Journal/Reflection
For this project, I decided to research how to create gifs using photoshop to create my own original gifs. After I found a great instructional youtube video, I uploaded the photos I had taken in preparation and began. At first, I just made some simple non edited ones, then once I was more comfortable with the software, I decided to experiment some. I went out and took more photos, now knowing more of what I could do to manipulate them and make them look good. I gave some of the photos an extra element of visual appeal by adding special color effects on them. On others, I created the original gif and then repeated it backwards to make a sort of endless cycle of back and forth motion, a "loop." I had a lot of fun with this project and while photoshop was very trying at times, with the numerous crashes and loss of work, I still am really pleased with the outcome!
