A fantastic photographer here in Texas by the name of Fran Reisner, Fran Reisner Photography told me about …
A fantastic photographer here in Texas by the name of Fran Reisner, Fran Reisner Photography told me about The Twelve Elements of a Master Print.. She mentioned these elements to me after asking for a critique of my work. She told me that these elements are highly regarded guidelines used in print competitions, but they would be beneficial for me to use in critiquing my own work. Maybe you can use them too! Here are The Twelve Elements of a Master Print: Impact Creativity Style Composition Presentation Color balance/Tonal quality Center of Interest Lighting Subject matter Print quality Technique Storytelling Hope this helps!
I had the honor of doing a collaboration with Jo O’Brien / Please also check out her portf…
I had the honor of doing a collaboration with Jo O’Brien / Please also check out her portfolio it is amazing!! / I have also had lots of questions how I do this. / She had an image that we worked on together and I did some post processing using selective coloring. Its a technique that I would suggest everyone try or learn. Go Here / if you have not yet seen it. There are several ways to achieve this. / I use photoshop elements and find it the easiest to use for doing this. / - Trace the images that I want to leave color using the lasso tool (Can take a long / time but its worth it) / - After you have traced everything you want to leave color goto select and click inverse. / - By clicking inverse you are now on the outside of the images that you traced. / - Click on enhance and adjust color then adjust hue/saturation. / - Turn the saturation all the way off to achieve the black and white. / - Then you can go to enhance and click on adjust lighting then goto shadows and / highlights to adjust your black and with levels. / - Click on select then click deselect and you image should be finished. From there you can go in and play with the saturations to bring out more color or whatever you want to do. Its a technique that you would be surprised can save any image you take if you are creative. So if you like go check out the Image and leave a comment of what you think. / I am here if anyone has any questions I would be happy to help anyone out if I can.
LIES PERCEPTIONS AND BELIEFS *BY RL HALL AND LINAJI...
LIES PERCEPTIONS AND BELIEFS BY RL HALL AND LINAJI A collaboration of loving work between rlhall & linaji – Webs & Layers Your Spiritual side is wise, intuitive, creative, loving, compassionate, peaceful, forgiving, always aspiring to truth and goodness – or – your life is lived in confusion, anger, and perhaps, even, layers of lies and deceit.” ~ Dr. John Sarno, The Divided Mind “If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?” / ~ Dogen “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.” ~ Antoine Saint-Exupéry “If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” ~ William Blake _“Believe that your life is worth living, and your belief will create the fact.” ~ William James Acceptance ~ Robert Frost When the spent sun throws up its rays on cloud / And goes down burning into the gulf below, / No voice in nature is heard to cry aloud / At what has happened. Birds, at least must know / It is the change to darkness in the sky. / Murmuring something quiet in her breast, / One bird begins to close a faded eye; / Or overtaken too far from his nest, / Hurrying low above the grove, some waif / Swoops just in time to his remembered tree. / At most he thinks or twitters softly, ‘Safe! / Now let the night be dark for all of me. / Let the night be too dark for me to see / Into the future. Let what will be, be.’_ _Layers of Beliefs I have unfurled my wisdom / And before me / I only know / Truths / That have been born and branded / By my hand / How can it be any other way? I have heard and have been told / Of / About / Yours… / But My core is the listener / The one who knew before the knowing / Or of the Telling We are parted now.. / maybe for 4 years or 10 / Maybe it is not again But the knowing you / Was like a root plant / Better left in the shade of its’ own calling Than to open to the sun of my smile / Or yours. Past Lives are just that, / Past.. The Now that pulsates and thrives Has been dropped from view.. It is no longer about you Time for a new lesson Time for a new view._ Thank You Everyone, espically RL Hall for linking into my heart and for setting up most of this show.. her finding the amazing quotes from our favorite poets and leaders made the core of our work shine!! What a pleasure this collaboration was between us!
Art Criticism: How to Criticize a Work of Art / A four step process This is what I give my students as a guide to art appreciation: / ...
