Evaluation of my Digital Work

I have found all of the digital lessons very informative and easy to understand due to my previous experience with Photoshop.
The first task was to reconstruct the image of the ducky. I used various selecting tool to great effect and added extra layers for a creative background.
I experimented with the select tool by selecting some glasses from another image and putting them on the Evangeline's face. I also made it black and white and quite contrasty to make it cartoony at make the glasses less noticeably fake.
The third image is that of a retouched before and after shot of Keira Knightly at a photo shoot. Clearly a lot of retouching skill when into this image. Its inspiring.
Quick masking was something i picked up very quickly and easily as i had done alot of selecting before. I showed the different stages of the process with screen shots.
I made the eyes stand out more by brightening them and adding more contrast.
I leart a lot by doing the colouring in a black and white image. It gave me more skills at selecting and adjusting the colours so that they look natural. Each layer selection what very complex and took quite abit of time to do but it was to a great effect. before I started this task i did not understand anything about adjustment layers but now find them very useful in most of my editing.
I wrote about the different types of File Formats. This helped me to understand the differences between each one and which one to use in different situations such as 'what to upload to this blog(the internet), what to send to an organization or competition(the guardian newspaper) and also what format to use when doing detailed editing or to get a very high quality image(RAW).
I enjoyed the retouching alot as i used most of the tool before I started the course. I became more skilled and found of the about different retouching tools such at the Clone Stamp Tool for the edges of things which look bad when Blurred by the Healing tool. Diane also taught me how to make a subtle blur layer over skin to give an airbrushed look.
The last task was to retouch a scanned negative. It was very simple to get rid of the dust and scratched on the negative with the healing brush tool.

By being a part of Dianes Lessons I have learnt about the skills involved in retouching and how to use machines such as a negative scanner. I have also enjoyed helping other people in the class once I've learned something. It helped to the understand various things better.

Sorry this is late
I hope it gets marked.