WELCOME TO MY ‘DRAFT GRAPHIC DESIGN PROJECT’

I decided for my first graphic design project to use my most recent three-day bicycle ride in Eastern Oregon with fellow bikey friends. This project idea relates to the general topics covered throughout the life of my blog. The images included relate to my topic of cycling alone, in a group and the rewards that follow to be shared amongst friends after a grueling day in the saddle, or in this case, multi days in the saddle.

I worked with photoshop to the best of my beginner ability. I worked with tools that included various levels. For more specifics, the images list exact settings used with saturation, contrast, color, exposure, vibrance, hues and sharpen image pin.

The significance of the elements used in my design at this point was to include actual images that are relevant to my experience level at this time and the topic of cycling.

I encountered many challenges with the adobe software. Mostly, because I lack experience with the program. The most important piece of advice I can give anyone who finds this learning process hard, is to watch the videos and be prepared to set aside many hours tooling around. I thought when I uploaded and paid for Adobe, that was it. I swore I had photoshop, just couldn’t access it. It took a week to realize I actually had to download photoshop from Adobe. Yeah, I’m a dork.

It is becoming fun for me finally. Hang in there!

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