Art Criticism: How to Criticize a Work of Art / A four step process This is what I give my students as a guide to art appreciation: 1. Description- What do I see? Study the work in detail carefully. Describe the work in full detail. Be factual. Mention everything you see. 2. Analysis- How is the work organized? Look for and talk about the elements and principles of art and design that seems to dominate the work. Look at how the artist has used The Elements of Art / • Lines- real and implied, curved and straight, direction of movement / • Shapes, Space, Forms- Are the shapes geometric or free-form? Where is the horizon? Where is your point of view as the viewer? (Above, below, in the work, or outside) / • Colors- Warm, cool, bright, dull, soft, bold, etc. / • Value- light: reflecting much light; dark: absorbing much light. / • Texture-Both the medium and the objects portrayed: rough, smooth, shinny, dull Look at The Principles of Design / • Rhythm- Are there repeats of elements or images? / • Movement- Is there an illusion of action? How does the eye move around the work? / • Balance- Formal or Symmetrical, informal or asymmetrical / • Proportion- The size relationships between one part to the whole or one part to another part / • Variety- Visual difference and contrast within the work / • Emphasis- What part is dominant, and what part is subordinate? / • Unity- Does the work hold together? 3. Interpretation- What is happening? This is more than storytelling. As in literature, you need to interpret and generalize from data given. You need to find the metaphor or allegory in the work. What is the artist trying to communicate? Use your intelligence, imagination and courage to explain and tell the meaning of the work. This is based on the facts you have observed and your own life experiences. You can express your feelings, but they must be backed up by the observations you have made about the work. 4. Judgment- What do I think of the work? Does the work hold together visually? Does it communicate with the viewer? Judge whether the work succeeds or fails. You give your opinion backed by the three steps above. To make a judgment, you need to be honest with yourself. You need to know why you feel the way you do. Three Theories of Judging Art Imitationalism -Some people believe that art should imitate what we see in the real world. / Formalism – Some people believe that the most important part of a work is in the use of the principles of design and the elements of art. A work is successful if the texture, color, lines, etc are organized properly. / Emotionalism – Some people believe that the most important part of the work is the mood the artist communicates. Perhaps it is best to use all three theories when judging a work of art. Adapted from many sources, including Arttalk by Rosalind Ragans
this wonderful group, Ebony and Ivory has just featured my work, The Elements...
this wonderful group, Ebony and Ivory has just featured my work, The Elements (silver edition) thank you so much….!!! / I wanna wof wof wof… / and make a howl, / please don’t give me a scowl, / just an animalistic instinct / of this humble guy, now out of sinc..(lol) / nonetheless all pleasure is mine… / wof wof Ebony and Ivory Group ...shine, yes shine !!!
thank you, All Things Poetic and Prose / for featuring my poem, “the ele…
thank you, All Things Poetic and Prose / for featuring my poem, the elements with deep sincerity, / and from the bottom of my heart…..... Jotham, the navybrat
just uploaded it…..and wham…!!! / aphrodite / is / now / featured in ”...
just uploaded it…..and wham…!!! / aphrodite / is / now / featured in EERIE LIGHTING thanks heaps neil johnson
sensual anguish / is one of the featured works in “Bits and Piece…
sensual anguish / is one of the featured works in Bits and Pieces thank you so much B and P!!! all the bests!!
