Blog #9: Photo Editing Tutorials

This week we worked on our last project using Photoshop. We worked on photo editing in Photoshop. Each group had the choice on what they wanted to work on. There were different options such as turn a portrait photo into a color sketch, ghost an image, and how to create light and shadow. In this case my group decided to do how to make your photo look like a retro picture. This idea came from google, How to Create A Retro Analog Effect Using Photoshop. This was very challenging. While it was challenging, it was very fun to work with! Below is the picture my group and I used to work on, and what it turned out to be after we made it look like a retro picture.

                   Before                                       After                           

                                                                             

While creating this retro picture, it took certain steps. We did the following steps:

1.       Add a curves adjustment layer by going to Layer, new adjustment layers, curves.

2.       Go to the drop down menu by going to layer, new adjustment layer, drop down menu. This tool allows us to begin manipulating the curves.

3.       Change the drop down menu to the red channel. Tweak the line into an S shaped bend.

4.       Now, change the drop down menu to the green channel. Increase the green mid tones by creating a large flowing bend in the lone. Do this by, moving the line up.

5.       Change the drop down menu to the blue channel. Add an S shaped bend and move the start and end points above and below the original curves  lines.

6.       Create new layer.

7.       Use the paint bucket, and fill the picture with magenta.

8.       Changing the blending mode to soft light instead of normal in the layers bar.

9.       Depending on the color of magenta used, change the opacity to tone down the effect. In this case, we reduced the opacity of the layer to 73%.

10.   Select all. Go to edit, copy merged.

11.   Create new layer

12.   Go to edit, paste. This paste the picture on your new layer.

13.   Add a Gaussian blur do this by going to filter, blur, Gaussian blur.

14.   Press OK.

15.   Add a layer mask to the blur layer. Do this by clicking the third button from your right in the layers bar.

16.   Use a small black brush by using the brush tool to erase the blurring from the main objects leaving spot of blurring from the edges and in the background.

17.   Create new layer.

18.   In the swatches at the bottom, change the color to red.

19.   Using a LARGE soft brush dab red spots on the corners of your picture. We reduced our opacity to 20%.

20.   Go to layer, flatten image.

21.   Go to filter, lens corrections.

22.   Click custom.

23.   Under vignette, slide it towards darken.

24.   Create a new layer

25.   Change the color to whites in the swatches at the bottom.

26.   Using a large brush from the brush tool, dab a large spot of white in the center of the canvas to highlight the main objects.

27.   Change this to soft light instead of new in the layers bar.

28.   Create a new layer.

29.   Using the paint bucket, fill it with black.

30.   Go to filter, noise, add noise. Give the noise layer a slight Gaussian blur to take the edge off the noise particles.

31.   Press OK.

32.   Change the blending mode to screen instead of normal.

33.   Reduce your opacity to 15%

34.   You have a retro picture!

Since you have seen what can be done to your own picture, go give your photo a retro analog effect using Photoshop!