How to use Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop os a graphic and picture editing tool. It enables the user to after, manipulate and create images either from existing photos or found images. We used the programme, Photoshop CS2 and became more used to the various tools needed in order to change images.


Tools and their uses:
*Marquee tool- this allows the user to select a certain area of the photo that they would like to edit; there is the rectangluar marquee tool, eliptical marquee tool, the single row marquee tool and the double row marquee tool that can be used and depending on the certain shape, is the shape that covers the specific area. We usually used the rectangle shaped one as it was simple and easy to use.


*Move tool-this allows you to move the selected area of your image anywhere on the screen


*Lasso tool-this allows you to cut around a certain image and if you use it while holding down the shift key then it would go in a straight line. At first, I found this tool quite hard but after a while, if I continued clicking and took my time it became much easier and as a result my cut was a lot cleaner.


*The clone stamp tool-this allows you to copy areas of the image. You have to hold down the alt key while clicking on the area that you wish to copy. This is a very useful tool to use especially if you want to cover up certain parts of the image, for example we used it while we were editing the Cloverfield poster and so used the clone stamp tool to cover the text and makes it seem as though it is only water and a city.

*Spot-healing brush-this allows you to cover up any parts of the picture, especially if it is of a person and they have a scar/acne that is not wanted for the poster; it is regularly used in magazines to edit models and actors in order for the viewer to not notice their flaws.


*Dodge tool-this allows you to brighten up a certain area of the image and is regularly used in posters to highlight certain aspects or people that are usually related to the main plot and the story.


*Burn tool-this allows you to make a certain area of the image darker, and is used to enhance shadow or to show that the movie is 'darker'


*Sponge tool-this allows you to turn a coloured image turn black & white


*Hand tool-this allows you to move around the image


If you move an image from one picture to another picture, select the image and in order to make it look more realistic, you have to adjust the colour and scale of the image. In order to change the size, go to:
-Edit
-Transform
-Scale
and each corner of the selected area will have points that you can move to change the size of it, in order to scale the whole image as a whole, use the shift button.
If you want to adjust the colour of the image go to:
-Image
-Adjustments
-Hue/Saturation or Desaturation
The Hue/Saturation allows you to adjust the hue, saturation and light intensity of the image.
The Desaturation choice loses all the colour of the selected image and can be used to show that it is older than modern times.


During one of the lessons we had to edit a Cloverfield movie poster by taking something from another image and making it appear as though it is walking in the water.

Basic Stills, Camera Work and Composition

Composition:

Photography brings a visual language that is universal in understanding. We must then understand its vocabulary which consists of shapes, textures, patterns, lines, colours, shade of light to dark and sharp to blurry images. Just as we must learn to arrange words in a coherent order in order to make sense when we write or speak, so too must we put visual elements together in an organized manner if our photographs are to convey their meaning clearly and vividly.

Composition means arrangement: the orderly putting together of parts to make a unified whole; composition through a personal, intuitive act. However, there are basic principles that govern the way visual elements behave and interact when you combine them inside the four borders of a photograph. Once we have sharpened our vision and grasped these basic ideas of principles, then we will have the potential for making our photographs more exciting and effective than ever before.


The Rule of Thirds:
The Rule of thirds is a very simple but equally as important way in which editors and cameramen use to show the image correctly. Invisible lines are drawn across the screen and initially the audience will look at the top right hand corner and so usually, the most important aspect of the image is shown on the first point on the rule of thirds. It is handy because it allows the photographer/cameraman/director/editor to have the main aspect of the scene in a position that is easily to see rather than the top of the scene or the bottom of the scene or the very corner of the scene.

My trailer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/trailermaker/view/7iaeh9

This is my Doctor Who trailer :)