The aim of this Guide is to provide easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions to achieving the Orton Effect without the necessity of bei…
The aim of this Guide is to provide easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions to achieving the Orton Effect without the necessity of being a Photoshop guru. For this purpose I try to describe the process in plain and simple language. If you are a digital artist guru, you may wish to turn away at this point to avoid the Groan Factor. I still call myself “new to Photoshop” and I have found a lot of tutorials on this topic assume a much higher level of knowledge than I have and are not very intuitive. One of the problems is that if you don’t “get” a particular step in the process, you’re gone. So, I try to explain the steps in easy to understand terms (hopefully!) and, importantly, describe what each step should look like after it’s done. So if you are not seeing the result of each step replicated on your screen, you know you have to stop and try again. If this happens, go to the top toolbar, select Edit then Undo [whatever it is you’ve just done] from the drop-down menu and try again. I have revised and expanded the Tutorial again, in December 2009, to: Use an actual image through the Steps. Include thumbnails of what to do. Describe the steps as per Photoshop Elements 7 (PE). Show a shorter way of using Blending (Step Five). To achieve the Orton Effect you will be creating Layers, but don’t worry if you haven’t done this before. I hadn’t. The method I am about to describe is the simplest I have found. It’s not my method, but the description is all mine. I said at the time of the original Tutorial I would revise it to include screenshots of the various steps. It’s only taken me a year or so to do so. The steps described below assume almost zero knowledge of Layering, and ignore other adjustments you might be making to the image, for example Sharpening the image before you start work on it, which is highly recommended. Step 1 Choose your image. I have found that an image with a lot of white in it, for example waterfalls, is not ideal for the Orton Effect. Try to select an image which is not underexposed, has strong colour, in focus and sharp, and which has a dominant subject. Flowers are ideal. For the purposes of this Tutorial, I will demonstrate the Steps using this image, shot in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney on 30 November 2008: / Handheld Canon EOS 10D, Canon EF 180mm f3.5L USM Macro Lens, ISO 100, f3.5 at 1/180th second Step 2 You’ve got PE (or Photoshop CS2 or later) open. Now select File from the top toolbar and select Open from the drop-down menu. Choose your Flower shot and open it. (You may be using a non-flower image, but for ease of reference I will refer to it as Flower.) Ok, now look across to the right of the screen. See the Layers palette? It should be showing a thumbnail of the Flower image, together with the label Background, like so: Feel the excitement. This is your Background Layer. Step 3 Move the mouse over to the thumbnail. Right-click the word Background. A small window should now open, like so: Select Duplicate Layer. A small box should now immediately appear in the middle of your screen, like so: It is asking you to Name the Duplicate Layer. Name this Layer Focus, like so: Click on OK. (Note: It doesn’t really matter what you name it, but Focus will do for our current purpose.) Step 4 Look across to the Layers Palette. There should now be a new rectangular box immediately above the original, called Focus, like so: Pause now and look at the tiny eye icon. You will see that it is now the Focus layer on your screen, so this is the “copy” you are working on. OK, moving on ….. Right-click the Focus rectangular box and select Duplicate Layer again. This time when the naming box appears just click OK because we will use the default name for this Layer, being Focus copy. Your Layers Palette should now look like this: Step 5 OK, now we are going to blend the Focus copy. Look at the Layers Palette again. See the drop down menu at the top left, showing Normal as the default? Click on it, then scroll down the menu and select Screen: The Focus copy layer should now have a bit of a washed-out look to it as a result of selecting Screen as the Blending Mode. (I have found that if the Screen effect still leaves a fairly good image, the Orton Effect will be enhanced. Too washed out and the Effect is diminished.) My Flower now looks like this: Step 6 Right-click the Focus copy rectangular box in the Layers Palette again, only this time select Merge Down (it’s the 3rd from the bottom): This will collapse the Focus copy layer onto the Focus layer, like so: Step 7 Right-click the Focus rectangular box in the Layers Palette again and select Duplicate Layer again. Name this copy Blur, like so: Click OK to close the box. Now, look across to the Layers Palette to check it looks like this: Step 8 Now, find and open the Filter menu on the Tool bar running across the top of your screen. Select Blur. Another menu should open. Select Gaussian Blur (don’t ask): A new window should open. You will see a Preview of the image with a default blur Radius setting of 15.9: (You can play around with the radius later.) For now, just click OK to close the window as we will accept the 15.9 (I have found 15.9 to be right for most images anyway). The blur you are to achieve with this step should be enough to discern the shapes without the detail. Here’s how my Flower looks now: Step 9 – The Magic Happens! This is the fun part. We now make one more blending option. Click on the same drop down menu in the Layers Palette you used to create the Screen effect, only this time select Multiply – it’s closer to the top of the menu: You should now be able to see the Orton