4th May 2012

In this lesson, I found two more images that I wanted to use on my montage. I found them on http://www.freedigitalphotos.net 

I then edited these images in Fireworks. For the image of the circular quay in Sydney, I edited the hue and saturation; and effect which I haven't used before, in order to make the water a lot more turquoise in colour, along with making the sky and buildings brighter.  I then added a border to this image to make it  fit in with the other montage image I had already produced; keeping the theme consitent. After I had edited this image, I went on to edit the image of the koala. To edit this image, I used the contrast and brightness tool to brighten the background, then I used the marquee tool to select the koala bear in the foreground, and then edited his fur colour using the hue and saturation tool - this made him stand out even more from the background. After this, I thought my image looked a bit blurry, so I used the 'sharpen' tool to make the image more clear. I also extended the size of the koala's ears, using the paintbrush tool, and blended all the colours together so it looked realstic and professional.