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DPI Week 7: PROJECT 2A DOUBLE EXPOSURE

04/11/24 - 08/11/24 (Week 7)
Anggia Tsani Rachmadiyanti, (0368487)
Digital Photography & Imaging / Bachelor in Design (Hons) in Creative Media 
Section 4
PROJECT 2A: EXERCISE 1 DOUBLE EXPOSURE




Lecture 7 - Colour Theory
  • It's the science and art of using colour. It explains how humans perceive color; and the messages colours communicate artistically and emotionally.

  • CMYK (Subtractive) - primary colours of printing
  • RGB (Additive) - Colour used to display on computer screen


  • Hue - most basic of colour terms & denotes an object's colour
  • Shade - hue to which black has been added (eg: red+black=burgundy)
  • Tint - hue to which white has been added (eg: red+white=pink)
  • Tone - colour to which black and white (or grey) have been added


COLOUR HARMONY - Arrangement of colours in design in the most attractive and effective way for users' perception. 


  • Monochromatic: variations of 1 colour. It can create the distasteful colour scheme.
  • Analogous: 3 colours located right next to each other on the colour wheel.
  • Complementary: colours that are opposites on the colour wheel. It aims to produce high contrast and make image pops out.
  • Split-Complementary: using 3 colours. Start with one colour, find its complement and then use the two colours on either side of it.
  • Triadic: colours that are evenly spaced around the colour wheel and are bright and dynamic (creates visual contrast).
 COLOUR PSYCHOLOGY: 




  • WARM COLOURS: Often evoke happiness, optimism & energy
  • COOL COLOURS: Calming, soothing, can be sadness and more
  • BLACK: works well as a primary colour element. Black gives sophistication and elegance, mystery.
  • WHITE: Clean, virtuous, healthy, minimalist

Double Exposure & Image Blending Mode
  • Double exposure - merging multiple images to make them surreal, emotional, or humorous. They usually contain silhouettes.

  • Tilt-Shift - PS transform your photos into soft works of art. To add this feature, go to Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift.
  • Fake reflection 
  • Experiment with simple portraits and details textured - Combining something plain with something complicated will give you a balanced result.
  • Convert photo to BnW - strengthen the emotions in your double-exposure images. If you want to express your work in a vulnerable way, experiment with this.
  • Silhouettes - Fun to do for eg: a border shape of a person's face but inside it there are mountains instead of the face.
  • Make simple objects look fascinating
  • Use shadows - adds drama and story

Photoshop Blending Modes:
  • Eg: Select the Layer 1 (Fire) to be on top of the Background (Musicians) 
  • Go to the Blending Modes option 
  • Select “Screen” 
  • As a result, all of the pixels on the fire will be selected as Screen blending mode.


  1. Tips for creating Double Exposure Photography. - https://bit.ly/2xy0OGY
  2. Photoshop Blend Modes explained. - https://bit.ly/2QTxrWe
  3. Complete guide to Blending Modes. - https://bit.ly/2UN1AYA

Extra video tutorial from sir:





 PROJECT 2A: 
DOUBLE EXPOSURE CLASS EXERCISE


In class we had to do the first exercise on double exposure. We were given some images which we had to try and edit it on photoshop to create a double exposure image of the lady:


1) Open portrait image in Photoshop:
- Click W for Object Selection/Quick Selection/Magic Wand tools
- Click “Select Subject” at Option bar and “Select and Mask”



2) Under “Select & Mask”: Select “Refine Edge Brush Tool”. Adjust brush size and Hardness...

3) Clean the background > Check edges > Output: Select Layer with Layer Mask. > Click OK to leave “Select & Mask” mode.


4) Create “New Layer”. Add “Solid colour”and Rename it to “bg”. Drop it under portrait layer:


5) Increase contrast for portrait layer: 
Add Curve adjustment layer >> Make S curve >> Right click on curve layer select clipping mask.



6) Add forest image and reposition it >> Select clipping mask >> Double click bg’ solid colour, select the “grey sky colour” with eye dropper >> Add mask layer.

- Select brush tool, foreground colour black. Adjust brush size, hardness, and flow >> Unmask her face...

7) Duplicate forrest layer, flip vertical and reposition, select clipping mask >> Adjust the mask, & the portrait’s mask.


8) Add the two birds’ images >> Select Darken/Multiply blending mode to remove white background.


9) Add Gradient map fill layer >> Select a gradient map that you want to experiment >> Lower down the opacity.




Final Result:




My own photo:

Using the same steps as above, I tried to create a double exposure edit of my own photo which my friend  took of me in portrait mode in Iphone:


Process Screenshots:










I tried using the same steps like the exercise before. I chose a background picture of cityscapes and made the gradient blue-ish tone as it shows modernity and I mirrored it vertically as well. I then added clouds and birds as well on a new layer.

Final Result:



 Week 7 Reflection: 

- Doing this double exposure exercise was really fun and cool. It allowed me to explore a lot of artistic ideas on manipulating a portrait image and blending it with other pictures. For me, the steps were quite easy to follow and I hope that I could further improve and add on more knowledge on doing double exposure edits using Photoshop.


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