Effect! This is how my Flower now looks: Step 10 OK, you now have a few options before saving the image. I’ll show you one. If, however, you are happy with the result, right-click the Blur rectangular box in the Layers Palette one more time and select Flatten Image (it’s the last option on the menu). This basically collapses all the layers into one final image and is the last thing you do in Layering. Your Layers Palette should now look like this: You can now Save the image as normal. But, if it looks too dark, you can adjust the Opacity level with the sliding bar before flattening the image. Look for the tiny Opacity tool in the top right of the Layering Palette. (TIP: If you find you need to go below 50% the Effect is significantly lost and maybe it wasn’t the right image to start with. If you are using Photoshop CS2 or later, another option is to adjust the Fill and leave the Opacity at 100%.) I’m not happy with my Flower – too dark – so I’m going to reduce the Opacity to 75%, like so: Now my Flower looks like this: How does yours look? Before I go, here’s some Samples of pre- and post- Orton Effect I prepared earlier: Before Orton Effect / Canon EOS 10D, Canon EF 28-90mm f4-5.6 Plastic Fantastic Zoom Lens at 28mm, ISO 100, f5.6 at 1/60 second After Orton Effect / Opacity at 100% Before Orton Effect / Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 28-90mm f4-5.6 Plastic Fantastic Zoom Lens at 90mm, ISO 1250, f13 at 1/100 second After Orton Effect / Opacity at 100% Have fun / Peter
This quick tutorial for beginners was based on a request from CJ Hummel – she was looking for a…
This quick tutorial for beginners was based on a request from CJ Hummel – she was looking for a way to tanslate the positions and names of the tools from my regular tutorials for use in PS Elements. Sometime in the next week or so I’ll post a page with the PSE tools and the corresponding names/places of the PSCS tools. For now, I’ve written a quick tutorial for beginners that will show you how to replace a white or poor sky with a new sky. (Keep in mind…this is my first look at PSE). You can download the tutorial from here: Replacing A Sky with Photoshop Elements 7 (note: version 7 was all I could get on trial)
A big thank you to the buyers hope you like them / Sorry havent been around for a couple of weeks / flu, and wanted to work on my scrapboo…
A big thank you to the buyers hope you like them / Sorry havent been around for a couple of weeks / flu, and wanted to work on my scrapbooking / layouts they have been downloaded over 6548 / times have quite a few on my blog which are / free to download http://cynthiab-learningscrapbooking.blogspot.com/
Thank You to all the wonderful groups for the features and to those who voted for my work in the challenges. “*Historic Richmond Bri…
Thank You to all the wonderful groups for the features and to those who voted for my work in the challenges. Historic Richmond Bridge placed in Top 10 of Tasmania Challenge Bridge of Tasmania Rusty Wheels placed in the Top 10 of Shapes and Patterns Challenge Patterns on Gates Fences Railings Snowgum Dove Lake Circuit placed in the Top 10 of Australian Native Plants Challenge Plants that are shaped by the elements Carpet Before the Kings featured in Australian Travel Photography and Writing Coiled featured in 3 Groups: / Forests / The Woman Photographer and / The Sisterhood Walk to the Horizon featured in The Woman Photographer Fairytale Fungi featured in Extreme Close-ups Big Red featured in 2 Groups: / I Love Birds and / Country Bumpkin Feathers featured in Abstracts from Nature So very Happy – Marilyn :o)
This is an oldie, but a goodie. Most of you will see it as a design element something along the lines of the image below. !http://f…
This is an oldie, but a goodie. Most of you will see it as a design element something along the lines of the image below. It can be taken to more elaborate levels with a bit more playing And taken further again with twirls, gradient overlays, blend modes and drop shadows It has to be one of the easiest effects to create, so lets get one with it. Open a new document 800px X 600px @72dpi with a b/ground colour of whatever you want. I chose white. Remember to make the piece larger than what you will need, rather than the correct size. It is better to reduce the size of an image, than have to increase it. Create a new blank layer above the b/ground layer by clicking on the create new layer icon at the bottom of the layers palette, or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + N. Grab the Flower 5 shape from the Custom shapes and in the top toolbar choose Fill Pixels and set the f/ground colour to something other than the colour you did for the b/ground. Draw out the shape, hold down the Shift key to constrain the proportion of the shape and hold down the spacebar and drag, to position the shape where you want it. Ctrl + J to duplicate the layer, Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the layer thumbnail, choose another colour and fill it with that – Alt + backspace if it is the f/ground colour, Ctrl + D to deselect and then Ctrl + T to bring up the transform tool. Hold down the Shift + Alt keys and grab a corner handle and drag it inwards to where you want it to be. You might end up with something similar to the image below. Repeat the above instructions endlessly to get something you want. Use different colours, bevel & emboss, gradient overlays. Try out different things and see what you come up with. You can use the Ellipse Tool instead of a custom shape. You can use the Pen Tool to create your own shapes etc., It won’t work with every custom shape, but it’s fun to try out. Below is an image I was messing around with earlier. Nautilus Custom Shape, gradient overlays, bevel & emboss, drop shadow and a radial gradient on the b/ground layer.
