I would say my biggest failure of
the semester was basically everything we did with Photoshop. For some reason
the whole unit just did not really click with me technically. I think the problem
started with my unfamiliarity with Mac computers. Before this class I had never
really done anything more advanced than search the internet on a Mac operating system.
With so many differences between Mac’s and PC’s I struggled through the opening
lessons and was not really able to get much better with the program as we got
to experiment on our own. I think I learned a lot from this process though, I
would not consider myself a very patient person and I tend to get mad at myself
if I am not the best at whatever I am doing. This struggle helped reiterate to
me how important patience, I also used this experience to teach myself not to
be as hard on myself. As I said I expect to be the best at everything I do
which tends to lead to disappointed. Hopefully this class will help me remember
that it is not possible to be the best at everything I do.
I think that my biggest success of
the semester was learning how to do some basic video editing. By no means do I
think my skills are ready to do much more than making a cool youtube video I am
excited that I now feel confident in shooting a clip of video then being able
to trim the clip down and being able to use different visual effects.
If I could choose one project to
redo it would be the map project. Growing up I have always like maps, something
about understanding your surroundings really appeals to me. Before this my view
of a map was a pretty analytical in that I always thought of maps in the sense
of what you would find in a school text book. This project really opened my
eyes to the fact that maps can be more of a personal expression rather than
just a tool to help us get from one place to another. I think that I have a lot
of cool ideas on how to make a better map I just don’t know if I can pull them
off technically.
