Solarization
Gradient Maps
Gradient Tool
Technique: For the solarization, the key is to make either a "U" shape, or a hill/mound shape, in the curves adjustments, depending on what you're looking for. The hill-shape creates a positive form, and the "U" makes a negative. So, you take the ends of the curves and bend them according to the shape you want to make. For the Gradient Maps, you go to the adjustments curves, click gradient maps and mess around with the coloring to find the one you like best. And for the gradient tool, you click the gradient tool. And there are many options, but for the assigment we were supposed to use the gradient tool to blend two pictures together. So in order to do that, you choose two pictures, drag the background of one picture to the other. Click the gradient tool, click on the layer mask for the gradient tool and choose one of the options on the top of how you want the gradient image to show, then click the image and it should blend the two pictures, according to the gradient blending shape you chose.
Assessment: Overall, I think the pictures came out very well. I think my favorite of the images would have to be the blending with the gradient tool. The images come out so much more differently than just using the regular blending tools.
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