Week 2 - Colorizing and Gradients

Whew! Bonesy, you really piled it on us this week! Lots of stuff to learn, but these are some of the very things I was really interested in learning, so it was fun.

Assignment 1: Colorize

Before

After I adjusted the contrast and red color cast using levels. Then I colorized the shirt using a layer mask. To tidy things up, I erased his knee and cigarette. Good thing the wrong finger isn't pointing now. (grin)

Assignment 2: Fill Layer Gradient

Here I've used a gradient in, what else, a fill layer.

Assignment 3: Gradients as Sky and Grass

Here the gradients are dithered.	Not Dithered This isn't showing up very well, but this has banding.

Assignment 4: Using Gradient for 3D

I made Easter eggs with gradients. I found it difficult to get a good light reflection spot on my eggs until I realized I had to add a white color stop on my gradient and move the next color stop fairly close to it to avoid a huge reflection.

I went on and added a background layer fill flooded with a gradient with a grid placed on top. I then added a gradient to a stroke around the entire graphic to make a frame.

Assignment 5: Gradient Balloons

Similar technique to the eggs, but just a bit more complex.

Assignment 6: Using Gradients to Lighten Parts of Images

Right side is dark.	Here I added a quick mask gradient to lighten the right side of the image.

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