Compositing w/ Sihouette

 This assignment was very confusing at times. Some of the hardest things about this creation was for the padded room picture that you see at the bottom of the dude. You had to take two pics and merge them together to create some kind of grunge look to it and use a linear burn to make it dark. However as you can see, mine didn't work out so well sadly. On the other hand, some easier techniques were to use the hue/saturation layer to create a blue-ish glow on the man's face.

Montage

This assignment was really tricky for me. The reason is, I had to find a "soft"like brush to use to help make the different images blend. The problem was that there was no "soft"like brush and it was difficult to lightly blend the images together. I thought it was also cool at time that you could do this with a brush and a bunch of layers. For each indiviual image, I had to create a layer for it and a mask so that I could do the blending. I think that if I had a little more practice with this, it could look better.

Vintage Polaroid

For this assignment, I had to use textures for the background and polariod borders to make it look real. I thought using this and the saturation tool was cool because it really makes it look vintage. Also, I had to use multiple layers to keep each feature separate and organized. Plus, for the photo, you had to add drop shadows and strokes. I thought this assignment was fun but, at times, confusing and very long. I think I need to work on the space between the photo and border to make it look "deeper".

Refined Edges

This assignment was to help me understand how to work the refine edges tools/features in Photoshop. For instance, I used the quick selection tool to grab and select the dog. The purpose of this was to be able to make the dog or object pop out more of it's background to where you can see more things(like it's hair) easier. I also had to use a saturation tool to make the background lighter to see the dog better. My honest opinion about this assignment is that when I look at the original and my work (at the bottom), I don't really see a difference. If you look close enough, mine is a little lighter than the top one.

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Veggie Head

 In this assignment, I was able to learn new tools like the lasso tool to try to get an intro into Photoshop. I used the Rectangle marquee tool to get most of these different vegetables selected. Then, I had to use different versions of this tool (Elliptical marquee tool) to get circular objects. At times, I would use a scissor-like tool to cut objects out of their original places(or pictures). Also, I would have to sometimes copy and flip a object to make a replica of it. For example, the ears and eyebrows. I thought this assignment was tricky at first, but it got better towards the end when I had to repeat certain procedures. Furthermore, I probably need to work on the lasso tool a little more.

Final

For this assignment, I used the gradient tool multiple times for the bomb, background, string, and the sparks. Also, I used the eclipse tool to make the shape of the circles and bomb. Then, I used the transparency tool for the lighting of the bomb. After that, I used the shape cutter tool to make the little circle border and I used the pencil to make the path for the text I used. I also used the pathfinder tool to make the letters have the same color as the background which was the hardest part of the assignment.

Panda Pillows Logo and Pattern

  My product is called Panda Pillows and it's basically marshmallows which explains the pillow with the panda face on it. When ever I look at Pandas, they remind me of fat black and white marshmallows (sorry pandas) which are really cute. The marshmallow on the logo is what I want the marshmallows to look like when I sell them.  The pattern is a basic black and white polka dot pattern that will help me put other things on top of like the logo and additional features. I was afraid to use black because I didn't think everything would show up as well.