For this assignment, we were to create a new image, or use a preexisting image as a starting point to learn the all of the ways that you could use the tools available on Photoshop.
The first image was done using the paint brush tool. Originally, the image was extremely vibrant with it’s colors. With the paint brush tool, I was able to create a mask so that the focal point was the parrot itself.
I’m from Roanoke, VA which is surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains. One of the most popular things to do in the area is to go hiking, Mcafee’s Knob is one of the more popular hikes along the Appalachian Trail. For this image, I played around with the saturation/desaturation tool. Within that tool, there were numerous different paint brush styles that could be used, the flow percentage could be changed and you could switch back and forth between saturate and desaturate within the tool. This one turned out in a neat way, because it played off of the preexisting shadows in the picture. The edited version also resembles a heat map due to the different levels of saturation in the photo.
