First I created 2 rectangles. I then placed them on top of each other. I then used pathfinder and one of the rectangles was deleted and part of the rectangle under it was also deleted. I did the same thing again with a rectangle and a circle. I overlapped the circle on the rectangle and used pathfinder. Then with the rectangle with a hole I placed a smaller rectangle in the middle and used pathfinder once more.

I used the line segment tool to make every single line in my last name. Since my last name only has 4 letters and they don't have any curves it was really easy. On top of my letters were the tools I could have used. They were tools like rectangle, arc, spiral, polar grid, and etc.

This is the first project I used on Adobe Illustrator. I used the rectangle tool and ans eclipse tool. I used the line segment tool. I also used several gradient formats. I used the rounded rectangle to make the middle of the usb. I changed the stroke around it and I wrote a text in it.

Questions

1} Why smart filter? What is the difference between

    normal and smart filter?

2} What is quick Masking? Why bother if I can just select

    with marquees or lasso tool?

3} We added a couple of things to the original picture to

    get this "glow" - what were the they and what and at

    what layer did you take away to create the final effect?

Answers

1] Smart Filter is used instead of a traditional filter because unlike the traditional filter, smart filter doesn’t alter the original image. You will have the ability to adjust, remove and hide things, and it won’t destruct the picture.

2] For quick mask you can do things that magnetic lasso or marquees can’t do, like change the opacity of the highlighted color. The traditional way can’t trim as well as quick mask.

3] To add the glow we changed the layer properties from normal to screen. I made a copy. To add the more angel like effect, we added Gaussian blur. To make the glow to our liking we changed the opacity of the copied layer.

First I converted the filter to smart filter. Then I filtered the picture to Gaussian blur. Then I used the paint brush. I then used an airbrush. I then painted over the important features and then I changed the opacity to change the amount of glow the picture has.

First I chose a picture of Scarlett Johansonn. Then I went to the quick mask mode and then to brush mode. I chose the size of the brush and I painted over the hair in the picture. Then by switching the foreground and background colors I cleaned it up and then I inversed the color. In the end I changed the opacity to make the hair look better.

I blurred the picture using motion blur. After the whole picture was blurred I erased the blur on the car so it looked like it was speeding through the picture.

I took a picture of myself and put a flag on it. Then I placed the picture of the flag on top of my face. After that I changed the settings and then I distorted it. I then cleaned it up so its only on my face and not my hair. I duplicated the mask only and I placed it to the side. In the end I placed the original on top and the painted one underneath.