These past weeks we have been learning about photoshop and for me this was the first experience I had ever had with photoshop. There were tons of different tools and options so at first it was complicated and it took me a little to get used to doing things fluidly. It was especially difficult because I would learn something one class period and then have to re-learn it the next class period because I forgot. Another problem I faced was when I would fumble with the controls and tools and do something weird. This was very inconvenient because I didn't know how to use the program and I would try different ways of fixing my problem sometimes it would work and others I wasn't too lucky. On one assignment we were tasked with making a sandwich using the different "layer" tools. I liked this assignment because the layers concept made sense it was almost like making a sandwich in real life. For this assignment we had to practice using non-destructive editing which was a new concept for me. Instead of deleting certain aspects we would just hide them so if we needed them later we could easily make them appear. We used a "quick mask" tool that would turn the things we selected a light, translucent shade of pink. I accidentally changed this selection color to a solid black and didn't realize it. I re-read the instructions multiple times and couldn't figure out what was wrong because I was doing everything correctly what I didn't realize is that I had changed the mask color. I got help and I finally got to work. Once I had cleared that roadblock things were pretty smooth. It was things like this that made me wish I had a little more experience in photoshop because I could be completely halted by a minor alteration. My overall experience has been one of learning and I am enjoying it.
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AuthorI am Giacomo Hardin and this is my blog. I will be reflecting on my time in Digital Design and Game Art class. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the author and do not represent those of Durham School of the Arts or Durham Public Schools Archives
May 2020
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