Giant Ego

This was definitely a challenging project. The hue/saturation and levels adjustments to the subject and background was the most time consuming part.  Not working in Photoshop for a while caused a couple of problems for me, such as doing multiple steps on the same layer, instead of having separate layers for each step. I wish I had enough time to finish the project! Overall it was pretty enjoyable to work on.

Miniature Composite

In this project, I had to take separate pictures of a lion, plant, and a calf, and composite them all into one final picture. Re-sizing and scaling the objects was probably the easiest task at hand. Creating the shadows and reflections, however, was not. To create a reflection I first had to make a copy of the object, reflect it against the original object, add a Gaussian blur and lower the opacity until the reflection looked believable. This same process was done for the shadows, but before adding the Gaussian blur I filled the object with a dark brown color. Adjusting the Hue/Saturation and adding a Photo Filter made the final composition look much more believable, matching the general hue and atmosphere of the windowsill base layer.

Crappy to Snappy

When I look at this diner website, I see a couple of things wrong with it. There is a low quality picture of the diner in the top right corner, which I believe is not necessary. Secondly, the diner logo does not match the overall design of the website. I plan to move around the layout of the website, use appropriate fonts to display the information, and focus on the main details the diner is trying to advertise.

This is my new and improved website I have created for the diner. I believe it looks more simple and easier to navigate than the original. Times are specifically displayed under the category in which they coincide with. I tried to make the website more appealing and fun by adding some dripping syrup. Social media links are boldly displayed in the top corner of the website, instead of having unaligned weak text.

3-D Map

In this project, we had to create a 3-Dimensional map of place of our choosing. I chose to create a part of my neighborhood. First, I had to outline all of the streets with the pen tool. Then I had to type all of the street names onto the paths using the type on path tool. I then outlined the land and water, and filled the shapes with the appropriate colors. Creating the houses was the most complicated. I created the front and side of the houses, and then used skew to adjust the positioning and angle of the side of the house to create a 3-Dimensional building. The last step I got to was making the land look 3-D. I made a copy of the land shapes and moved the copy to create the look of raised land. I did not quite finish all of them, but I believe the project turned out quite well.

Christmas Project

After Effects Project

This was by far the hardest thing I have done in this class yet. After Effects contains many components that I used to make this video, such as key light, key frames, and null objects. It was hard to get the timing on the finger flick to match up with Jesse moving, but in the end, we got it just right!