Project #1: Cropping & Straightening
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| For this project, I wanted to crop the buildings and straighten them up a bit as I took this photo while riding in a golf cart. First, I used the crop tool to remove most of the street. Then, I rotated the image to straighten it, and cropped the photo again to remove the excess space. Finally, I adjusted the colors and used the curves tool to make it lighter. | |
Project #2: Retouching
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| For this project, I wanted to adjust the color settings as well as the exposure, shadows, and light balance for myself in the background. The first thing I had to do was use the magnetic lasso and magic wand tool to select just myself. Then, I lightened the selection and adjusted the color using the adjustment slide bars. | |
Project #3: New Background & Text
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| For this project, I took the background (Philadelphia Museum of Art) and added my family to the picture. I created a magnetic lasso path around my family and copied the selection to the new photo. I then used the text tool to write on the photo so people knew where it was, like a post card! | |
Project #4: Filters
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| For this project, I wanted to accomplish two things. First, I wanted to crop my photo so that it was more dynamic using the rule of thirds. Second, I wanted to adjust the background to make it look like the restaurant was moving (because it was) and blur the background because it is not very appealing. I used the motion blur filter on the background after selecting me and Mickey. Now we are more prominent and your eye is not distracted from the background. | |
Project #5: Informative Website
For this project, I used many layers to create an informative but creative design approach to the Education Technology site. I incorporated icons for navigation as well as tabs for the main program pages. Social media links were added so students can easily become fans and followers. A brief description about the program was added as well as some highlights of different aspects of campus. I used an iPad background to keep in line with the technology aspect of the program.
