Photoshop Pop India

Curves, histograms, levels, rotoscope, selections, applied image, colour balance, white balance ..... It's like a new language and like all new languages, photoshop gives you new ways to express yourself.

I struggled and failed with Pop India. Here's a review of some of my Indian photos. Photoshopped and unphotoshopped.

On this picture of a girl, it's easy to see the enhancement made by two curve adjustments, one for colour/contrast and the other for whitening the eyes/teeth.

The difference between these two pictures is more dramatic. I used a 'rotoscope' effect, which I think is very effective with urban scene (probably anything that is detailed). The non-photoshopped picture is a little flat and unsharp, which is easily remedied in photoshop with a little tweaking with 'levels' and 'curves'.

A new blog, a new beginning

Last year, I was still on film, hadn't read a blog and didn't know anything about photoshop.

A year is a long time and things change, though I still have much to learn about photoshop. I joined the digital revolution last June. Discovering the huge advantages and some disadvantages too.

The babas and snow mountain

I went to India last November to do a Pop Art project on India and Indians. In practice that project failed but it lead me to photoshop and with photoshop some of those ideas are coming alive.

And it's the daily use of photoshop that I want to focus on. There are excellent tutorial sites out there already and I'll be refering to them often. They are a great way to learn photoshop as are videos (so I've heard). But with this blog I want to focus on the practical application of those techniques i.e. technique A is great for xyz, the most useful tools and new ideas for using photoshop.

I've learned a lot over the past couple of months but there's a limit to how much you can learn by yourself (not exactly by myself). Learning with a community is so much more fun and effective. If you disagree with me, want to help, know some great photoshop stuff that everyone should know. Then please contact or comment on the post. I will get back to you.