Digital Images Created in PhotoshopThe advent of Adobe Photoshop unleashed the ability to create and manipulate images in an almost infinite number of different ways. In this manner, Photoshop can be said to have changed the world's perspective on reality. So much so, that people may no longer automatically "believe what they see", since it's now possible to alter images in ways that are almost impossible to detect.
If you are not familiar with Photoshop, it is a program designed to allow people to create and edit all types of images on their computers. Its original, and still for many its principal function, is to enable you to perform touch-ups on pictures before printing or posting online. Naturally, each subsequent version of Photoshop included more sophisticated tools which allow you to correct minor errors or produce advanced effects from the original photograph. The Photoshop of today also allows the creation of sound files and animation for sharing online. In the past, images had to be saved in very particular file formats in order to be manipulated in Photoshop. However, because of the explosion of digital cameras and camera phones today, Photoshop can actually import the photographs directly from the source. This means that the time between taking the picture and sharing it is reduced. Previously, when individuals took 'bad' pictures there was nothing they could do to correct the errors. This meant that that if the image was blurred due to camera shake, or if there was red-eye caused by the flash, you had to either live with these imperfections or delete the image all together. Now of course, there are countless numbers of basic photographic software programs that can quickly and automatically correct these kinds of imperfections. This means that most digital pictures taken nowadays can be 'rescued' even if there are multiple technical issues with the original shot. Of course, Photoshop has now evolved well beyond these kinds of image 'quick fixes'. As an 'Image Manipulation' tool, you can take any image and implement all kinds of create and artistic 'non destructive' effects. This allows you to try out all sorts of variations of effects and if you are not pleased with the result, simply revert 'back in time' using Photoshop's 'History' tool. Using this tool, you can gradually 'step back' through each effect you added until you arrive at the point you'd like to re-try the sequence using a different effect. This allows you to experiment using a vast number of different tools until you achieve the result that you were looking for. One of the most powerful features of the software is the ability to work in multiple 'layers'. This allows you to manipulate different elements of the picture in creative ways and move semi-transparent 'layers' over each other to achieve the desired effect. The final resulting single image may in fact be composed of several dozen, perhaps even hundreds of layers - many with special effect filters. You can tell that an immense impact is being caused by Photoshop by the fact that the company name is now used as a verb. It's common nowadays to hear of someone 'photoshopping' an image (even although they may actually be using another image software program all together.) This is always a sure sign that a product is having a significant impact on the culture of the day. Photoshop has also led to a whole new level of art and digital creativity. For example, graphic tablets were developed specifically for users of Photoshop. Artists of today have gone beyond using paints and a canvas. Today's artists make use of tablet sensors and Photoshop to produce their masterpieces. The technology of this digital software, allows people to take the art of drawing, add computer techniques, and come up with a whole new genre of art. The availability and popularity of photo manipulation software has spawned a vast and creative library of highly modified pictures, many bearing little resemblance to the original image. Using electronic versions of brushes, image layers and filters, it's possible to produce images unattainable through conventional artistic media. In addition, digital artists can create digital paintings, photomontage, collage or lithographs. Adobe Photoshop might just be a simple software tool for some people. However, powerful tools, when used by enough people can change history. In this age where most media is defined by computers, Photoshop is another tool which, in the right hands, can change the world, or at the very least, change people's perception of that world. Neil Walker has many years experience creating Custom Digital Photoshop Images. Hyberian Digital Image is the premier source for Custom Image Design, Photo Enhancement and Photoshop Tutorials. You can also Click Here to view the Custom eBook Cover Design page. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Neil_H_Walker/490681 Digital photo manipulation for artistic creations has its own history, also reaching far back into the early life of photography. Long before the early development of digital media, and the resulting computer hardware and software, that transformed the ease and the depth of manipulation achievable for politics and art, artists physically transformed their images through simple collage. The American photographic artist Allen Dutton during the 1960's and 70's created fragmented yet intriguing photographic collages. Dutton usually composed the collages from 'found' photographs, cropped and pieced together to form interventions with a landscape, and then re-photographed to remove evidence of the collaging process that he had utilized. Digital photo manipulated works such as 'Plausible Humbuggery of the perspective' and 'Who said sculpture was dull' depict human body parts in unusual arrangements, set in landscapes both rural and urban. Dutton's work could be considered transitional, as an earlier physical form of a hand produced photoshop - represented in its final state as a single image. A single image, yet created in its origin from collaged photographic fragments - cut, dodged, filtered, scaled, compiled, and then re-merged to a single entity.
