I'm tweaking my rather rusty video editing skills and have posted a quick tutorial over at LoveToPhotoshop.com
I so don't like editing videos on the Mac .... and have resorted back to the trusty old PC for the time being until my hair grows back and I can figure it out to my satisfaction!
:-)
Yesterday my friend Julie Pritchard took this most amazing photo of a rose and posted on her Blog. As an avid rose lover, her idea of a photo shoot for her cut bloom appealed to me and so off I hopped into the garden, secateurs in hand, and snipped a few blossoms for the vase in the kitchen, detouring along the way with the camera.
I grabbed a bit of vintage wall paper and used that for the backdrop for my rose. Snapped a bunch of pics and then had at my favourite in Photoshop. The progress of the initial picture can be seen below.
The first picture is SOOC (straight out of the camera), the second is after some adjustments in Camera RAW, third I added two layers of texture and blended - sounds a bit like a cooking demo, doesn't it? Fourth step was to add some text and blend it into the background and then a little "m" for good measure...kind of like salt to add taste!
Lastly I gave the picture the Rounded Corner treatment (my tutorial can be found here).
And Voila...there you have it! No filters, no fancy actions, just layering and blending and a little masking here and there.
Thanks for the inspiration Julie!
Another page for the Digital Journal. A custom created texture file combined with a photo that I took at Old Field, out along the north shore of Long Island. The journal words are put on a separate layer and the opacity pulled down (for internet use)......heaven forbid I share my crusty thoughts with you :-)
More pen and ink drawing and painting added for effect.
The CS5 beta that I tested for Adobe has really great painting capabilities. I'm champing at the bit to install the licensed versions of the new software but want to wait until I've had my computers to Art n Soul and back and make sure there are no hiccups!
Having said that, this was all done on CS4 and there are only three main components - the photo, the texture layer and the bird....
The DIGITAL MAGIC site is now UP!
It contains a full syllabus of the class, all the nitty gritty fine print and well...you can just go and see for yourselves what other goodness lies within :-)
Finally I can announce an online class for all the Digital Divas out there - we will be covering layers,masks, text,processing in Camera RAW , where supported as well as techniques for mixed media printing and getting your image out there with your unique footprint.
The class will be Jam packed with instructional details and based on both Photoshop and Elements platforms with accompanying videos and PDF's so that you can follow along at your own pace.
Class will start June 14th, 2010 and run for six weeks.
You will have access to a private group to CHAT and talk about what you are doing, with show and tell on a weekly basis.
I look forward to having you come "Play" and see what we can do with your images!
The ONLINE WEBSITE for the Class will be launched this weekend - with all the juicy details you need to know - so stay tuned!
I have been working on more Class stuff. Messing with videos and a few other things.
So without giving away "state secrects" that "Paid" folk will enjoy, I'm going to use my Blog Buddies as guinea pigs for a little show and tell.. ENJOY!
Sorry the video is a tad long winded for such a basic procedure...but I am LEARNING as I go along (with the techno dweeb stuff)!
And yes, I know there is more to the story than I have shown you here, like how to make the skins and all that jazz....so there will be more about that at a later date!
One image, two bits of paper.....
The vagaries of transferring images never ceases to amaze me. There are always so many variables, so many different things to tinker with - images, substrates, films....and then of course, as my friend Claudine Hellmuth said to me one time...it's really all about how you hold your face! And well to a certain extent I can't disagree!
Believe it or not, the two images above are transferred from the same piece of film. One using an alcohol transfer and the other a plain dandy water process. Each taking different parts of the ink from the film image.
I've also been working with some wood veneer samples that I got a few weeks ago - I love the substrate and the challenge of creating images that work with the grain of the wood as a background. The finished piece is currently "in the press" so I will take some pictures tomorrow.
And now...........time for bed Zeberdee!
