Digital Photography & Imaging - Week 8

10.11.2025 - 14.11.2025 (Week 8)
Cheyenne Liew Khye Yean / 0378330
Digital Photography & Imaging / Bachelor of Design (Hons) Creative Media
Project 2

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LECTURE

No lecture on Week 8.

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PRACTICAL

Figure 1.1 Process #1, Week 8 (13/11/2025)

I began by masking the cans and adjusting the brightness of the background to make it appear cleaner and also to lighten the shadows at the edges of the picture. I then adjusted the brightness of the cans to make them brighter and more vibrant.

Figure 1.2 Process #2, Week 8 (13/11/2025)

Figure 1.3 Process #3, Week 8 (13/11/2025)

After that, I also masked the batteries and aligned them to the cans. It was then that I noticed that the angles of both my pictures didn't really match, but I fixed that using the warp tool.

Figure 1.4 Process #4, Week 8 (13/11/2025)

I cleaned up the slightly blurred edges from warping using the eraser tool.

Figure 1.5 Process #5, Week 8 (13/11/2025)

Figure 1.6 Process #6, Week 8 (13/11/2025)

The cans on the bottom layer made the shadows quite red, so I lowered the saturation all the way to remove the colour. Besides that, I also lowered the saturation of the yellows in the batteries to match the colours better.

Figure 1.7 Process #7, Week 8 (13/11/2025)

Figure 1.8 Process #8, Week 8 (13/11/2025)

I added shadows wherever necessary using both the brush tool and pen tool, then blurred them and lowered the opacity.

Figure 1.9 Final Photo Manipulation, Week 8 (13/11/2025)

Figure 1.10 Process #9, Week 8 (15/11/2025)

Then, I resized the whole image so the cans can stand out in the poster.

Figure 1.11 Process #10, Week 8 (15/11/2025)

I added a red gradient background to match the red in the batteries and added some grain for texture. I also changed the blending mode of the background to multiply so the shadows from the original image can show through.

Figure 1.13 Process #10, Week 8 (15/11/2025)

Finally, I added text to better complement and support the poster.

Figure 1.14 Final Poster, Week 8 (15/11/2025)

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REFLECTION

This project was quite interesting to do. Although I was rushing to get it done, it was still pretty fun to work on and didn't take too long. Throughout the process, I feel like I've familiarised myself more with the tools in Photoshop, especially the ones I don't usually use, like the warp tool. I also did initially struggle with how I wanted the poster to look, aside from knowing that I wanted some bold text, but in the end, I'm quite satisfied with the outcome.