Other than editing my Instagram pictures, designing the header for the blog was my first time using the software Pixlr. I have never heard of Pixlr and surprisingly, editing the pictures was much easier than setting up the blog on Word Press. I thought choosing two images, one as a background and another as a portion, would be difficult in doing so because I have never used a software to photoshop and edit pictures. Nonetheless, choosing a picture and cropping out a portion to juxtapose on top of the background came easily and naturally than imagined; of course, “The Photo Editing Tutorials” definitely helped me manage to edit the photos. For my background, I chose a fashion runway and cropped out a picture of a single model and juxtaposed it on to the runway. For someone who has never used an editing software, I think it was straightforward and easily formatted; Instagram definitely helped with adjusting the brightness and contrast tools (haha).
However, the dimensions were what were difficult; I struggled with choosing the photos that would fit into my theme’s dimensions. The photos would either be too small or too big, in which I had to choose different photos, several times. Even when I did crop and have the photos to my dimensions, only half of the header displayed, leaving the photos not meshing well and awkward looking. The model I cropped out came out extremely blurry and when I searched for other sizes of models, they all came out blurry.
Ultimately, I think I can apply my newfound skills with Pixlr to my everyday life when I need to edit and photoshop images for events at Rutgers. I am involved in the Diabetes and Circle K clubs, and with my newfound skills with Pixlr, I can volunteer and contribute into making flyers to advertise events, to my taste. Furthermore, it is an addition to my technological and photo shopping skills and to develop and advance these skills in Pixlr, playing around and familiarizing myself with it would be enjoyable.
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