This is my create your own font project. For this project I used magnetix toys that I had at my house. I put them in letter shapes and took pictures of each letter. I think it turned out looking pretty realistic and had the shape of the letters in the alphabet for the most part. Overall, I think the project turned out well.

Stonewashed Portrait Effect

Before

After

This is the stonewashed portrait effect from the NAPP tutorials. For this project I used alot of layer masks and the gaussian blur tool. I think it turned out well because it made the part of the image that I wanted to be the focus appear that way. It made the player pop from the background. I think it turned out well, but if I did it over again I might choose a simpler background so the image would pop even more from the background.

Punch Through Effect

This is the second tutorial from the photoshop user website. It's called the punch through effect. I used the burn tool, brush tool, filter tools, and the lasso tools for this project. I think it turned out well because it makes the superbowl logo pop off the page and the hole where it punches through blends well with the rest of the image. If I did the project again I'd try it with a different colored background. Overall I think it turned out well and looks good.

Hardmix Blend Mode

This is one of the three NAPP tutorials I did. It was called the hardmix blend mode. I used the level adjustment layer, blend mode, and the fill mode. These two images are the before and after. I think the bottom one definitely has a little more pop to it because the background isn't as pale looking as the first one and the image overall seems to have more color to it. I think the effect worked well on the image and really brought out all the different colors. If I did the project again I might try a different color scheme/ group of colors.

Midterm

This is the first of my 2 midterm pictures. For this picture I made an advertisement for Carter Mountain Orchard. I tried to incorporate all of the different activities and things to do at Carter Mountain. I made the food they have a point of emphasis and I used the opacity and eraser tools to edit the images I used for the ad. I think it turned out well because it shows all of the different things to do at the orchard which is what an ad tries to accomplish.

For the second of my 2 pictures I used the splash effect from the tutorials. One adjustment I made from the tutorials is that I chose not to make the splashes black and white because I thought they looked better in the image if they were a different color than just grey. I think it looks better and sort of pops off the picture. I used the filter menu, the window menu, magic wand, the eraser, and the layer menu for this picture. I think it turned out really well and I think it looks cool and advertises the local food well.

Soldier's Cards

These are Christmas/New Year cards I made for the soldiers. I used a lot of the text and brush tool to make different text effects and to add borders to the cards. I think they turned out well and if I did it over again I would try and find a way in Photoshop to be able to make a card layout so it would be able to print easier.

Wheels On Fire- Photoshop Book Project

This is my project I made from the photoshop book. It's a picture of a sportscar on fire. For this project I used the brush tool, layer masks, the transform tool, and many different filters. I didn't include the white road or the sparks that were in the picture done in the photoshop book. I think the picture looked better without them because they didn't seem to fit well with the colors and rest of the image. Overall I thought the image turned out really well and it looked cool in the end. If i did it again I might change the colors in the image to see if that produced a better looking effect.