*Hey guys several people on Red Bubble have asked me what do I do to a shot to improve on it. So this is what I do and it is surprising …
Hey guys several people on Red Bubble have asked me what do I do to a shot to improve on it. So this is what I do and it is surprising how much it helps the shot and it is only basic editing. With the shot open in Photoshop Elements 7 I will increase the; Contrast, Hugh/saturation, burn / Dodge, sharpness, sometimes a crop, Resize. / A lot of the time a shot can look dull or flat and it may only need the contrast to be slightly boosted and this can be easily altered in Photoshop just by increasing the contrast slider a little. Go to Levels Move the middle slider to the left will increase the contrast. To improve on the colour in my shots; Go to Hugh/saturation and individually alter the colours a bit by bit. Sometimes my skies may need a little darkening so I; *Go to the burn tool making the sky darker. Anytime I work on a shot which needs a little tweak here or there I do this: I open the shot I want in FULL EDIT Go to LAYER then DUPLICATE LAYER Most of the time I may have to alter the contrast in LEVELS or darken the shot or brighten it slightly. Then go to HUE / SATUATRATION and move the individual sliders to alter the colours. Then I go to LAYERS and FLATTEN IMAGE Then go back to LAYER then DUPLICATE LAYER Then I will go to ENHANCE and UNSHARPE MASK Now depending on the shot I may use a lot of sharpness but I have the AMOUNT SET FOR AROUND 150 TO 200% The RADIUS set to 1.0 pixels And the THRESHOLD set to 0 levels. Then I will go to IMAGE – RESIZE – IMAGE SIZE. Pixel Dimensions: Width I always set to 4000 – 5500 pixels And Resolution 300 pixels / inch This will make the shot bigger. Just go to FIT SCREEN to make it look better for more work if needed. Then I go to LAYERS and FLATTEN IMAGE FILE and CLOSE SAVE CHANGES – YES SAVE AS COPY – YES IMAGE OPTIONS QUALITY: 12 MAXIMUM which is a large file. OK Now I copy the shot with a right click of the mouse and store the shot in another file on the desktop to make it easy to find when I want to upload it to Bubble. I will rename it leaving .jpeg at the end of the file name and that’s it. So this is what I normally will do to each and every shot I upload to bubble or anywhere else. These places ask for our best work so I give them my best work. Sometimes you will have to play around with the things I have mentioned above to get it right but that is only because EVERY shot can be different so need different work done on it. Sometimes I will leave the ENHANCE and UNSHARPE MASK out it just depends on your shot but try to add a little contrast and colour each time for a better shot. Just remember, this is what I do – other things may work better for you but the thing to do is have fun experimenting.
