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clone project

 

While composing the clone project I was easily frustrated and was very confused at the beginning. The strongest part of my work is they placement of the people in my images. It gives the effect of friends hanging out, and all groups of friends have geeky kid that loves school, the ones that don't care and rather sit around and do what ever they feel like. The area I could work on is my picture taking because the lighting was all messed up until I corrected it by using the levels which basically gives the picture better lighting or colors so it looks clearer. The easiest part of the project was placing the layer masks and coloring in the people from the other layers of the image. This was easy because all I had to do is repeat the steps over 5 times and I was done in one class period. The most difficult part of my project was getting the backgrounds to line up because the images weren't exactly the same. This was difficult because not every aspect of the images line up perfectly so you have to be very care to not move while taking the pictures. The tools I used in Photoshop were layer masks, and the brush tool. The layer mask is used to blend layers together, so the image looks like one solid image not just a random person cropped in. The brush tool is used to color in the layers that are under the mask so that you can blend the images. The goal was to take 30 images of one person or thing and clone them into one image 5 or more times. I did exactly that I have 5 images of myself in my living room, and I'm doing 5 different activities. If I were to do this project again, I would take pictures outside that way the picture are clearer and nicer. I would also have my person do very different activities because there is more opportunity outside than inside.

 

 

letter project

 

 

 

 

1. The strongest area of my work is the part where the M's seem to fade away and they also have texture which make it really cool and different.
2. The area that can be improved is the area where the M's are all in a row I could've added texture or color.
3. The easy part was not having to stress and we were just trying to learn the Photoshop system. It was easy to just use one letter and fool around with it.  
4. the difficult part was trying to learn and put new items or changes onto the art because I have never learned how to use Photoshop.
5. The tools I used were opacity, 3D , the gradient tool, texture filters and the warp text tool. the opacity tool is used to change how transparent or opaque an object is its easy to use you just slide the bar and choose what percent of opacity you want. The 3D tool I just clicked 3D and then just changed the colors. The gradient tool made the screen split into two different colors and you just drew a line where you want the split. The text filters gave my M's in the middle texture and a pattern. The warp text tool makes the letters look like they're bending and that was easy you just click the button and slide the arrows until you are satisfied.
6. The goal was to play with the Photoshop features and make one letter and put it all over the place, that is exactly what I did.
7. If I could do this again I would make it more organized, and used the tools more efficiently because this could be way cooler and better.