and warped the corner of the picture to give it a bit of an upturned look.

 
 
  

Step By Step Instructions:

 

Step 1: Find a picture that will work well with a breakout.

 

 



 
Step 2: Select the area of the background you want to preserve, then SELECT > INVERSE and erase everything except the breakout subject of the picture.

  


Step 3: Add a background such as wood or marble or dirt.

 

 

 


Step 4: Add a new layer (behind your subject) and draw a rectangular marquee which you will fill with white to give the impression of a photo border.  Then select the subject layer (in this case, the whale) and go to LAYER > MERGE DOWN (or CTRL+E).

 
 

Monday, November 4, 2013

Period 3 Day 2

Brittani Belin                           bbelin2000.edublogs.org
Angelina Cardoso                   angelina18.edublogs.org
Jeremy Carrera                       kingjj125.edublogs.org
Henry Castro                          henry42001.edublogs.org
Damek Fountain                     damekfountain13.edublogs.org
Bryan Illescas                         Bryan2108.edublogs.org
Stanley Landivar                     slandivar.edublogs.org
Marcelo Loja
Jeydy Monroy-Jordan            jjordan2005.edublogs.org
Camilla Orellana
Tamia Reed
Jessica Sari                            jessicaz0.edublogs.org
Arvonnay Sparrow-Powell     arvonnay.edublogs.org
Garrett Wade                         colorfulturttles.edublogs.org                

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Paint.Net - Project Frankenstein



Okay, this is one of the more bizarre Paint.Net projects I give.  :)  I call it "Project Frankenstein".
In this project you will gather pieces of faces from different people, and then composite them into a single image.  You can choose male or female, young or old.  You will take one persons head... anothers eyes... anothers mouth... and anothers nose.  Just so you know, it's almost impossible to do this project without making something "creepy." It's amazing how you can take [what you consider] the most beautiful eyes, the most beautiful mouth, the most beautiful nose, etc. and put them together... and it's hideous.

You can start with Google Images or use pictures of your family or friends.

Or you can go to s:Share\_Bucci\Paint.Net\Frankenstein






Some tips...  
  • On Google Images click "Large" for size.
  • On Google Images click "Face".
  • Start with a large picture of a head as the base to put the pieces.
  • Select pictures where the hair isn't covering the face.
  • Pick faces with approximately the same skin color.
  • Pick faces with similar lighting (i.e. from the same side).
  • Use your eraser tool to blend the features in.
 








Note: The question I often get during this project is: "When will we ever be taking different pieces of peoples faces and sticking them together?"  The answer is, probably never -- but this project teaches the skills necessary to smoothly merge images, focus on shadows, adjust color saturation, etc.  It's not the project I want you to perfect, it's your technique.


Good luck!  I'm looking forward to seeing your "creations".  :)