Software Practice

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I have decided to use Photoshop as the digital software to edit the photographs that will be part of my article. This is my first time using Photoshop. I did, however work with Lightroom during my first term and I enjoyed it because the tools were very straightforward and easy to use, but I wanted to try out something different.



In order to download the app on my laptop I followed the guide sent to me by my tutor, It took me a while because the app wouldn't download and I had to figure out why. Eventually, I managed to fix the problem and started to test the options and tools available. 


-I tried the dodge tool, it made the image brighter 


-then I tried the clone stamp tool, which allows to recreate/clone pixels of an area and apply them elsewhere. 

- The software provided a guide on how to use the tool which I followed step by step. 
- This first image shows before & after using the tool by the guide


- While this image is the result I came up with, not what I expected but still ok for a first try.


 - I also tried out the spot healing brush, even though I am not sure if I will need this tool. This was probably the easiest to use out of all the ones I tried.



-Finally, I tested different painting brushes and adjustments such as contrast, brightness and ect..




I researched how to use Photoshop on youtube and I came across this video which is a guide for beginners and I found it very useful because it saves up time. In my opinion, Photoshop is a little more complicated than Lightroom but youtube has plenty of videos like these that can put me on the right track. As I progress with the software and come up with ideas and of how I want my final pictures to look I will refer back to youtube videos.  In fact, one major challenge I thought of was the  background for the images, as they have to appear with a professional studio or place as background. I saw in the suggested column, a video which explains how to change the background using Photoshop which can be a very important aspect for my work. 

-I saved this video and will discuss it in later blogposts.



Youtube (2018) Get Started Using Photoshop

Source:

YOUTUBE (2018) 1: Get Started Using Photoshop. [Online film] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79iuMknMF2A [Accessed 11/07/20].

Comments

  1. femme en convalescenceJuly 27, 2020 at 3:44 AM

    It is good that you have looked at Photoshop - I assume you are just using this for the images in your article - again this is something we need to discuss in tutorial before I sign off your project

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