In order to manipulate my original image, I used the histogram, curves, and contrast manipulation. The goal was to increase the intensity of the image and change the original color to a vintage inspired style.
The first order of operation I used was to change the levels in the histogram. The original image had little intensity and contrast between the colors. It was lackluster to look at. The histogram was chosen as the initial operation because the pixels in the image have a specific luminosity value that serve as a good starting point to be manipulated. In this case, the horizontal scale of the histogram was manipulated; the absolute value of the original image was changed. The value of the black tones was set to 54. The middle grey tone value was set to 0.86, and the value of the white tones was set to 221. This served to better distribute the intensity values in the image.
The next operation chosen was to change the color components in the image by applying independent point transfer functions. To do this, the curves option was chosen. First, the RGB channel input and output levels were changed. The input level was set to 60 and the output level was set to 54. This helped provide more of a variance between the pixels. Now that there was a more pleasing contrast in the image, the color components were manipulated. The color was chosen to be changed after the levels in the histogram because color is seen differently when there is contrast between the chroma. To begin manipulating the color, the red channel input level was set to 120 and the output level was set to 148. This helped to bring out the warmer colors of the image and decrease the cooler tones. Next, the green output level was set to 86 and the input level was set to 72. This provided more of a yellowish-green tone to the image, which began to give it the vintage feel that I had desired. The last color channel manipulated was the blue channel. The input level was set to 44 and the output level was set to 88. The changing of this color component gave the image a complementary contrast of blue and orange. Each of these independent point transfer functions modified the color components of the image.
The last operation chosen was the contrast manipulation. This was picked last because the intensity of the color components in the image that were just manipulated needed to be modified. The intensity values are distributed from 0 to 255 over the output range. In this case, the brightness was set to 3 and the contrast was set to 25. The contrast manipulation used a piecewise linear transfer function to change the intensity values and further enhance the image.
The first order of operation I used was to change the levels in the histogram. The original image had little intensity and contrast between the colors. It was lackluster to look at. The histogram was chosen as the initial operation because the pixels in the image have a specific luminosity value that serve as a good starting point to be manipulated. In this case, the horizontal scale of the histogram was manipulated; the absolute value of the original image was changed. The value of the black tones was set to 54. The middle grey tone value was set to 0.86, and the value of the white tones was set to 221. This served to better distribute the intensity values in the image.
The next operation chosen was to change the color components in the image by applying independent point transfer functions. To do this, the curves option was chosen. First, the RGB channel input and output levels were changed. The input level was set to 60 and the output level was set to 54. This helped provide more of a variance between the pixels. Now that there was a more pleasing contrast in the image, the color components were manipulated. The color was chosen to be changed after the levels in the histogram because color is seen differently when there is contrast between the chroma. To begin manipulating the color, the red channel input level was set to 120 and the output level was set to 148. This helped to bring out the warmer colors of the image and decrease the cooler tones. Next, the green output level was set to 86 and the input level was set to 72. This provided more of a yellowish-green tone to the image, which began to give it the vintage feel that I had desired. The last color channel manipulated was the blue channel. The input level was set to 44 and the output level was set to 88. The changing of this color component gave the image a complementary contrast of blue and orange. Each of these independent point transfer functions modified the color components of the image.
The last operation chosen was the contrast manipulation. This was picked last because the intensity of the color components in the image that were just manipulated needed to be modified. The intensity values are distributed from 0 to 255 over the output range. In this case, the brightness was set to 3 and the contrast was set to 25. The contrast manipulation used a piecewise linear transfer function to change the intensity values and further enhance the image.
I can see you're trying to avoid using 'I' but in some parts of this, I feel like you need it. (for example, saying 'I chose' instead of 'chosen') Also, watch and make sure your tenses are correct and consistent. It gets a little awkward.
ReplyDeleteI do like the quality of your image, very nice.