Photoshop lessons

1st lesson 23rd sept
Today was our first lesson where we learnt the basics of fixing photographs using the different auto fix functions and the colour graphs to sort things like the shading and white balance of a photograph. We also looked at the cloning stamp and the spot healing tools to edit sections of a photo out and to camoflage them to get the desired look we wanted.

I found the lesson very easy as I am very experienced with Photoshop previously but hope to learn something more difficult and new to be in one of the coming lessons.

2nd lesson 30th sept
In this lesson we were taught about layers and there use in Photoshop. We used the magic wand to select sections of images and to transfer that selection into another image to create a new layer. This means that you can alter that part of the image so that it matches in without altering the whole image.

I found this lesson easy to follow and do quickly as we have not got onto very advanced areas of Photoshop yet.

3rd lesson 7th Oct
We learnt how to play with the filters on Photoshop today and how to select sections of an image to apply the filter to just that section or colour. I know how to do this already but he also showed us a short cut to doing it which I didn’t know before. We also looked at using the sponge and burn tools to add different looks to the filters.

Edited using the artist chalk filter and burn tool.

4th lesson 14th Oct
Today we were using photo booth on the Apple Macs and importing these images into others using functions such as using the magic wand to select a section of the photo and then placing it into another picture. It was interesting to learn some other bits about Macs because I have not really used them before but hope to use them alot more for future work.

Face photo cropped in from photobooth and text insert.

5th lesson 21st Oct
General practice of using Photoshop and the chance to get any questions answered of any queries we had or bits of graphics work we wanted help with. I have alot of previous knowledge of photoshop so have not needed any help but have enjoyed helping others in class when they have got lost or want to know how to use some of the other tools.