Blog Journal #5

I finally figured out how to smooth this girl's skin tone better with the Bandaid tool. I also brightened up her eyes with the hue and saturation tools. I may have to make her eyes a little darker yet as they look almost too much for the photo. I have had a lot of new experience Photoshopping a person and I now see why models always look so great. They even basically wish that they could look like the person on the magazine.  I will begin working on maybe one or two more different girls to Photoshop and then continue on my Keynote. I need to fix a couple more things on my Keynote and add a lot more slides to it. I have a good message to this project. Things are not what they seem.

Blog Journal #4

I worked on smoothing out the girl's skin that I am Photoshopping. At first I used the Filter option and added noise to her as well as blur and scratches. I followed on with the video I am using to make this work, however I did run into problems and I now have to start over from where I left off last Friday. The problems that are coming up are simple things I should have paid attention to before I started working on the Photoshop process. I forgot to create a first layer of my original girl before I made another layer where I edited her. This made it so that I cannot make her skin smooth like the guy did on the video. My plan for next week is to try and attempt to do this process again and find another way to smooth her skin. I will look for a couple more videos and hope for the best.

Blog Journal #3

I worked mostly on my Keynote today. I came up with the title "Perception of Beauty." I did this because this is basically what my entire project is about. I also added more photos to the Keynote and some extra slides. The photos are of models who seem perfect. I am also working on photoshopping some of my own women. I am taking their imperfections completely out and making them look "model" material. So far I have been using the bandage tool and I will be doing more to this person next Friday. I want to be able to brighten her eyes, skin tone, and hair. I have a video that helps me learn these tools on how to do this as I go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTxOHHalOw4

Blog Journal #2

I researched two different things today. First, I researched how to Photoshop a model through Youtube videos. I found out how to smooth the skin as well as take away pimples and freckles. This research helped me understand how to make the women still look realistic while making them look "perfect." I also started working on my Keynote presentation that goes along with this. I completed three slides and I am still working on a unique title to the assignment.