Wallace Berman, another artist of this period whose practice up until his tragic death in 1976, was to also manipulate photographic images of popular culture arts. Berman used scavenged advertisements from the mass culture of the time, and then re-photographed the compiled manipulated photographs. His work often represented the aesthetic of the popular culture that surrounded him into politics and art, but when recompiled as collage, these representations often transgressed the considered morals of the time, with the resulting consequences from the authorities, albeit the images were only 'manipulations and seemed so random'. Also utilizing collaged photographic images in his artistic practice is Richard Prince. Prince is renown for his powerful advertising images including the unmistakably American wild west cowboy cult images, that take their name from the brand power they depict as the Marlbaro Man, which ironically is based on a fallacy in that the American cowboy is and has been predominantly ethnically Mexican. Prince's work over the years has resulted in the creation of various bodies of appropriated photograph manipulations into political arts, that provoke the accepted reality of the initial imagery. His early image manipulations such as the Nurses Series involved the use of appropriated mass produced book covers, collaging with them other found imagery from girlie magazines to create a new individual reality from the accepted 'Mills and Boon' version of love and romance, to imply a tale of lust and lewdness. Prince re-photographed the collaged images with their ambiguous narrative, and printed the resulting image to canvas as popular culture arts. He then sets about to apply liberal layers of paint, applied with an expressionistic gestural method including smudges and drippings. Discover Renowned Artist Ian Bunn's Latest Collection In His Range Of Popular Culture Arts Entitled "Spinning Pop". For More Details On Upcoming Exhibitions Visit www.ianbunn.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Ian_Bunn/660934
Although you will constantly hear photographers scold and nag about the photomanipulation process, it is actually one that has been used for many years, and one which is able to offer a variety of benefits. It has also existed throughout the art of photography in many different forms, including everything from different angles, how to use different lights and settings, hiding imperfections, and so on.
Especially in the world we live in today, where everything and everyone is expected to be perfect, namely in the magazines that stare back at us from off the shelves, photo manipulation has played an incredibly large role. What is it? Photomanipulation is basically the art of taking a normal photograph and then manipulating it the way that you want it, namely through use of a computer and various tools and applications on the computer. This modifies photographs either by analog or digital means, and is also commonly referred or related to what is known as 'Photoshopping', which is the slang term for the digital editing them, and although it is not directly aimed at the Adobe Photoshop application, it was named after it. Adobe Photoshop is only one of the many different digital editing applications that are available however, and for instance there is Paint Shop Pro, Corel, and even Paint, although this is one of the less advanced programs and is rarely used in the photomanipulation processes of today. Ethics There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the issue of photomanipulation, and although there are definitely many people who have good, positive things to say about it, there are also those who feel that there are concerning issues surrounding it. For instance on the covers of magazines, when celebrities heads are pasted onto different bodies, this in the past has stirred up a lot of commotion. One instance in particular was when the O.J. Simpson trial was taking place and the Newsweek magazine posted his mug shot as their magazine cover picture, while Time Magazine posted the exact same picture only used photomanipulation to alter it, and ended up making Simpson appear much darker than he was in the actual picture, and as well they removed the serial number and darkened the area around him. The Lebanon reuters incidents is just another prime example. The ironic part was that the magazines ended up side by side on a newsstand, and it was incredibly clear what a significant amount of this had taken place in Time's version of the photograph. Journalism is only one area that uses a great deal of photomanipulation, and fashion magazines are definitely topping the list as well. One of the biggest problems with these photomanipulated photographs is that they alter the opinions and views of the public who, for the majority of the time, have no clue that the particular photo was even altered at all. Therefore there really needs to be certain standards set in the field of photography when it comes to something such as photomanipulation. Domen Lombergar uses photomanipulation to create his limited edition prints and windows vista wallpapers, come check them out! Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Domen_Lombergar/102069 Photoshop has become the standard of the industry when it comes to graphics and digital image editing. When we speak of power, versatility and innovation, very few programs can hold a candle to what Photoshop is capable of doing. Its commands and tools are so easy to learn that even beginners can use this program without the benefit of a formal class. Photoshop (also known as Adobe Photoshop) was created by Adobe Systems and was intended at first for image editing for paper printing. It wasn't too long before it was used to create and edit images to use for websites. The best thing about Photoshop is not only the integrated tools and devices you can use to tweak images and create your own, but because of the flawless interaction of its commands and tools. Given one image, you can do virtually anything you want with the confidence that Photoshop tools will follow your command and produce an edited picture the way you want it to appear. Export-ready When it comes to exporting its images, Photoshop allows seamless program shifts among other Adobe software used in image editing, authoring and animation such as Adobe Illustrator, ImageReady and After Effects. Photoshop files (.PSD or Photoshop document format) may be manipulated to produce special effects such as adding textures and changing backgrounds. Non-linear editing is also a breeze. Another advantage of Photoshop is that it can work with several color models such as RGB, CMYK, Lab, Bitmap, Duotone and Grayscale. This allows any user a lot of flexibility in terms of image editing, giving him the power to play with every type of photo image there is. The newest version of Photoshop is v. 10, also known as CS3. It's integrated with Adobe Creative Suite, hence the 'CS'. The most popular, though is the CS2 which was made available in 2005. It has successfully integrated new tools and former plugins like color replacement, warping and multiple-layer select. How it has changed the industry |
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