Photoshop, The First Lesson

In the first lesson of Photoshop, there were many introductory mini-lessons. We learned about the toolbar, different panels, our workspace, and that’s just the beginning! Further on the in chapter we learned how to add a color adjustment to a photograph, changing the brightness and contrast of a flower. Afterwards, we sampled a color from an existing banner in the photograph and used that to create another banner for a birthday card. To create the shape of the banner we used the rectangular marque tool and removed a triangle from the edge of the rectangle to create a banner-esque look.

For my independent assignment, I chose a photograph from the piers in San Francisco and did some color adjustments. I also added text and I used the circular marque tool to create a backdrop for the text.