Something I could do with cs, but unable to do the same technique in elements, I came across this, Hope it is of use to someone. A sea…
Something I could do with cs, but unable to do the same technique in elements, I came across this, Hope it is of use to someone. A search on the internet found an article at kingston photographic club Split Toning Technique
UPDATE I will continue to add new tutorial links to THIS, one journal. *As I add photoshop tutorials, they will go here. That way yo…
UPDATE I will continue to add new tutorial links to THIS, one journal. As I add photoshop tutorials, they will go here. That way you can just favorite this one journal. From now on, new journals will simply let you know that this one has been updated with a new tutorial. Although, I am categorizing the series as a “how to”; it is based on a new artwork, the direction of which I have no idea what it will be. So it’s also a live journal of my process in creating THIS particular digital artwork. Many Digital Artists on Red Bubble need no guidance whatsoever. You know who you are. ;) This series does not assume anyone’s knowledge or skill level with tools of the trade. If you have just about any version of Photoshop Elements or Photoshop or even Gimp, you should be able to just get started working on an image. Tutorials run from 4-5 minutes, maximum. How to erase and blend objects. For Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or similar photo editing programs. Erasing is the most basic, and possibly the most critical skill of digital artists working with photo-manipulation. Photoshop Digital Art – How to Erase and Blend Objects Sometimes, using low resolution stock or image files for objects in large artworks is unavoidable. Here’s how to fix the ugly pixelation that would otherwise be noticeable in digital art at full size. Photoshop Digital Art – Dipixelating Low Resolution Objects How to add and blend Cat Hair without special brushes. For Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or similar photo editing programs that include a smudge tool. Photoshop Digital Art – Add and Blend Cat Hair Help prospective buyers visualize your art in their home or office building by showing it in a virtual setting. This tutorial shows how to use licensed stock photos of interiors, and place your framed art on the wall! Novice level tutorial for Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, GIMP, or similar image editing program. Photoshop Digital Art – Showcase Your Art in a Virtual Room You will note how I have a BUNCH of objects laying around, seemingly willy nilly, on this rather large psd canvas (9000×6000 pixels). It’s untitled, and I only vaguely know where it’s going, at the moment, even three (3) tutorials into the series, so far. / Some facts: about 15 or so objects are laying around on the canvas I started out with 17, that are shown in the video. The image below is after more erasing was done and 2 objects were nixed. Guess which ones. objects are sized to approximately what they might eventually be I may or may not use any or all of these objects I will erase carefully around each, regardless if they will be used; unless I determine that I don’t like them. Once any object is perfectly cleared of its background, it will go into an “objects.psd” file; so I can use it in some other image, any time. Objects are generally placed close to where I think they may end up. I have already placed the background I have already done some work on the main figure and her mirror. The window has already been transformed (perspective) and placed about where I want it. Importantly, I have just received, before uploading this tutorial, permission that I needed from one stock provider who doesn’t allow use of her stock off of DA or in commercial-type works, without express permission. That allows me freedom to continue this series, as intended and upload to YouTube. Stock permission is critical to my work. If you watch the tutorial, you’ll note the rolling credits at the end. This tutorial focuses only on the candelabra and shows it at 200% scale the entire tutorial. There may be easier ways to do this. But I don’t take “easy” when precision is required. Plus PSE does not have all the tools of PS. ;) I’m working in Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 for the Mac (currently the latest for the Mac.) It is different from 1.0, which I worked in for over a decade, as I discovered just a week or so ago; in that it imports abr (Adobe brush files), has a photo bin/viewer at its base, and does NOT have the fabulous Airbrush eraser from version 1. Otherwise, the differences are almost purely user interface. This note is added to satsify the curious. :) Bmail me or ask questions here, if you like. You can rate, comment, and subscribe to my channel (“francorpier”) at YouTube. Thanks. ;) Frannie
Please see the following main journal, where I’ve added a link to the tutorial on *Photoshop/Elements Tutorial Series – Add, Blend Cat Ha…
Please see the following main journal, where I’ve added a link to the tutorial on Photoshop/Elements Tutorial Series – Add, Blend Cat Hair. One Journal, All Tutorial Links Any new journal will simply let you know the main one has been updated. If you would like to favorite and comment, please do so at the linked journal. Thank you!
