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My before and after photos.

What I learned Photoshop is a very powerful, somewhat intimidating program.

When I asked my 13 year old to explain the difference between the pictures, she said.. they both look just like you dad, So I guess I did a good job :)

First thing I did was importing the photo and I went a little crazy with the "healing brush tool", at first I was just removing blemishes, and the dark circles under my eyes. Then I decided to see how it would look without my goatee. So I removed that slowly, paying close attention to the color. A few times the removal would lead to what looked like a cut or bruise on my face. So slow and steady I got rid of all my facial hair, and dark circles and psoriasis.

When I was done with that, My face just looked odd. I had a weird smirk on my face that was not noticable due to the facial hair. Once the hair the was gone, the smirk needed adjusted. I realize now I probably could have used a tool to change the shape of my lips and modify the color but at the time, I thought working with layers was more along the lines of the assignment. Using creative commons I found a picture of a smile from Joker. I downloaded the file and adjusted it using Adobe Illustrator. (I learned that Photoshop could not directly import SVG files had to go through Illustrator to modify and save in a different format). I then added the smile as an additional layer.

Finally, I decided to change the background image of the photo. For this part of the project I used the quick select tool and "grabbed" my body. I then changed different settings to the background changed in the photo.

I have never used any program like this before and was overwhelmed by the amount of videos on the web. Many videos I found explained things that were improved between version X and version Y. I am using Version Z.. Or Creative Cloud. the newest release. I had some difficuty finding tutorials on this version. One video in particular, from B and H Photography "Intro to Photoshop CC" was way way over my head. There was a great deal of trial and error.. but mostly.. I just needed Patience.