Exercise 1

Since I've already had some experience in photoshop, I decided to check out the new features of CS4. This program is so much more user-friendly as everything I need is right on the desktop already. I had a lot of fun play around with the adjustments panel and it really helped to set the mood of my piece. Since I wanted the focus of the image to be the woman's dreamlike, mer-self, I needed the real woman to be less in focus and for the reflected image to be in high contrast. I played around with the new selection features in the curves adjustment and found that I could select white, black, and mid-tone points to really give the image a complex depth and feel.