Photoshop Assignment #2

For this assignment I chose to edit a picture of my wife and I with a couple of our friends. It was taken on top of the point of the mountain down in Salt lake County. The first thing I wanted to do was to make the picture black and white. I went to the image selection icon and chose black and white. After that I wanted to make the roses stand out in their own color. I selected the magic wand tool and selected the roses. I then went to the color schemes and made them turn a red or pink color. After that I turned the sky the same color as the roses by using the same steps. That was how I edited this picture.

Photoshop Assignment #1

This picture is a picture of my four-year-old cousin. As you can see in the before picture there was a chair and some other things in the background. Using a background copy on photoshop was really beneficial for this picture. I used the pen tool to select Karter in order to cut the background. After that I went to select inverse to delete the background. After that I went to the color tool and selected the color red to fill in the background. I then used the paint bucket tool to fill in the background. I know it was a simple
thing to do but it made me use a lot of the things that we learned in class.

Chance for Advertising in Virtual World

This article brings to light some things that the previous article did not. It talks about the money that is being dumped into the virtual worlds such as Second Life. Let me just say something that just came to my mind. The fact that this virtual world is called "Second Life" really bothers me. Is life really to much to handle that we need to create a fake one where all goes as we want it to. What does that teach us? NOTHING!!! Now maybe I am wrong about these virtual worlds but it seems to me that if we are so dedicated to creating these worlds and starting fake companies or organizations in these worlds that we should be focusing more on our own realities. Anyway, the fact remains that this virtual world is opening the doors to new and creative ways for companies to advertise and market ideas. This has some of the big money or top dogs really starting to pay attention. It will be very interesting to see what happens to these virtual worlds and the amounts of money that will surely be invested into them. Check out this article at http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_18/b3982001.htm

Vitrual World Comments

This article was one that I found very entertaining to read and at the same time I found myself questioning the reasons behind the article. There were a lot of questions that i thought about as I read the article. First, is our society coming to the point that we really need a virtual escape such as this? Second, how do the creators of this virtual world account for every one's individual likes and dislikes? It seemed like this "game" was an out for this person. If that is the case, what is he missing in real life while he is living his virtual life. Is he or she neglecting responsibilities at home or work? These were just some of my thoughts as I read this article. Here is the link to this article if you would like to read it and examine it for yourself. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06E3D8133FF930A35752C1A9609C8B63&sec=travel&spon=&pagewanted=2

Nobody Knows!!!!

This reading was not really a reading at all. But it was very interesting to look at the cartoon that was displayed. It really brought to light some new thinking about people on the Internet. Nobody really knows who is really who on the Internet. Anybody can have a secret identity, create a new personality or become somebody brand new. The Internet has become a super highway of people trying to be someone that they are not. Now, I am not saying that everybody does this. There are millions of people who use the Internet for business, personal growth, family affairs and much more. The Internet is at the fingertips of most people and if used in the right way it can be a great resource. The fact still remains that some people use it in a very bad and negative way. Identity theft and scandals run rapid over the Internet super highway. No one knows who people really are on the Internet and that can be a little scary at times. People really need to be careful what they do on the Internet. Think on the safe side!

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