How I made the composite Image of the subway

I made this composite Image by using a program called Gimp 2. This program was a little bit hard to get use to but after practising with it I got use to it. What Gimp 2 does is that it merges two pictures together to make one.
To make the composite image I had to first find two picture, one of the derry city, and the other of a subway. I found two pictures and here is what they look like:

After finding the right pictures I started merging them together. First I got the subway picture and started deleting the parts of the pictures that I didnt want. I did this with a tools from the toolbar of the Gimp 2 program that it gives you. here is the toolbar which I used;

To merge the picture I had to make the parts of the picture I didn't want to go invisible. I did this by using a tool called "select contiguous regions"and erase. This clicks on areas of the picture and then you click on erase to make them invisible. After making all the parts of the picture I didn't want invisible I then dragged it on to the other picture of the Derry Walls and I had to merge it into the picture to make it look real. I merged it by using different tools on the image of the subway. I cropped and resized the image. by doing this it made it fit in with the picture which helps to make the two pictures turn into one. This is how I designed my composite Image through using Gimp 2. I found this hard to do but by reading through the tips that Gimp 2 gave me I could work through it and merge the pictures together.

Composite Image of a subway!!

This is what my composite image looke like after merging the two pictures together:


I found it very hard to make a Composite Image of a subway since it is underground!!

How I made the train!!

To make the design of the train I used a program called Google Sketch up. This pragram is used for designing 3D models. To make the tain I used many methods that are available through Google Sketch Up. The kind of tools that I used to design the train were; Push/Pull tool, Move tool, 3D text, Rectangular box, Circular box, paint, orbit, pam, look around, walk around and pencil. These are most of the tools that I used to design my product.

This is the toolbar that I used to make the design of my train ;

I used the rectangular box for the shape of the train and also for the windows, chairs and doors. I used the circular box for the window at the front of the train and also for little parts that I added in the inside of the train for instance the stop and go buttoms. I used the 3D text to write the text for the go and stop buttons in the drivers area on the train. I used paint to paint everything in my train. I used orbit and pam to look around my design at different angles and also to zoom in on a certain area. I used the tools look/walk around to look and walk around my train to see if everything was in order. The are just some of the things I used these tools for to make my design.
After creating the train by using the program Google Sketch Up, I feel that I have a better understanding of the 3D design program. I have a better understanding because I know how to use the tools better and I found it easy to make 3D models with the Google Sketch Up Program.

Pictures of the train that i designed myself!!

Pictures of Fort George