Ok - I have to give a HUGE thank-you to my sister who helped me stumble through my first collage in photoshop. Jen lives out of town so she looked at my screen via skype. I think my cluttered workspace was driving her nuts! Anyway, she is in the process of trying to finish a rotoscoping video that is hours worth of work and thousands of drawings. So.. thanks again Jen. -my project seems like small potatoes in comparison.
For this assignment, I was basically just trying to get the hang of using some of the tools. I took my husband and I off the streets of Columbia and placed us on a highway in Colorado. I did have some trouble cutting out the picture of us on the motorcycle and I definitely have a love/hate relationship with the magnetic lasso tool. Another cool tool is the quick selection tool... but I haven't quite mastered that one yet.
Sheryl and I had a conversation on skype about the lock on the background layer. Something we didn't know is that background automatically locks and if you click on the lock and rename the layer, you can then edit the layer. (Thanks for the tip Jen) Don't worry Sheryl, I am also stumbling with this stuff.
The step by step screen-casts were very helpful. - Thanks Melissa. I could also use a photoshop fairy to hang around while I work on this stuff! Moving on to the next assignment.......
looks great Michelle! I think I will have to figure out a way to be more of a photoshop fairy next semester. Maybe I can figure out a way to do a photoshop orientation via skype or something for my students. Sorry you had to seek outside help!
ReplyDeleteNo worries. I talk to my sister daily and she is always sending me projects to critique.. so naturally, I bugged her first when I ran into trouble!
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