Image enhancement (logo creation) gallery
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Above: original photo of my horse "Spike" (scanned traditional film print, original photo by Marilyn Hubbard) showing not only the high quality of scan I can get from a traditional film print, but also showing various images I have created from the original
This page isn't just about logo creation, but also highlights high scan quality that can be obtained from an original film print, as well as image grabbing from digital video, so that you can select the exact moment of movement you want to show the horse or other scene off to it's best advantage.
Above & below: Spike, scanned from traditional film prints (photos: Marilyn Hubbard) To properly appreciate the high quality of the scans it is recommended that you click on the thumbnailed images to view the full sized versions close-up.
A typical monochrome logo creation using one of my photos of Sajama.
Above: another set of experiments using Oliver, above left: the original, right: a "watercolour" effect rendering the image like a painting, below left: a charcoal portrait effect, and right: a "stamp" effect: very simple in appearance (but time consuming on my behalf to get perfect!) and popular as a monochrome logo style.
Below, an oil painting portrait by animal artist Jill Hirst, and a few experiments before I decided on the final logo for the website I created for her.
Below: whilst constructing a website for Leadgate Saddlery (a work still in progress) I turned one of my own photos of my dressage saddle into a logo, using the steps shown below:
Above left: the original unedited photo, above right: cropped and light balanced, below: logo-ized!
Below: one of my first attempts at altering an image, on this occasion for a fun christmas greeting to email to my friends and family, it was apparently convincing as my dad emailed me back to ask how long it had taken me to sew the "santa-blanket" together! I appreciate the photograph itself is not the best, but it was one of my favourites at the time and lent itself well to the task of being a christmas card.
Below: some examples of "grabbing" images (still frames) from a digital video taken using my own digital camera, attempting to capture the moments of movement that showed the horse off best, however videos always produce lower quality images than camera shots. This series of images show Claire riding Winston.
above: Winston carrying himself well at the trot, and below: at the canter.
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