Halloween Plans

My aha moment for today involved pretty much every aspect of making a strat column. This will take practice to make sure I do it right.
I don't have any specific questions, I think I just need to try and use tools, fail, and realize I need help.
As for my Halloween plans, I am going to SLC to spend the evening with my brother, his wife, and my 1+ year old niece. She is going to be Tinkerbell, and it should be really cute.

Costumes!

Illistrator is a really neat program. Everything today was new as well. I particularly liked learning how to use the strat column patterns.
I have no specific questions. I think I need to just keep working over it and playing with it. I will learn best this way.
My favorite Halloween costume was probably my snow white costume. I was like 5, and my mom made it for me. It is really cute. If only I were that good of a seamstress.

the future...

Today was almost entirely an aha moment. I have never used illustrator. It was really neat to learn. I have no specific questions on what we learned today. It was well explained.
I would love to know things I could do to better help my family...or what my scores will be on exams to know if I should study better...that could be really handy. It would not hurt to know what would be good things to invest in either. But, knowing about the future might defeat the point of life in general even though it would make the world a lot more predictable.

Friday!

I used several tools listed as follows
- move tool
- magic eraser
- rectangle tool
- gradient tool
- levels adjustment
- contrast
-resize
- burn tool
- dodge tool
- merge down
I learned the clone tool today, and it was really neat. Thanks Nicole!
I don't remember how to change the font style of words I use in an image.
In general I don't think I am superstitious. When I am really bored and looking out car windows I will sometimes count reflectors. I know...it is random...such is life. Enjoy the weekend.

I used the following tools for this image.
1) I adjusted the levels using the white and black eyedropper.
2) I used the erase tool and the Gaussian blur lighten the picture as a whole and make the letters stand out more against the backdrop.
3) I used the Dodge tool to lighten around and in between the letters.
4) I used the burn tool to darken the lettering.


My aha moment today was from learning how to rotate and move objects while resizing to make multiple pictures one large picture. That was really neat.
When my computer locked up I missed how to lightly erase the black that over-layed the regular color of the photo. How do I do that? I had the same problem with learning the gradient tool. Tragic!
I am a sports fan, but nothing extremely avid. I love to play most any sports for fun. As for watching sports, I love football, soccer, hockey, and sometimes basketball. I get really bored watching baseball even though it can be fun to play if you have a fun team.

Fall fun!

My aha moment was probably when we used the burn tool to darken the scanned photo. I did not realize it would make such a significant difference when changing the setting from midtones to highlights. Interesting.
I have no questions regarding today's lecture. It was very clear and easy to follow. Thanks!
I love to go for walks in the fall. They are relaxing, and it is rarely too warm. If I am lucky, it is beautiful with changing leaves on many of the trees.

It's Friday!

To adjust this image I used several tools. First I used the ruler tool to level the picture. I then cropped it to a smaller photo. I then adjusted the levels using the eyedropper tools. I also adjusted the color of the water using the color balance. I used the brightness tool to lighten the photo. Finally, I used the burn tool to adjust the color in the upper right corner of the photo.

I have no specific questions for the day, but the entire class was basically an aha moment. I had a lot of fun learning all of it. Thanks Nicole!
As for my best date ever...it was probably the week I spent in Texas with my boyfriend. We just spent tons of time together and with family.

Injuries...eek

In order to create this image I used the crop tool and the move tool. My two complementary colors are blue and orange.

Today I learned how to use the magic paint brush.
I have no specific questions today. I need to play around with it.
My worst injury ever was pinching my hand between a car and a trailer. I am honestly lucky to have fingers on my right hand. I was helping my brother back our trailer in the driveway, and he was not paying attention to me until it was almost too late. I ended up with the huge white mitten of bandages on my hand for several days, but nothing was broken. There was temporary nerve damage and I could not right for over a week.

My favorite season...

I learned how to drag and drop pictures into photoshop. This is REALLY handy. Thanks!
I was lost a bit in the cropping coverage in class. What was it we were specifically supposed to be able to do?
My favorite season in spring. It is warm and green, but not overly so. There are flowers and trees. It is just a fun time of year. Plus, it is the precursor to summer.

Pets...

Today was test review. It felt good to go over stuff like tracking and kerning. I have no questions now, but may have some after studying for the exam.
My favorite pet was probably my grandparents dog Stubbs. He was soooo fun and easy going. I loved seeing him when my family would go there. Specifically, my family only ever had one pet, and it belonged to my youngest brother. We got it when a neighbor showed up on our door with a Beta and said they would flush it if they could not find it a home. The thought of it dying for no reason was tragic, so we kept it.

Extreme Sports

Today it was nice to get a feel for how to organize data into charts and then manipulate that data. It makes information more user friendly.
Which chart types are most unprofessional for using in publications. Are there any forms that are considered inappropriate? For example, my statistic professor recommended not using pie charts. If money were not an issue, I would love to go either hang gliding or scuba diving. If I were hang gliding, it would preferably be in somewhere tropic. This also applies to scuba diving. It would be more fun if it were warm. Scuba diving would be best along a reef where I could look at different types of coral and other sea life. Someday...

Mmmm...breakfast

Greatest difference is 8592.8. It was number 36.
This was a really useful lesson. It was a great to get a refresher on using formulas. I had forgotten how to do that.
I can't think of any questions at the moment. But I am sure I will come up with something later in the week.
My farvorite breakfast food is probably crepes with strawberries and whip cream. SOOOOO tasty. Chocolate chips make a nice addition, but they make it a little less breakfasty.

Musical Instruments

My aha moment today is more review than anything else. It was very helpful to be able to review the steps needed for our homework and the test. Thanks!
I don't really have any questions.
I played the piano for years growing up, but I don't play much any more. Honestly, I am not being modest. I have not practiced consistently in years. It is actually sad, and some day I will remedy it. In the meantime I will have to live with the fact that I do not play. If I were learning something, I would choose to learn to play the piano better.

Family...

I have never used Adobe Professional, so it was really helpful. Now I can edit and change documents in new ways I was formerly unfamiliar with.
I don't have a question today. I asked it in class.
My strangest uncle is probably Alan. He is my favorite uncle, and by all known standards of craziness in not anything too nuts. He is a rancher, and looks like a short lumberjack. He loves to tickle, so when I was a kid he was a bit intimidating. Sorry this is not too unusual. I guess my family is all too normal.