For me, the most frustrating aspect of this project was making the transitional frames. When first creating the different layers, my transition was not smooth at all since I tried to add in the details all at once. For example, I drew the facial features all in one frame, and that made my transition to the next frame very abrupt. As a result, I had to go back and create additional frames to show the gradual change in the person's mood.
2. After completing the project, which tool do you feel most confident in using?
The tools I feel most confident in using are the paintbrush tool, the Elliptical Marquee tool, as well as the eyedropper tool. Since the paintbrush tool and the eyedropper tool exist in many computers' paint program, I was pretty familiar with them even before I was introduced to Photoshop. The Elliptical Marquee, however, was something new. But I soon grew accustomed to using it as well because my whole gif basically revolves around it, like the making of the head, the eyes, and the doughnut.
3. Which tool do you wish you were better at using? Why?
I wish I was better at using the different transformation tools (distort, warp, perspective & skew). They were just something new to me, and also really interesting to manipulate with when I tried to apply them. Though I tried to experiment with all four tools, I only applied the warp tool onto my gif, since I was still a bit unsure exactly how they work.
4. What would you like to create next in Photoshop?
For the next Photoshop project, I anticipate editing photographs we take and apply different techniques to them. For example, I once seen someone apply the water reflection effect to their photo, and the whole water ripple effect was just really cool. The perspective warp tool was also really interesting, since it allows you to change the perceived vintage point the photo was taken from.
