Tutorial Reviews for Week 5

This weeks tutorials are all about Photoshop, from the tutvid website, and are videos…yay videos! Also, my selection of tutorials include how to correct color in pictures because we have been talking about photo editing in class this week and I want to be familiar with some techniques.

1) ”Editing Photo Colors and Coloring Black & White!” Tutorial

http://www.tutvid.com/tutorials/photoshop/tutorials/coloringReColoring.php

This tutorial is like 3 in one because it educates you on two ways to realistically change the color of a photo and how to transform a black and white photo in to color. The two demonstrations he used to realistically edit color in a photo involved the adjustment layers and the blend tool. Lastly he demonstrated the black and white to color transformation and I just have to say, “Wow!” I was seriously so amazed watching him transform a black and white photo into color. He made the process look so easy.

The following are screen caps from this amazing tutorial:

First he livened up a flower by changing the color.

Next he transformed a red car into a blue car.

Lastly, he transformed a black and white photo into color.
Aren't you amazed?....Crazy huh?!...
After this tutorial I was inspired to transform an image. I found this picture of an apple on google and decided to make this apple a radical color, for an apple that is! ( I love apple's, I practically eat one everyday)
LOOK! Its a purple and a blue apple!!! Crazy!!!...I could totally see the munchkins in Wizard of Oz eating these apples or the Oompa Loompas from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory manufacturing them!...

2) “Photo Edit: Vivid Skies and Bright Grass!” Tutorial

http://www.tutvid.com/tutorials/photoshop/tutorials/vividSkiesGreenGrass.php

This tutorial incorporates many tools to create a bright and beautiful sky picture out of dull sky picture. The tools the man used in his transformation include sharpen filters, adjustment layers, masks, blend modes, and the gradient tool. I also learned how to use the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to make a big difference.

3) “Composite/Combine Multiple Images!” Tutorial

http://www.tutvid.com/tutorials/photoshop/tutorials/compositeImage.php

This tutorial teaches you how to composite images, use channels to make selections, and use some tools to edit the images. The tools the man who narrated the tutorial used included the copy, paste, masking, dodge, and burn tools. The tutorial also gives links the images he used so you can follow along.

4) “Color Correcting Images and Removing Color Casts via Curves!” Tutorial

http://www.tutvid.com/tutorials/photoshop/tutorials/colorCorrectAndCurves.php

From watching this tutorial you obtain a better understanding of RGB and CMYK and how they relate to one another, their differences, and how they are used when color correcting images. He uses levels to auto correct color and a curves adjustment layer to manually adjust color. I thought it was interesting that he used RGB for landscape adjustments and CYMK for skin tone adjustments.

5) “Create Black and White Photographs using Different Methods!” Tutorial

http://www.tutvid.com/tutorials/photoshop/tutorials/convertToBW.php

This tutorial teaches you how to convert a color image into a great black and white image. He starts out by showing you all the ways to convert an image and why they make the image look good or bad. Next he shows you the way he thinks is the best way to convert an image. He used modes, channels, levels, layers, channel mixers, adjustment layers, and paint tool to make a finished product.

Note: I am not sure if all the tutorials were explained by the same man or not ... but I do know that i was entertained watching these tutorials because the narrator was funny and I liked hearing their personalities come out!