FEATHER TOOL

COMBINATION OF TOOLS

MAGIC WAND TOOLLASSO TOOL

Question  and Answers:

1. What combination of tools did you use to isolate the fruit in “fruit_combo.jpg” and where in the image did you use which tool?

    The combination of tools I used was a varity of tools. I used the the magnetic lasso tool to isolate the top half of the backround. Then, I used the magic wand to isolate the bottom half however, I was not able to isolate all of it so, I used the marquee tool and the eraser to isolate the little bites that were left over to isolate. Therefore, I managed to isolate the backround of the fuit bowl picture.

2. Of the methods you used to isolate the fruit in the 3 pictures. Which method did you find most effective in this case?

    Out of the three pictures and the three methods I used I found the magnetic lasso tool to be most effective in this case because it allowed me to go around the picture faster and the most perfect then the other tools. The other tools like the magic wand wouldn’t always select the part I wanted and after much struggle I would get the right part I wanted even when I used “add to selection”. When using the wand it would take up too much of my time. When I used a combination of tools that also took too much of my time where I could have just used the magnetic lasso and could have made my life so much easier.

3. Experiment with the following:
After you make a selection in the menu and go to
     a) Select > Modify > Expand
     b) Select > Modify > Contract
     c) Select > Feather
What do these do? Post a fourth image indicating that you know what feathering does.

a)    The expand tool basically allows you to make your selection wider. So, if you use the magnetic lasso tool and go around the fruit bowl after clicking on expand it makes your selection wider depending on how much you expand your image by.

b)    The contract tool basically does the opposite of the expanding tool. So, instead of making the selection size wider it decreases the size of your selection. For example, when you use the magnetic lasso tool and go around the fruit bowl after clicking on contract it makes your selection decrease in size depanding on how much you contract it by.

c)    The feather tool basically allows you to give the object a glowing efffect. This is done because you don’t want jaged sides around your image therefore you use the feather tool to make the object look more smooth. So, when you use the feather tool on the fruit bowl after you isolate the backround it will give you the glowing effect depending on how much feather radius you want in this case I chose a feather radius of 15.