DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING - Week 4
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND IMAGING - Week 4
13/10/2025 - 17/10/2025
Nur Adila binti Nazary (0377352)
Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelor in Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Week 4
1) Lecture
2) Tutorial/Instructions
3) Practical/Process
4) Feedback
5) Final Outcome
6) Reflection
LECTURE
Week 4
Introduction to Photoshop 3
Adjustments Layers & Filters
Adjustment Layer: a group of a non destructive image editing tool that add colour and tonal adjustments to the image without permanently changing its pixels. The adjustments can be edited and discard or be restored to the original image at anytime.
Basics of Adjustment Layer:
When adjustment layer is added, a new layer will appear on top of the image and a Properties panel specific to the type of adjustment selected will pop up. With this, it will help to modify the adjustment layer which will modify the image.
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| Figure 1. Adjustment Layer diagram |
Brightness slider: Adjusting the highlights in the image.
Contrast slider: Adjusting the shadows in the image.
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| Figure 2. Brightness / Contrast diagram |
2) Level
Level: To modify the tonal values in an image by adjusting the levels of the shadows, midtone and highlights.
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| Figure 3. Level diagram |
3) Curves
Curves: Adjust as many points throughout the entire tonal rage of the image.
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| Figure 4. Curves diagram |
4) Exposure
To adjust exposure levels with three sliders.
1) Exposure: To adjust highlights of an image
2) Offset: To adjust the mid tones
3) Gamma: To adjust the dark tones only
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| Figure 5. Exposure diagram |
5) Selective Colour
Selective colour: Selectively modifies the amount of a primary colour without modifying the other primary colours in the image.
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| Figure 6. Selective Colour diagram |
FILTERS
Filters: To change colour, add blur or create new image effects.
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| Figure 7. Filters diagram |
WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN WEEK 4 LECTURE:
From this week's lecture, I learned about Adjustment Layers and Filters in Photoshop. The adjustment layers helps for a non destructive editing, so when we change the colour or brightness, it doesn't permanently affect the original image. Each adjustment such as Levels, Curves and Exposure helps to control the light tones in a photo. I also learned that the Filters can be used to add effects to create a specific mood. Overall, these tools are useful to improv the digital images we taken.
TUTORIAL/INSTRUCTION
PRACTICAL/PROCESS
Week 4 Overview:
Focus: Digital imaging exercise / Editing in Photoshop (Hearst Mansion and Recolouring Black and White)
Week 4 Overview:
Focus: Digital imaging exercise / Editing in Photoshop (Hearst Mansion and Recolouring Black and White)
SHAZAM IN THE HEARST MANSION EDITING
On week 4 we had to use Photoshop to edit some works. One of them is to edit the character Shazam into the Hearst Mansion and make it realistic to seem like he is actually there.
RESEARCH AND INSPIRATION:
A tutorial has given in a Youtube link on how to do shadow, select and mask, colour editing and more. The video was very helpful on guiding me through the Photoshop tools. We had to follow the tutorial step by step until we get the same results. The lecturer has given us the exact same pictures he used in a Google Drive.
Here are the pictures that we used to edit into the photo:
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| Figure 8. Shazam poster |
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| Figure 9. Hearst Mansion reference IDEATION: Based on the video and the instructions given in the slides, this is the final outcome of the Shazam in the Hearst Mansion.
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After finishing the editing on Shazam in the Hearst Mansion, the next task was, we had to edit ourselves into the Hearst Mansion by using the same techniques and tools like we did for Shazam editing.
RESEARCH AND INSPIRATION:
Other than that, for the background we used the exact same picture of the Hearst Mansion as last time.
IDEATION:
The lecturer told us to use a eye level yet full body picture, so I used this.
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| Figure 11. Me with my artwork in GMBB |
The lecturer instructed us to use a full body, eye level photo of ourselves for this task. Using my photo, I followed the tutorial shown previously, which included steps such as colour correction, shadow placement, and reflection adjustments to match the background of the mansion I slightly modified some of the editing to make the photo fit better with the lighting and overall atmosphere of the image.
Other than that, for the background we used the exact same picture of the Hearst Mansion as last time.
IDEATION:
Here is the final edited outcome:
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| Figure 12. Me in Hearst Mansion |
RECOLOURING BLACK AND WHITE
Another activity we had to do was to edit a black and white portrait back to a coloured version.
RESEARCH AND INSPIRATION:
We had been given another Youtube link to follow and watch to create the same effect. The steps in this editing process is much more longer since we had to edit the hair, skin colour, the eyes and basically each part of the body.
This is the original picture of the black and white protrait:
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| Figure 13. Original black and white portrait |
From here, the way we get the colours back is by getting references from other pictures. The lecturer chose two reference picture, one is for the skin colour and the other is for hair. However for the clothes, background and eye colour, we can choose anything from the colour wheel.
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| Figure 14. Skin colour reference photo #1 |
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| Figure 15. Hair colour reference photo #2 |
IDEATION:
After following the tutorials, this is the work that I have submitted.
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| Figure 16. Recolored Black and White finished work RECOLOURED BLACK AND WHITE CHOSEN PHOTO For the second task, we had to recolour another black and white photo chosen by us from given the Google Drive link. There were a lot to choose from but I chose the one I like the most. I chose this as my picture to recolour:
To achieve realistic tones, I also selected two reference images for skin and hair colour, choosing ones that matched the features of a Caucasian man, similar to the subject in my chosen photo.
Using the techniques taught in the tutorial, I applied the sampled colours to the image and adjusted the tones to achieve a natural and balanced look.
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For my first try on the recolour black and white photo chosen photo, I accidentally made the skin tone a bit too orange. It looked off and a bit too much, so I changed it to a lighter skin tone to match with my reference photo #1.
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| Figure 21. First trial on recolouring black and white chosen photo |
FINAL OUTCOME
From the two activities, here are the 4 works.
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| Figure 22. Finished Shazam in Hearst Mansion |
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| Figure 23. Me in Hearst Mansion |
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| Figure 24. Recolored Black and White finished work |
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| Figure 25. Final recoloured chosen photo |
REFLECTION
Experience
In week 4, we explored more of the tools and possibilities in Photoshop. After a few weeks of learning, I have become more confident in using the application. The Youtube tutorial links provided by the lecturer were very helpful since I could rewind and watch them at my own pace whenever I missed a step.
Observations
Through this week's lesson, I realised that Photoshop can do so much more than just cutting and pasting images. There are many feature and techniques that can transform photos in different ways.
Findings
One of the main challenges during the activity was recolouring. For example, sometimes the skin tone turned out too orange, or I didn't select and mask the strands of hair properly. Tasks like these take time ad patience but after a few attempts, I was able to improve and achieve better results.
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