Assignment: Choose your 5 best Portrait images and edit them as instructed in the tutorial. 

Label the  folder like this: PORTRAIT DIGITAL EDITS

You will be editing in Photoshop or Photopea

Compositional focus: 

Keep in mind:

SIMPLICITY

 RULE OF THIRDS (as needed)

DYNAMIC USE OF LINES (as needed)

BALANCE

  FRAMING (as needed)

AVOIDING MERGERS

Number of Images – total of 10 images in album that include:

5 images before edit, 5 images after edit

Put images in correct order of each unedited image followed by its corresponding edited image

 

Here is a sample album by Mr. Lindroth

 

Mr. Lindroth’s Portrait Edits

 

Tutorials

 

If you need a refresher on screenshots, editing, or working with Google Photos for this assignments, please go to these links:

 

 

Photoshop Editing & Use with Google Photo Tutorials

 

Photopea Editing & Use with Google Photo Tutorials

 

The editing you will be doing:

Straightening and Cropping Image (as needed)

Adjustment Layers:

Levels

Black and White (if desired)

Dodging and Burning

 

 

 

Optional Editing Technique for Photoshop User for Dodging and Burning

Non-Destructive Dodge and Burn Tutorial:

Here is the video tutorial that explains how to edit a portrait using Non-Destructive Dodging and Burning:

Here is written instructions for the tutorial above:

Non-Destructive Dodge and Burn (Photoshop Essentials Website)

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