Photo Retouching

For this assignment, we had to use Photoshop and change the original photo of a car, and use different Layers, Clone Tools, Crop Tools, and and Painting Tools to make the photo look better. We had to make sure the car looked better, but not totally different from before. Below is the before and after of the photo.

By completing this assignment, I learned how to use Photoshop tools much better, so now I can make other photos I take look even better. Making small adjustments to a photo, such as cropping and maybe changing the layers slightly, make a photo look a lot better then the original. The most important thing I learned about Photoshop from this assignment was making sure you're on the right layer when editing the photo, because if you're on the wrong one, the photo won't change at all. I also think the Undo tool is important because it helps you undo any mistakes or accidents you made with the photo. 

 But the photos we see today in magazines and on billboards are much different. The editors of those photos make a person look completely different. The issue is that Photoshop is being misused and overused by these people and that's what people are comparing themselves and others to. I don't mind a little change in a photo, but I don't think  completely transforming a person is necessary for an advertisement.