Monday, July 5, 2010

Adventures in Image Processing!

So for the past few days I have been embarking on an assignment involving image processing. I have chosen an image to test numerous Photoshop Elements 8 filters on, and I am posting them on my website. It’s amazing what can be done to images these days. I’ve explored crystallizing, liquefying, film grain, adding neon and glowing edges- all transforming my image exponentially. I chose to work with an image of Henri Mattisse’s painting Dance (1909-1910). I chose this image to work with and appear on my homepage because it’s an image related to dance, but it’s a non-traditional portrayal. I love this Modernist era of artwork, and to me it’s a joyful image.
The filters I have enjoyed working with the most are the ones that transform the colors of the original painting- “Neon,” “Glowing Edges,” “Clouds,” and “Charcoal.” The resulting images have bright colors and look like completely different paintings. See my Image processing page here- https://files.nyu.edu/sg2747/public/images.html.
I never thought I’d be able to navigate Photoshop. It always seemed like a daunting program, which I thought could only be mastered by professionals. Although this has only been an introductory trip into it, I’ve gotten a little hooked by it and want to see what other possibilities lie within.

-SG

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