Over weeks 1&2 during semester 2, the basics of photoshop were learned through a variety of ways. Through lectures instructions, online tutorials via Lynda.com and mini-task assignments set by the lecturer. The basics include: Layering, Knowing the different icons and the different shortcuts on the keyboard.
Once the basics were covered, areas such as colour replacement were delved into and explored. Here the group learned how to replace the colour from one area of the image to another. Similarly, one can do this with textures too. Afterwards a number of simple tasks were undertaken to consolidate what was learned. These were replacing the colours of terraced houses to fluorescent colours. Whereas the textures task involved altering the different textures of a bowl of fruit. This meant changing the texture of say an orange and replacing it with that of wooden floor or a metal grating. These were fairly straightforward to complete.
Afterwards, for week 3, the group started to layer either an image of a skeleton or an easy to deconstruct cartoon character. This meant separating each different limb/body part of the character and placing each part on its own layer. The option of layering a skeleton was put in as it's a lot more simple than deconstructing a detailed cartoon character. Layering the different body parts in photoshop makes it easier to animate the character/skeleton in After Effects. It's easier because each limb can be moved separately and independently as they're on their own individual layers on the photoshop file. Once this was completed the files were saved and loaded up onto Adobe After Effects.
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