Project 5 -- Emily Keene

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1. Describe how using Camera Raw to adjust your color settings, sharpening
and vignetting features to improved your images.
I really like Camera Raw! I mean, a lot of its features are almost identical to tools within Photoshop itself, and the results you can achieve using Camera Raw instead are more or less the same as well... but it's so much faster and more efficient for images simply need a little sharpening/color correction/etc. I wasn't very happy with the vignette settings I came up with, but I expect that will become less frustrating the more I practice :)

2. Describe how you will use the Preset feature in the future.
I guess that depends on how often I end up using Camera Raw for projects outside of class as well as for our assignments, and on how regularly the images I edit appear to benefit from the same adjustments. So basically I guess I don't really know just yet, but will probably be able to come up with a better answer before long.

3. What was your intent for results by using the dodge, burn and sponge
features?
My only goal was simply to make the pictures look better, so I kinda just played around with the tools by trial and error until each image seemed to be about as visually pleasing as my limited skills could make it... I feel about 50/50 about my end results for this project.

4. Explain how you decided which healing tools to remove imperfections of
images.
Again, mostly by trial and error, although after awhile I developed a vague sort of system. Honestly for stuff like this I really just go with my gut– whether that's because I trust my instincts or because I don't *actually* know what I'm doing is basically anyone's guess, haha.

5. What challenges did you experience in the process?
Just some mild frustration that cropped up in the process of trying to familiarize myself with new tools... you know...

6. What keyboard shortcuts are you using regularly now?
Pretty much the same as last week.