Plagiarism Questions

1. I don't think that Fairey does enough work on these photos to call the his own artwork.  This is because almost anyone could go into Photoshop and do what he does to the photos.

2. It is alright to do that as long as you cite your source.

3. No it is not right, because you should be able to come up with your own ideas instead of using other people's artwork as a base for your own.

4. yes it would be alright if he gave the credit and maybe a share in the profits that the image might make.

5. Yes he was plagiarizing because even though he took the pictures and changed them with his own style, the pictures still belonged to the original creator of them.

Cartoon Portrait

Photoshop Recipe

These are the steps I took to edit my self portrait.

1. Duplicate background layer; rename: Patch.

2. Patch Tool: replaced blemishes with clean areas of skin.

3. Select Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to remove yellows from image.

            Settings: Yellow; Saturation: -100, Brightness: +20.

4. Create New Layer, name it Soft Light Brush.

5. Use Soft Light Brush to lighten eyes and teeth.

            Brush Settings: Mode: Softlight, 0% Hardness, 10px, 10% opacity, 10% Flow, Foreground color: White

6. Use Soft Light Brush to strengthen shadows.

            Brush Settings: Mode: Softlight, 0% Hardness, 10px, 10% opacity, 10% Flow, Foreground color: Black

7. Use low opacity, soft Eraser to blend soft light brush on soft light layer.

            Eraser Settings: Mode: Normal, 0% Hardness, 15 px wide, 100% opacity, 100% Flow

The Tree of Life

This was a picture i took in my neighborhood of a new tree.  I used a sharpening layer first.  Then i used hue/saturation.

This was a picture taken at one of the many public parks around Akron.  First what i did t this was sharpen the image.  Then I used hue/adjustment layer and a vibrance layer t make the colors stand out more.

 This image was taken at the nature realm metro park.  At firs most of the color was missing so i used a hue/saturation layer to bring more color into the picture and then a vibrance layer to make the color more noticeable.

 This is a picture taken of some large pine trees covered in hanging ivy.  I brought our the color in the ivy and lessened the color in the leaves on the trees by using a hue/saturation layer.

This was a picture taken at one of the many metro parks in the akron area.  I first used a layer to sharpen the image.  Then i used a hue/saturation layer to bring out the reds and oranges in the picture to make it look more like fall.  Then to finish it all i made a vibrance layer.

This picture was taken at the nature realm metro park.  I first made a layer to sharpen the image.  Then i used a hue/adjustment layer to bring out the colors in the leaves and lessen the colors in the trees that were not the main focus.

This was another picture taken a the nature realm metro park.  Again the first thing i did was add a layer to sharpen the image.  The second thing i did to this photo was add a hue/saturation layer to bring out the color of the leaves.  To finish this i used a vibrance layer to make the colors stand out more against the background.

This image was taken at the nature realm metro park.  At firs most of the color was missing so i used a hue/saturation layer to bring more color into the picture and then a vibrance layer to make the color more noticeable.

This was a picture taken at one of the many public parks around Akron.  First what i did t this was sharpen the image.  Then I used hue/adjustment layer and a vibrance layer t make the colors stand out more.

All i needed to do to this image to edit it was place a sharpening layer on it because it was already almost completely black and white.

All i needed to do to this image to edit it was place a sharpening layer on it because it was already almost completely black and white.

Photographer Project

1. William Eugene Smith

2. 1918-1978

3. He was born in Wichita, Kansas.  He took his first photos around the age of 15 for a local newspaper.  He attended the Notre Dame College in Wichita in 1936, and a special photographic scholarship was created for him.  He worked for Life magazine from 1947 to 1955.  He also worked for

4. He is known mainly for his photographs of war.  His main subject that i saw was pictures of people during war although he does take pictures of people other than in times of war.  He brought many things to art but one of the most important things was that he brought a fund in his name that promotes "humanistic photography" which is aimed at keeping alive the interest in photographs of the everyday person.  He also taught one year at the university of Arizona until he died in 1978.

5. I was attracted to this photographer because his photos of war were interesting and they were good photos.  The pictures attracted me because i like learning about war and the people involved and why they are involved.  All of the photos i have seen by him have really been full of emotion.  I think that how he has gained fame as a photographer is by taking pictures of people an really capturing their emotions because even when people aren't in his photos you can still guess the feelings of the photographer.  Another way he has gained fame is by taking photos of everyday people, because some of the photographs he takes are of normal people just doing their jobs or going on with their day to day lives and he represents them in his photographs very well by capturing the emotion in their faces and their passion towards their job and some of his photos show how the job is done.

6.

WORLD WAR II. The Pacific Campaign. 27 June 1944. Battle of Saipan Island. US Marines

WORLD WAR II. The Pacific Campaign. March 1945. The Battle of Okinawa (Japanese island). US anti-aerial artillery

USA. Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. 1955. Steelworker.

USA. American boxer Sugar Ray ROBINSON. Circa 1940.

7.http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.PhotographerDetail_VPage&l1=0&pid=2K7O3R139C2T&nm=W%2E%20Eugene%20Smith

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=ViewBox_VPage&IID=2S5RYDZME7KS&CT=Image&IT=ZoomImage01_VForm

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=ViewBox_VPage&IID=2S5RYD1JPPHH&CT=Image&IT=ZoomImage01_VForm

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=ViewBox_VPage&IID=2S5RYDW0WGBY&CT=Image&IT=ZoomImage01_VForm

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My Panorama

This is a panorama composed of four pictures .taken at Goodyear Metro park.  To put the together into one picture i copied and pasted the different images together.  Then i used the transform tool to align the angles in the photo.  I made an adjustment layer to change the hue/saturation of the different pictures to make the lighting look the same.  I used a layer mask to make the edges of the pictures into a more smooth transition.  Then i used a layer mask to delete the excess part of the picture that i didn't need.  To finish this picture i cropped off the uneven edges of the photo.

Photoshop Quiz

1.What is the advantage of using a layer mask? What color reveals and what colormasks your images?
    The advantage to the layer mask is that you can add adjustments to your picture without changing the picture itself.  White reveals an image and black hides an image.


2.  When using a clone stamp, what key must be held to sample a portion of the image?
    You need to hold the option key to sample a portion of the image.


3. How do I add additional canvas to my image? How do the anchor points effect this?
    To add canvas you go to image and select canvas size.  The anchor points affect which way the canvas length is added.


4. How do you blur a layer?
    To blur a layer you go to filter, click blur, and then you click gaussian blur and then choose the intensity of the blur.

5. How do you link a levels adjustment layer to an individual layer?

    First you add an adjustment layer then you get your mouse between the adjustment layer and the layer you want it to be applied to then you hold down the option button to apply the adjustment layer to the layer below it.