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Basic Photo Editing in Photoshop

This first set of tutorials on Photoshop definitely involved a large learning process. We learned how to use multiple different tools. These tools consist of content aware fill, the patch tool, clone stamp tool, healing brush tool, and spot healing brush.  We worked on a separate mini-project for each one of these and then combined all of our skills to create a portrait collage. Each tool has its own purpose. For example, the content aware fill tool is the most basic of all of them. You simply select an area of a photo, and it makes that area blend in better by inspecting the rest of the background. The patch tool works in a similar way except you can be more precise with how a certain area will look. Whereas the clone stamp tool lets you correct the color of a specific area by painting over it with the color of a nearby area. The healing brush lets you paint over small blemishes and blends it in with the surrounding colors. Lastly the spot healing brush is pretty similar to the healing brush, except they sample texture differently. Overall, I have definitely learned a basic set of skills in Photoshop which will definitely help me in the future.

Going into these projects, I was virtually clueless for how to use the different tools in Photoshop. This definitely made certain parts of these projects pretty difficult. The first few were fairly straightforward and I didn't have any issues. However, after doing the harder projects at the end, I might have redone a few of the earlier ones so they could look a little better. The first project I had major difficulties with was the man with his little girl. The project started out smoothly, but later on I had problems getting the patch tool to work correctly, which stalled my progress quite a bit. The little boy also caused some problems, since I originally didn't remove enough of the dirt before starting the next step. However, the portrait collage was without a doubt the most difficult of all of these, since I had to use all of my skills that I had learned during the previous assignments. Despite it being difficult, I am extremely happy with how my final product ended up. It definitely would have helped to have had a general knowledge of what I was doing going into these, but it was still fairly easy to follow along.

This skill set will definitely be useful in upcoming projects this year. In photography projects, I will now be able to remove unwanted objects. This will help the main subject of the shot stand out more and will make the whole photograph look better as a whole. In future graphic design projects I will obviously be more knowledgeable when working with Photoshop, which will be very useful in the future. Overall, all of these photo editing assignments were very enjoyable to work through. I now feel much more comfortable when working with this software and I am excited for more future projects in graphic design!









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