1. What did you learn? – In this lab we learned a couple of different methods that can be used to remove the background from an image.

2. What was easy? – I was surprised at how easily the quick selection tool could pick out a person when its on “select subject”, I had not used that much.

3. What was challenging? – The hardest part for me was using the pen tool to select the subject. I’ve always struggled with it a bit but, this was good practice and I felt better by the end.

4. How could your submission be improved? – I was able to successfully remove all the subjects from the background and touch them up. Looking closely at them there are still a few pixels that could be cleaned up.

5. How could the professor improve the assignment for the next class? – This was a great assignment for practicing these tools. Perhaps a more in depth tutorial on the pen tool but that was pretty easy to find online.

6. How might you apply your knowledge in future assignments or work scenarios? – There are many situations in this industry where a client want something done to the subject of an image without the background. This has a lot of practical implications.

7. How did a specific reading or video inspire or help you? – I went through the class slides for this lab which were very helpful. I also turned to a YouTube video for some tips on the pen tool.

Which method did you prefer? Why?

• I really liked the select and mask method used in this lab. I thought it worked extremely well removing her from the background and did not even have many issues with the really tough area around her hair.

Which method was the hardest to master? Why?

• For me this was the pen tool. The more I use it the better I understand it. It always just takes me a bit to get good paths and Ctrl Z is my best friend while using it. Once I got a better at knowing how the paths communicate with each other it got a lot faster.

How could you improve your masks?

• I would probably try to put subtle effects on them like feathering to try and remove some junk pixels left over from the background.