Unit 1 - The Photoshop Interface & Playing with Pictures in Photoshop
We had a wide variety of objectives for our first week of Photoshop 7.0, from getting acquainted with our fellow learners to going a bit wild (in my case, anyhow) with the new Liquify Filter. Between the two, we 'got acquainted' with the Photoshop Help files, learned the difference between bitmaps and vector graphics, scanning and/or importing images, and image size and resolution.

The most fun, of course, was playing with the Liquify Filter. While it certainly can be used as a wonderful tool for making subtle corrections/alterations in photos, I had fun playing. My images can be seen on this page, with additional 'experiments' on the next two pages (link at bottom).

Original Photo, taken with my Kodak DC3400 Digital.

Face, upper body, & legs: Bloat tool, size 75, pressure 50. Mid-section: Pucker tool, same settings. Head/Hair: Warp, size 50; Shift Pixels, brush size 30. Floor: Warp, size 100, pressure 60.

Body: Warp tool, brush size 100; pressure 60. Floor: Warp & Bloat tools

Reflection tool, brush size & pressure 60. Had no idea what I was doing with this one; really need to re-read the information about this tool!

Bloat, Pucker, and Warp tools, in various sizes. Floor and background: CW & CCW Twirl tools.