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The Email So I received this email the other day: Yes Ally, I absolutely can. The Transformation First, we will need to start with the Quick Select tool. We will only need to select her dress and above. From here, just Ctrl-C the selection, make a new layer, and paste the selection into the new layer. Resize to make slightly larger. Because the resized dress did not immediately blend with the lower layer, I needed to use the Smudge Tool to blend the two dress layers. I also needed to mask her arms and replace them with differently positioned arms that made her new height seem a bit more "natural." I covered them with arms from a stock photo. The Final Result While this is obviously not a serious edit, it actually didn't turn out too terribly. Of course, there can still be much more improvement that can be done with more time and experience. Such elements for improvement include more consistent skin tones, more proportional arms and legs, et

The Setup For this assignment, we needed to take a picture of an object or scene with inspiring colors and use InDesign to create color swatches. We then use these color swatches to format personal name tags. I chose to take a simple picture of a Nature Valley Granola Bar that is always passed out at the morning kiosks. I opened it up in InDesign and I think it generated some interesting color choices. Out of all the colors it gave me, I chose three: grape, forest, and lemon. For the tints, I used the following values: 100%, 75%, and 35%. The Result The colors generated were definitely cool choices. I specifically chose the bright color pallet as that seemed the most visually appealing of all the variations. The name tag variations all look pretty visually pleasing as well. My favorite I think would have to be the last one. However, reviewing my work, I feel like the deep green is a bit too green. I don't think it's off-putting nor completely dissonant from the ot

I didn’t find a three-panel brochure in person. So, instead, I found a simple one I liked online. This is just a general brochure, nothing special, but I believe it follows the guidelines quite well. Limiting Color & Contrast There are only three main colors that make up the brochure. The designer chose tan, white, and a deep ocean blue. The majority of the brochure is made up of the cool blue hue along with some deviants of it. To create the eye-catching contrast, islands are shown in a lighter tan. Important brochure information is in white or has a white backdrop to cleanly segregate it from its surroundings. As discussed in the GoMedia article on contrast, effective contrast can be displayed using the “grey-scale test.” As you can see from the converted image below, the brochure maintains it’s contrast and attention-grabbing effectiveness. Limiting Fonts This brochure did a great job of limiting its fonts. The brochure used a clean and m