A Day in the Life- Visual Storytelling

For this assignment, we were asked to create a typical "day in the life" of our daily routine by using pictures. The five pictures I used were from Google and I edited them in PhotoShop. I put the before and after picture for each and created a video as well. The video used words as well as the pictures to tell the story of my day to day activities. To allow the video to be present in this blog, I uploaded it into my YouTube account and embedded it into my blog.

Color

For this assignment, we were asked to select an image and change the image in two different ways; one using Hue and the other using Saturation.
(Original from stockvault.net)

This image I adjusted using Hue. I decided to change the from just the Master to different colors to allow for different shades for each and this is what I came up with.

This is the image I used saturation. For this I turned the saturation all of the way down on the master and went and selected just the red and turned it up. By doing this it allowed for just the red to stand out.

Here, is the original image that I used from stockvault.net to create color echo.

This is my modified image after changing the back ground and adding test for color echo. I used colors for the background and text that matched the candy.

Backdrop

For this class exercise we were asked to select any type of back drop and use a text that matched it. I got my image from Google. I chose to do a text called 'flag' that made the wording flow in a curved line. I decided to do this because it reminded me of waves, and sense my image was of a beach I felt it was appropriate. "If a backdrop is particular contentious, the text might need to be placed within a black, white or colored block that inte4rrupts the background image."(P 180) I also made sure that it was a smooth text and a little less formal and had a relax feel to it.

Second Life

For this activity, we used the worksheet distributed in class to build 3D images in second life. The directions were pretty self explanatory and there were 5 steps.
1. Build a simple object
2. move, rotate and stretch the object
3. Name and describe your object
4. Add texture, transparency, glow
5. Drag and edit inventory items.

This is what I did for each of my images that I took a screen shot of. The only real difference between them is the actual shape, size and the texture I decided to use for each. The objects ended up being farther away that I expected, so the images aren't as easy to see as I would like but you can still see the images and get an idea of what each is.