Our AS Media course was soon started with our introduction to Adobe Photoshop. I was familiar with the name of the programme, but not how to use it. We were first taught the basics needed in order to edit film posters. I started off with a poster advertising The A Team, and through using the stamp tool, I was able to copy certain parts of the poster and make a replicate of it elsewhere. For example, copying Mr T's head and placing it onto someone elses body.
Our teacher, Matt, then showed us some more tools and how to use them, the lasso tool is used to make a selection and to then copy your selection to another part of the page. There are different variations of the lasso tool, for example the magnetic lasso which 'clings' to the outline of the shape you are copying.
We were soon introduced to the world of layers within photoshop. Matt explained all the complications which can arise through misunderstanding layers; yet the majority of the class (including me) managed to make a 'layers mistake' at some point during the lesson. I suppose this is when learning from your mistakes is key.
We also learnt how to edit the tone, colour and direction of the posters as well as learning how to edit an aspect of one poster onto another. I chose to combine The A Team with Alice in Wonderland which proved to be quite entertaining.
I enjoyed the hands-on lesson into the world of photoshop, and look forward to progressing in the programme as the course continues.
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