Poster

Well folks, this is what I´ve been working on in the past few months.

I give to you: my first poster [a great roar from the audience]

The poster is for a one-(wo)man play that my fiancée is working on. And I got to create the poster (yeay...)

Layer masks, color fills, gradients and different layer styles have been my best friends (and worst aswell) for the past few months. This has been the largest project I have ever worked on. The imagefiles were just so huge; about 100 meg´s each. Any pro´s out there might laugh and say that´s nothing. But my laptop was crashing all the time.

Glamour

I had a go at glamour-photo today.
The picture was actually part of a set pass-port photos of my fianceé Petra, but with some photoshop-magic, the picture came out pretty good.
So, what did I do...

Using Photoshop 7:
- I streightened the image using the measure-tool (eye to eye)
- I flipped the image to get better light on the part of the face I wanted to use
- I used Curves to get a Fiscus-effect. (Thanx Mattias for that tip)
- I added hair using the Clone-tool to get a more harmonic haircut. I also revealed more of the forehead above the eyebrow to get more focus on the eye.
-I enhanced the color of the iris using fill-layers, and setting "colorize" and opacity= about 60%
-I whitened the teeth and removed shadows under the eye using the dodge-tool
-And finally using the fine plug-in: NoiseNinja to get that Barbie-look of the skin.

Restauration 3

Yes, I admit, guilty as charged - I´m repeating myself. But anyway...

Here is a picture of my grandfather in the winterwar.

The original image is 5x5cm small. I guess you can all see what has been done to the image; some cloning and some adjustments to both levels and color balance.

OK, I promise, no more restaurations. (Unless they are really, really good...)

Drawing

Another image created thanks to the inspiration of mr Karlsson.

Creating reflection

Yup, it´s a cliché. But I had to give it a go.
This is the skyline of my hometown. Located beautifully by the Gulf of Bothnia. Believe it or not - the image is manipulated :)

This is how I did it using Photoshop 7 (Thanks to mr Vainamo for the inspiration)
1. I made a selection of everything above the horizon.
2. I copied the selection onto a new layer (Ctrl + J (I use a PC))
3. Using Free transform I chose Flip Vertical and then fitted the new layer to the rest of the image to create an illusion of reflection.
4. To make the reflection more realistic I blurred it.
5. The frame was created using filters (poster edges). The selection feathered to about 50. Some good old fiddling with the Wacom tablet was also necessary.

Restauration 2

Another restaurationproject. The original image on the left dates back to the end of the 19th century. It is the only picture of my grandmothers grandfather. As it was badly damaged, I had to copy bodyparts from other pictures of old relatives, in hope of getting a realistic picture.
I am well aware of the fact that the image on the right only depicts a possible image of my late relative, but at least it´s a picture you can put in your familyalbum.
Clone-stamp and layer masks were heavily in use.

Restauration

My sweet old grandma handed me an old picture (taken sometimes in the 1920´s...) and asked if I possibly could do something about it as it was all wrinkled and mistreated.
-Who would say no?
I did my best, and even took it a bit further and colorized it as well.

If you´re curious about how it´s done, visit the links on the right.

In memoriam

In memory of those before us. Their blood, sweat and tears made it possible for us to live the way we do.

Montage:Replotbridge

One of my first montages. The famous Replotbridge. Picture taken on a sunny afternoon and edited on a rainy night. Credits to Mattias Karlsson for inspiration and tips.