A part of animation is knowing how to use certain programs and software to create characters, environments, adding tweaks, etc. Although I already have a large basic understanding of how to use Photoshop, I had an induction into how to effectively use the program. I went over things I already knew such as how to create a new page or a new layer, as well as how to use tools for blending such as the eraser, which I never thought could be used to blend images together. However, by adjusting the characteristics of the tool I found that it effectively blended more than one image together and made it look realistic. Not only did I learn how to use the eraser but I also realised that the tools and techniques I learner about were a lot easier and more effective than the way I had been doing it previously. I experimented with this in the photo above and was really pleased with myself for being able to blend the images together to make them look realistic.
In the second half of the induction we learnt how to blend more than two images together using layer masks and adjustment layers. This was something I had never heard about and had never been able to figure out for myself despite having seen others use this technique. We were given a new task to show off the skills we had learned in the morning. So taking the base image from the morning session I decided I wanted to create a storm scene and experiment more with lighting. I feel that this was extremely successful as I managed to create a darkened atmosphere and blend the storm cloud in really well. However, when adding the figure I was slightly rushed and I feel that if I were to do it again I'd focus upon creating the right shadow on the figure.
Overall this session was really helpful and I think i did a PRETTY GOOD JOB at making some interesting images. I'm excited to see what else I can put together.
I posted this on the wrong blog so here it is again...
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