Lab #3 - Image Adjustments

          For lab #3, we used the application Adobe Photoshop CS6 in order to do image adjustments. In order to accomplish this lab we first went to Jupiter grades and saved a picture of our teachers dog. Next, we had to open Adobe Photoshop and go to File and then Place, and we placed the picture of the dog. Then, we had to use the skills we developed from our first project (The Melon Head) by using the tool we feel most experiments with. We had to use this tool to select the dog and then do image adjustments. In this case, I used the quick selection tool in order to select the dog and then do layer via copy at lesst 5 times, I copied the dog at least five times. And I resized the dogs to a smaller size and did this by pressing down on the shift key and dragging the picture, I did this so the picture could not change from its original form. I found this lab difficult because we had to select the dog and try to select every little piece of hair and select it will with no blue spaces. Our teacher taught us to use refine touch. Refund touch helps give an image a finishing touch. For instance, in this case we used refine touch to get rid if of the blue spaces. However, I failed to do so because when I used the refine touch to get rid of the blue spaces, the hairs of the dog (towards the top) looked pixelated. Due to the amount of time we had, I had to move on towards the next step.
        After selecting the dog, we had to do adjustments to the dog in order to fully complete the lab. We went to image and then adjustments, then we picked on which adjustments we wanted to make. I used Chanel Mixture, Vibrance, Exposure, Curves, Levels, Black and White, Hue/Saturation, Color Balance, and Brightness/Contrast. Once we finished doing the page adjustments, we had to take a screenshot of our layers by clicking on command+ Shift + 4 and using our mouse to drag the corner of the photoshop window up until where we want to take a screenshot. I enjoyed doing this lab, but I am not satisfied with my results. For example when I took a screenshot of my layers, one of my dogs (the black and white one) came out pixelated. I feel like I should have done better but I suppose the more I practice with the photoshop tools, the better I will become at making selections. This lab helped me learn more about the quick selection tool and it also taught me who to use the refine touch. I still have to practice using refine touch, nevertheless, I know i relax and concentrate much more I will learn how to do marvelous things. However, I still have to keep track of my time and not take a long time to complete labs. This lab will be beneficial to me in the future because right now we are practicing how to use tools such as quick select and later on we well have less time to complete our labs. Therefore, the more practice we get using the tools, the quicker we can complete labs or projects in the future.