Floating Mountain

We started this "Floating Mountain" project by learning about "Pixel fringe" and how you can get rid of it so that you can make images look good. The first thing I had to do to complete this project was to find and extract a picture of a mountain. The next thing I had to do was set the mountain image to a new "sky background". Then I had to extract 2 more images and add them onto my Mountain image. I chose my the spaceship and the big moon because I wanted to go for a "futuristic"feel, which the spaceship showed. And the moon represented that the floating mountain was kind of out of this world.
In this project, I learned how to use the "Quick Selection Tool" to select the part of the image I want and add them into another background. I also found that it was kind of hard to put the mountain behind the first cloud, but I eventually learned to add that to the layer above the mountain so it all worked out.
If I could do this project again, I would try to blend the mountain and the images better. I would've also liked to make the moon look like it was behind all of the clouds, instead of it being sort of in front of the clouds. I would keep the images the same, because I like what they represented, like it was futuristic and from a different world.
I can enhance the next project I do with this because I now know more shortcut tools, Like "W" is the quick selection tool, which can help me extract more images. I also will know how to blend more images.
Overall, I liked this project and I thought that it taught me a lot about the "Photoshop" program, like how you can be very creative with what you post, and the possibilities can be endless.

SAIL

The scope of this project was to create an original version of a music video. My group chose the song "Sail" by AWOLNATION for our video.

What was the process for this project?

We started this project out by coming up with an idea then finding a song that could match that idea. I didn't really like the idea that my group chose because it didn't really make that much sense but we had to go through with it. After we found our song and idea, then we had to create a storyboard with different shots that we could do to tell our story. Then we had to make a film schedule so we could get our projects done in time for the due date. Then we actually had to go out and film the shots based on how we made our storyboard.
Then for post production, we had to edit our films so the shots went by quick and we also used different effects in our edits to make the film more interesting.

What did I learn?

 I learned throughout this project that having a good idea can make or brake your project. I think that if I was to do this project again, I would be more creative during the idea process and not be so critical.
 I would do the same with my shot choice and edit because I liked how both of those things turned out.
I think that I can enhance my next project by being more creative and cooperative with my group.

Sphere Tutorials

In this project, we had to search up a sphere tutorial for Photoshop and Illustrator.

I started out this project by googling tutorials for both programs, then I decided which one would look the best. Then once I finished, I turned it in on my blogger site. 

3 things that are different between the 2 programs are that Photoshop is a bit map, and Illustrator is a vector, Photoshop uses filters while illustrator uses effects, and photoshop saves as a .jpg or .png and Illustrator saves as a PDF.

Ine the Illustrator tutorial, I learned how to put symbols on objects that I create, and on the photoshop tutorial I learned how to add different layers onto an object so it looks like a sphere.

I need to learn more about all the other different tools, so that I can become more familiar with the programs. 

The sites I used were http://ibrandstudio.com/tutorials/how-to-create-3d-ball-in-photoshop

and http://pixelrockit.com/create-stylish-3d-shapes-with-adobe-illustrator/