Thursday, April 29, 2004

If you hear the words 'curves', 'layers', 'masks', or 'cloning' what comes to mind? Well my thoughts before this week certainly didn't have anything to do with Adobe Photoshop. We have been taught about these important tools all week, but it wasn't until today that everything started to come together and really make sense to me. (My brain has been stretched so much!)

This morning we learned about the different kinds and brands of printers, ink and paper. (What not all printers, ink and paper are created equal?!!) After discussing this we learned about the importance of calibrating our computer monitors. The goal is to have what the printer prints match what we see on our computer screens. Not something I would have thought much about nor realized the importance of before taking this course.

In the afternoon we learned about cutting out images from one picture and putting them on different backgrounds–pretty cool stuff! We also learned different ways to save files, and were assigned several pictures to fix using all of the tools we had learned so far.

Our day was rounded out by the lively discussions at meal times and by being able to put into practice the things we are learning. Seeing our progress from the beginning of the week 'til now is very encouraging.

–Pixel This Student Amy Bell