Amy Winson Production Blog

In my workshop, our focus was Photoshop and looking at different tips and tricks that help speed the process of certain elements up. We started investigating into Raw Images... What is a Raw Image? Raw files are named so because they are not yet processed and therefore are not ready to be  printed  or edited with a  bitmap graphics editor . Part 1  Images in Photoshop Below shows me editing the raw image, I have a lot more control than I do a normal image. I then started to investigate into masking and the best way to select something. Usually I would of used the magic wand tool however we was shown select and mask. This allows us to mask out certain elements, in this case the sky. I worked with making sure the right areas was selected. Once I worked with layer masks, I moved on to work with the colour range tool that allows me to select the sky. I found this quite tricky sometimes as at times it wasn't selecting the right part of the ...

In my 4th workshop with Sara, our focus was Kinetic Type. In my recent lecture this is something we started looking at and I really enjoyed watching the way this was done and how It can look TV standard through effects and movement. Our brief was to bring several images based on a font of our choice to the workshop. I found this quite a challenge as I didn't know what to put on my story boards at first. However I started with some research into other Kinetic Type videos. Kinetic Typography - Paul Renner's Futura from Eric Chin on Vimeo . Above shows another persons assignment to Kinetic Type. I really liked the way this used transitions and also used text that would appear like a type writer. I love how it flows together and moves really smooth together. My aim was to work with the animation presets and continue working with the position and scale tools on After Effects. In my kinetic type workshop with Sara, I choose to do something quite simple to focus on making...