Thursday, October 21, 2010

Blog Reflection #3

"BEFORE" IMAGE:













"AFTER" IMAGE:














To alter this image, I saved a copy of the image and then I took the spot healing brush tool and removed the spots and some fly away hairs.  Next, I added the sketch filter titled "photocopy" and adjusted the details setting until I received the desired effect. Finally, I adjusted the color settings.

The most difficult part about this assignment was finding the tools I had learned about in the tutorials.  The gentleman used so many keyboard shortcuts that were new to me and did not always show the way to get to the tools using the menus.

I learned that I can use the filter gallery to see the effects of watch filter on my image without saving.

I have been doing extensive text/image work using less-than optimal software such as Paint and PowerPoint, which are fine for simple adjustments or graphics.  Using Photoshop will provide a higher quality image with better effects and blending much faster and easier.  This will save me time and worrying that layers won't look right or animate well.  I look forward to using it both for my online courses and for my personal pictures.  I will never again pay $5.00 for a photo to be re-touched.

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