Happy Halloween!

Class was fun. You're right, this is a much better way of making a strat-column than doing it on Excel. No difficulties today. I need more practice to get good with Illustrator, but I followed the work today without difficulty.

For Halloween I'm going to a very non-Halloween play, and possibly a party or two afterwards.

Hey... class was good. I'm going to try really hard to not sleep in on Friday and make the 9 O'clock class. I'm following along well in class but I need more practice with Illustrator. I'm still not that good with it. The most exciting thing was discovering the lithologic swatches.

The best costume I ever had was a suit that made my shoulders look a lot higher then they really are... just above my head in fact. That way it looked like I didn't have a head!

Future

Class was cool today.... even though we didn't do photo shop. I've never used Illustrator before, so this is all new to me, but I'm enjoying it so far and I think I'll be able to make very good use of it. No problems yet.

As for the future, one of the things that weighs on my mind is what kind of career I'll have after I'm finally finished with school. Feeling a little anxiety over that.

Mini-Assignment 4 and Superstitions

Here is my photo. I merged them, replaced the sky and cropped it... I also made it smaller because it was huge and blogger didn't like it. Class was great, I like the clone tool, it was fun. No problems.

I'm not very superstitious... however, I did pick up the habit of kissing my finger and hitting the ceiling of the car when going through a yellow light.

Mini-Assignment 3

Okay..... so I'll be the first to admit that this one didn't come out too well. The coloring was really weak on the original photo and I wanted to see if I could make it more vibrant. I used color levels, contrast, smudging, dodge and burn tools, and all kinds of things. It still doesn't look that good.

Sports fan

Okay, class was good. The color levels are very different between the 2nd and 3rd photos from class and I never did get it to look right. I tried using the dodge tool to make them match, but it didn't seem to make any difference. Otherwise, I didn't have a problem merging the photos. It's just really neat to be learning this program and find out all the things you can do with it.

As for the sports.... um.... not really a fan. I'm always happy when the Cougars to well and I certainly have an opinion about the game with Utah, but I really don't follow it closely. I'm something of a disgrace to my grandfather who asks me about the games knowing very well that I'll be totally clueless.

Fall Activity

Class was good. I'm sorry I missed out on the artsy-fartsy stuff on Friday, but Death Valley was just so cool! Sometimes I have a little difficulty with Photoshop, but that's only because I'm completely new to it. Overall I'm doing well and can follow class. I must say I didn't like the Gaussian blur effect, but it does make a HUGE difference if you're trying to use the paint bucket to fill out the color.

I haven't been excited about Halloween for a lot of years... sad, I know... but I still enjoy corn mazes. They're just so expensive! How can it be so costly to wonder around a corn field?

Mini-Assignment 2

Leaning no more! I corrected the tilt of the picture, cropped it, adjusted the color levels and also took out some shadow.

Mini-Assignment 1

So here's my picture. I erased the back ground from the car using the quick selection tool, I also shrank it by 50%. I then put it on top of the blue building and cropped the photo.

Worst Injury

Today was great. Did I really look like I haven't gotten enough sleep? It's the hair isn't it. Anyway, I'm really enjoying playing with photo shop. I'm following everything, but I need to practice it to get proficient. I'm going to be gone on friday, is there any we can get a handout or something that outlines the tools the class will learn about that day?

My life is remarkable free of injuries (knock on wood) but my brother did send me to the emergency room once. When we were little he smashed my head against our parent's bed, scratched my cornea. I got to wear an eye patch for a while, so that was cool. I still don't know why he did it.

Favorite season

Class was good today. I'm excited to learn to use Photoshop. I got everything in class today.

My favorite season has to be spring... I get tired of the cold rather quickly.

Sparky

Today was good. The review for the exam was great and I'm feeling good about it. I suppose I'll just have to put in some time this weekend to study so I can ace the test!

No, I do not hate the animals... though they don't always agree with my allergies. My first dog was a German Shepard named Sparky. He was great, and very patient. I was only little and I remember trying to ride on top of him, or having him pull me around in a wagon. Yeah, that never worked.

High Adventure

Class was great today. I learned a lot about Excel charts and such. I feel like I'm following everything in class... so let's see if I can remember it all for the exam! Thanks for the Reference Card too. I don't suppose you've got those for Word?

I would love to travel to China. I've always had an interest in that part of the world, and my Dad's been interested in it for years and years. Watching the Olympics this year awakened this dream of mine. So I called my Dad and told him we were going to China. He took it rather well. He asked who was paying, I said that he was... naturally.

Breakfast food

The object with the greatest observed difference was 8592 meters, object 26. I feel like I followed everything in class really well, it wasn't even that boring!

It's funny you should ask about breakfast food this morning... I didn't get any. I'm going shopping later today. I love waffles... but I have no waffle iron. I'll probably just get Grape Nuts.

Musical Intrument

It was nice to have a review on this week's assignment in class. Also, I do have some experience with Excel, but like everything else in 2007 Office, this version takes a little getting used to. I think I got everything in class though.

I play piano... my mom made me (all us kids, actually) take lessons whether we liked it or not. We didn't like it and went kicking and screaming. However, to my mom's credit, each of us have admitted that we're thankful for it.

Weirdest Relative

It was great learning about Adobe. I never new how to use it before, and it isn't that tough. I guess I just need to work on my revised proposal now.

I have a cousin, whom I am very close to, who is rather unique. He rides his bike from his home in Logan, UT to Orem so often it's like a trip to the grocery store for him. For a long time he lived in a tent in the mountains, then eventually moved his camp site into town. Homeless by choice is how he put it. Anyway, we love him all the same.