Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Leslie D. Martin - Project 2

Leslie D. Martin / KID_0926
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"What was your experience in using Camera Raw to correct color in your images?"

Since I have never really done much "image correction" I really have no substantial experience with which to make a comparison. It seemed to do a decent job and was fairly easy to use.

"What guided how you cropped your images? Explain you intention."

I know about the "rule of thirds" and try to keep it in mind when I crop but I don't let it force me into a crop I don't like. Mostly, I just try to keep the image "balanced": subject slightly off center and something to balance the image in the area on the opposite side, even if it is just a mass of color. I let my tastes be my guide mostly. Like the ol' Rick Nelson song, you can't please everyone so you got to please yourself.

"How did you use content-aware in modifying your images?"

Very carefully. I discovered that in busy images, the best tactic is to copy/move the element you need to use as your source to a new layer, hid the other layers, then content fill the desired area. This helps avoid "content-aware" from using unwanted portions of you image as seed material for it's function.

"In what way did the clone stamp tool assist you to modify your images?"

It seems to work best in bland areas which do not have a lot of contrasting detail but which perhaps have an edge or one particular detail you need to duplicate, extend, or what have you.

"How would you use these tools in future projects?"

As best I could.

The link to my Project 2 page is here and the above photo. I also have begun keeping a general index page up dated and that can be found here.

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