Using selection tools continued

Hold down the Alt key when making selections duplicates of the selection are created. The selections were also feathered and a stroke of 12 pixels was applied.

Practising with selection tools.

I practised using the different selection tools to see the effect that can be achieved. Using the magic wand was amazing and I loved the outcome. Remember this was the first time that I really practised with these tools so I am sure I will get a better understanding of the creativity that can be produced with more practise.

By holding down the Alt key after you have drawn the first rectangle with the marque tool you can make several rectangles that interlock with one another.

I used the quick mask tool and brush tool to mask out the backgound and keep the turtles colour. Selecting inverse and bringing the saturation levels to 0.

Black & White Visual Interpretation of my sampled data.

My black & white visual Interpretation of my sampled data basic but I think it is quite effective had a few goes and this was my first attempt. Will scan the leaf that I used as the surface to analyse and will also scan a copy of my data sheets.

Another two designs to add to my black and white visual interpretation of my sampled data.

Wednesday 26th October 2011 DIY Digitization Wow!

This was the topic I didn't really understand at first. I understood the data analysis of the leaf but my mind went totally blank when I had to transfer my data into a Visual interpretation using Graphic sofware.

Played around with photoshop and realised that everything sounds more difficult if you don't understand what is being asked of you. The key is if you don't understand ask until you do.

Thought I would have another go.

Here's a few more practises!

More Masks really got the hang of things now.

More Masks

Getting more and more confident with Masks and Clipping Masks.

Masks and Clipping Masks

Well what can I say, slowly getting my head around Masks & Clipping Masks was frustrating at first but I finally managed that too. With some serious patience and practice, it's amazing what you can achieve. I found it a bit confusing at first especially  knowing which layer would create the mask but it is easy really once you know how.
The key is really to practice and have a bit of confidence you can only make mistakes and it's by making them that you learn