Sunday, 30 June 2013

Semester 1 Week 11: Introduction to Photoshop

This week's lesson covered an introduction to Adobe Photoshop. We learnt really simple tools such as using the selection tool and also the shortcuts to edit and resize certain parts of the photo.
Before                                                                                   After             

In the photos above, I have enlarged the lady's eyes. I used the quick selection tool to select her both her eyes, followed by the command button and the T key to select her eyes. Then, I resized her eyes simply by resizing the box. However, to make it as natural as possible, I did not enlarge her eyes too much. 

The image above is an exercise we did during class. We simply used the quick selection tool to select the mask and delete its background. Then, we dragged the image on the lion and resized it to fit the lion perfectly.

While doing these, I realise that it is quite difficult to ensure that the quick selection tool or the magic wand tool only selects the areas that we want due to the similarity in the colours with the background. It took me a few tries before I managed to select only the eyes of the woman without cutting into her face. It was easier to apply the same skills while editing the second picture of the lion with the mask. This is because the black mask was placed against a white background, hence making it easier to select the mask apart from its background and delete the latter.

Prior to this lesson, I knew about the wonders of Photoshop. However, it was after the lesson where I found out that simple tools such as quick selection and resizing the pictures can make a person's picture become much more pleasant to the eyes. Besides its main function for this module which is to use design our work, it is also beneficial when it comes to beautifying one's picture. The picture of the woman I edited above is an example of its magic. With such advancement in technology which is readily made available, anyone and anything can look beautiful in the virtual world.

Photo credits:   from https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhIR-JfXTPetPGtWcwsPWOsSfk9E0R07HLYqcP5FKquoh6nfOqeqe-yQF5A020j4eT_OFwCDH85pkjxhFOKeP0GESoUmOgvElp5keY7oQsb0TDPlQGj3vCntOC5oAUYVjqqddNA0Tmw_Y/s1600/Ga-In.jpg

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