{"id":290,"date":"2016-12-30T10:51:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T17:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/?page_id=290"},"modified":"2016-12-30T10:51:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T17:51:55","slug":"photoshop-project-droste-effect","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/photoshop-project-droste-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop Project: Droste Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Droste Effect?<\/p>\n<p>In the Netherlands Droste is a brand of cocoa powder. Look at this picture of the package and see if you notice anything odd:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Droste_cacao_100gr_blikje_foto_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-291\" src=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Droste_cacao_100gr_blikje_foto_02-675x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Droste_cacao_100gr_blikje_foto_02-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Droste_cacao_100gr_blikje_foto_02-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Droste_cacao_100gr_blikje_foto_02-768x1165.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Droste_cacao_100gr_blikje_foto_02.jpg 1768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did you see it? The woman in the picture is holding a tin just like the one she&#8217;s pictured on. And if you look carefully, the tin in the picture has the same picture, with ANOTHER picture of her. That&#8217;s the Droste Effect: A picture contains a copy of itself. \u00a0The official art term for this is\u00a0<em>mise en abyme<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The effect is often seen in comic books, especially when the characters are reading the comic:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bman-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-292\" src=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bman-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bman-1.png 373w, https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bman-1-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WDCS_33-0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-293\" src=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WDCS_33-0-704x1024.jpg\" width=\"342\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WDCS_33-0-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WDCS_33-0-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WDCS_33-0-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WDCS_33-0.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To create your own Droste Effect image:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take a picture that has an enclosed area where the image can repeat.<\/li>\n<li>Mask out the area where the smaller version will appear.<\/li>\n<li>Duplicate the layer.<\/li>\n<li>Transform the duplicate\u00a0to fit into the enclosed area.<\/li>\n<li>continue duplicating and transforming until the transformed image is too small to see.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can also create a modified Droste Effect, where only a portion of the repeated image is visible, like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bdroste.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-294\" src=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bdroste-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bdroste-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bdroste-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bdroste-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The only difference in creating it is the shape of the mask.<\/p>\n<p>Another variation:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tv35zWK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-295\" src=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tv35zWK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tv35zWK.jpg 467w, https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Tv35zWK-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Challenge!<\/p>\n<p>Can you figure out how to animate your Droste Effect image?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/7a7c1677e5f2910af118c0f49adf6735.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-296\" src=\"https:\/\/lbmslab.org\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/7a7c1677e5f2910af118c0f49adf6735.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Droste Effect? In the Netherlands Droste is a brand of cocoa powder. Look at this picture of the package and see if you notice anything odd: Did you see it? The woman in the picture is holding a tin just like the one she&#8217;s pictured on. 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