Today

I enjoyed dusting off my beginner skills in Photoshop today.
I learned some more succinct approaches to putting together
what, on the face of it, was a silly Hulk-griffon-appotamus....
but in reality the process, I suspect, could stand to be a very
good supporting beam to much of what happens when editing
compositions in this program. I think also that since the image

was so silly, that was a good exercise in helping the process
remain fresh in our minds. Being that our intended professions
are all going to be in the teaching sphere, I was glad to see that
Donna and James to my left and right were both comfortable in
asking for advice and in giving it. I think that this made the
process move ahead very smoothly. It kept me from getting too
hyper- or hypo-focused too. Communication is good.

I had not thought before to adjust the tolerance levels in the
top menu bar before using the magnetic lasso. To be honest,
I had resigned myself to the assumption that the magnetic
lasso was not very far-reaching in its applicability.
I am glad that I was wrong!