Bonus Question

- This has one major flaw which isn't very subtle, the female model's left leg has been totally removed from the photo. It's hard to see the rational behind this choice unless the editor tried make the female model look skinnier and thought that hopefully, no one would notice her missing limb.

Final Frame W/in a Frame

Photoshop Review

Question One: What are the three types edits that we have learned and in what order did we complete these edits for the Frame within a Frame project? Why do we edit photographs in this order?

- Exposure (Levels & Curves), White Balance (photo filter & color balance), & Vignetting

We edit photos in this order because we cannot edit vignetting before we edit white balance and we cannot edit white balance before exposure

Question Two: What are the “quick keys” for: Move Tool, Crop Tool, Brush Tool, Text Tool, and Mask Mode. We did not go over the “quick keys” for Mask Mode in class, find the answer through your own research.

-Move Tool: (V)

-Crop Tool: (C)

-Brush Tool: (B)

-Text Tool: (T)

-Mask Mode: (Q)

Question Three: What are the “short-cuts” for Select-All, Inverse-Selection and Deselect-Selection. (Ctrl + ?, if you work on a PC, or Command + ?, if you work on a Mac.)

-On PC Shift+Ctrl+I for select inverse and Ctrl+D for deselect

-On Mac Command+Shift+I for select inverse and Command+D for deselect

Question Four: Write all the steps necessary to create vignetting. Do not forget to write what Brush Mode we use, and what percentage of opacity, hardness and flow we use to paint the mask.

-First: select Brush(B) and choose a master diameter that takes up most of the image without leaving it. Then, make hardness 0%, and Opacity and Flow 100%. then select mask mode(Q) and cover the center with red. then remove Mask Mode and enter curves and dim the outside rim of the image.

Question Five: When you open a JPEG in Photo Shop, how many layers do you start with, and what are they / is it called?

-You start with one & it's titled background

Question Six: Which of these buttons on your Layers palette do you press to make a new edit layer (curves, levels, color balance, etc.)? Which of these buttons do you use to delete a layer?

-The center button is used to make edits and the trashcan button is used to delete layers.

Question Seven: How do you “turn off” a layer / make it invisible?

-Simply click the eye icon left of each layer.

Question Eight (Extra Credit): Find a poorly Photoshopped image on the web a la the NYT article we read in class. Post it to your blog, and explain what went wrong.

Frame W/in a Frame

Story-Telling

1. I first noticed the burning house in the background .

2. there are people in the background who are walking along dilapidated train tracks.

3. The train tracks are over grown with plant life and they seem to not have been used for quite a while.

4. the burning house seems to be made of wood.

5. the objects in front of the house seem to be storage containers used on trains that must have gone along the train tracks.

6. The photo seems to have been taken during the early morning because the sun is still rising.

The train tracks went on for miles. In a happier time trains could be seen going down carrying travelers and supplies from stop to stop. The town depended on the train for everything, almost all of the commodities needed for life in the small town were sent by train. this made the town incredibly dependent on the train although, very few realized it at the time. The Company than ran and owned the trains went bankrupt for mysterious and unknown reasons. quickly, the town was thrust into chaos. Businesses closed, and supplies were rationed but, it only postponed the inevitable. The town simply couldn't function with out the necessities once brought by train. For the first time in years, people began to leave.

many left in large groups but it was not uncommon for a few stragglers to join together. one of these groups of stragglers were the last to leave. they didn't leave by choice, in fact there was no choice at all what so ever. there was a fire, a massive fire that broke out and burned everything in sight. the town was left in ruins and the stragglers fled across the tracks. they went on for miles until they reached a house surrounded by empty train cars that had obviously been raided by others before them. they stayed at the house for several days but they were forced to leave the house, just like with the village, when a fire broke out. they began again, down the tracks, with the smoke rising behind them.

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The Frames in this photo are the car mirror which draws our attention to the photographer in the front seat of the van, the enclave which brings attention to the statue, and the reflected window which also brings attention to the photographer.











The Frame in this photo is the mirror on the dresser which draws our attention to the man resting in the bed. also, the photographs are frames which bring attention to their subjects.












The frame in this photo is the television which draws our attention to the man on the motorcycle.