During the eighth week, I learned how to edit an image more efficiently. I learned how we can use opacity, size, contrast and the clipping mask tool in order to show the illusion of distance, light and darkness. The previous version of my Alice in Wonderland poster was a little too vague, with the main character in the background, (See 7th week). In order to make it look like a real movie poster, I decided to make Alice the focal point of the poster, by keeping her in the front. I then learned how to use the brush tool in order to hide the remaining parts of the image more effectively, too and also tried to hide the slight borders that were still visible in the seventh week’s poster. Since Alice’s original picture was darker compared to the background, in order to make the two images look like they’re one, I learned how to adjust the brightness and contrast.

In total, my poster consisted of 8 pictures put into one and made to look like one picture using several tools such as clipping mask, layer mask, brush tool, and opacity. At first, it was difficult figuring out which tools to use for what, as I still wasn’t as accustomed to photoshop, I kept getting confused about how to go about the layer mask tool and show the background in the back, but after a few more tries, I got the hang of it and started knowing how to use it like the back of my hand.