Project 5 - Adam Staiger

1. Describe how using Camera Raw to adjust your color settings, sharpening
and vignetting features to improved your images.
I found that Camera Raw is a lot easier and faster for changing my image color settings. The ability to not only preview and apply changes to a single image, but also to apply those changes to multiple images. The settings are a lot easier to work with in Camera Raw as well, I found. Less hunting through settings and menus.

2. Describe how you will use the Preset feature in the future.
Definitely to save time on projects; especially if I like a particular look that the settings convey; it also enables me to quickly and easily get the settings exactly the way the were.


3. What was your intent for results by using the dodge, burn and sponge
features?
In almost all instances, my intent was to remove 'blemishes' from the subject, or to enhance coloring; i.e. removing dark circles from under eyes or lightening a black and white photograph to (hopefully) be able to make the image clearer.

4. Explain how you decided which healing tools to remove imperfections of
images.
The tools I selected just seemed like a good fit for what I wanted to do; I found that the individual settings of the tools were a bigger challenge to choose from and get "right" for the effect that I wanted for the image. This is especially true of the black and white photo picture in this blog posting, as it was definitely a bit more tricky to get the settings (and sizes) correct for the tools.
I will say that there was a bit of trial and error though, between a couple of the healing tools (spot healing vs healing brush) because of how they perform essentially the same function.

5. What challenges did you experience in the process?
Finding some of the layer and filter settings required a fair bit of trial and error, and getting my mouse movements as precise as I wanted them, YET AGAIN, proved to be a pain in the neck. As a result, I had to spent a fair bit of additional time adjusting my zoom level, tool/brush size, and re-doing fixes until they looked at least passable.

6. What keyboard shortcuts are you using regularly now?
Alt+mouse wheel, Alt+Ctrl+O, and Ctrl+J.
7. Add link of your completed web page to your blog
My web page for this project.

a. Use the Link Icon in the blog posting dialog box to create the link