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This product, developed for MIT 511-Multimedia Design and Development, is a graphics project created in Photoshop. This was my first experience with Photoshop. 

This product required use of a number of Photoshop's tools. Trying to combine five images into one seamless banner presented numerous problems, which are described in the accompanying artifact. The project idea was well-chosen, however, because I believe that choosing a project that has personal significance and the prospect of actual applicability enhances the learning experience by increasing concentration on the project and by encouraging one to persevere through problems rather than circumvent them.

This project was an original undertaking from beginning to end. Using a digital camera, I took five pictures of the school where I teach and combined them into a composite panoramic view of the school. I used Photoshop to create the finished photo. The intent was to use the photo for the banner of the Web page I maintain for our school. The photo on the Web page is not exactly like the one seen in this product. As I state in the artifact, I was not happy with the sky in the finished photo. Lacking a lot of time and access to Photoshop at work, I used a cheap trick by applying a poster effect in another photo editing program to disguise the unrealistic look of the sky. The result can be seen at http://www.geocities.com/nck12pcsmarrinerh/malpass. 

I believe this product was a success because I was able to use it for its intended purpose, albeit with some modification after the fact. I believe what I learned from this experience will prevent me from making the same mistakes in the future. I think selecting such a challenging task on which to learn Photoshop paid off by making me experiment with more tools and by making me solve more problems than I would have had to do with an easier task.

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