Please see the following main journal, where I’ve added a link to the tutorial on *Photoshop/Elements Tutorial Series – Depixelating Low …
Please see the following main journal, where I’ve added a link to the tutorial on Photoshop/Elements Tutorial Series – Depixelating Low Resolution Objects. One Journal, All Tutorial Links Any new journal will simply let you know the main one has been updated. If you would like to favorite and comment, please do so at the linked journal, rather than this one. Thank you!
How to Open and Save Animated GIFs in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements by F.A. Moore I recently discovered when upgrading my Photos…
How to Open and Save Animated GIFs in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements by F.A. Moore I recently discovered when upgrading my Photoshop Elements 1.0 to 6.0 for the Mac, after a zillion years of not caring about the differences, that Photoshop CS3 and later versions of Elements do not open animated gifs into their many layers. Hearsay is that this was an attempt to sell their Fireworks application, which does open animated gifs in layers. For those who want to alter gifs, opening a file into layers is critical. Here are a some different options for Windows and Mac users to open GIF layers in Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop Elements 3, forward, when Fireworks is not available. On either system, if you have QuickTime Pro: / 1. File > Open File… (control/command + O) > then click the gif file. / 2. This will open the gif in a new QuickTime player, with the same number of frames as the Gif animation. / 3. Edit > Select All (control/command + A) (very important step!) / 4. File > Export > Movie to Image Sequence. / 5. Click Options and choose “BEST” for frame rate. That will give you 1 PNG file for each frame. / 6. Now open those sequentially numbered PNG files with PS/PSE. / / After a control/command + A Select All in QuickTime (Pro) (QuickTime Pro is only about $30 bucks. It’s nice to have around. They just give you a long “key” to paste into the registration form of your regular QuickTime app., and it turns magically into the Pro app., which allows editing of frames and audio.) OTHERWISE, branched options per system: / Windows / Choose File > Import > Video Frames to Layers. When it shows you the browse window, type in the name of your file (or * . * for the file name, but no spaces); click Load. Open your animated gif(s). Press Okay for the default import. Windows > Animation will allow you to view the animated frames. / (caveat: I have not tried this!) / Mac – 3 more options, listed below: Option 1. Use Preview (a Mac OS X built-in app.) to open the gif. View with DRAWER open and click the carrot to see all layers in the drawer. Drag each layer to your desktop and then lasso all files and command click to “Open With” PS/PSE. Be sure to maintain the frame order when pasting into the layers of a new file. Option 2. Use Preview to open the gif, just as in option 1, above. Then Copy each subsequent layer (clicked on in the drawer) and paste into a PS/PSE layer. Be sure to maintain the frame order when pasting into the layers of a new file. / / gif opened with Preview Option 3. Save the file as a .mov file (QuickTime). In Photoshop > File > Import > Frame from Video, point to the renamed file and import the first frame. In PSE this only allows ONE FRAME at a time. Each Frame will be opened as a new file in the project bin! Grab Frame and Click OK. Press your right arrow key to move to the next frame. Grab Frame and click OK. Continue until all frames are in the project bin. Add them to a layer, in order, as you would any image. / PSE gif layers after paste or import To SAVE AS ANIMATED GIF, do this. / 1. Delete any background layers, or merge a copy of the background into each animated frame. All layers in the file should be an animation frame. If not then merge until each frame is the next animation in a sequence. 2. SAVE FOR WEB… 3. Check Gif, perceptual, transparency, choose a “matte” color, or none. 4. Check Animation. Check if you want it to Loop and the seconds or partial seconds per frame. You can preview it in your browser with the preview button. You may need to add and select your default browser first, if you have not previously set this up. 5. Once you’re satisfied, click OK. 6. Save your original file as a PSD file! Use the PSD file to adjust layers, without having to go through the hassle of opening a separate file for each layer or importing as video frames, again from the saved GIF. This public-domain image was originally downloaded from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Triple-Spiral-Labyrinth-animated.gif, then resized and saved.
Three slideshow movies from my Three Elements series of paintings / (myself being the fire which causes the transmutation) earth..
Three slideshow movies from my Three Elements series of paintings / (myself being the fire which causes the transmutation) earth / water / air / BEST VIEWED IN HQ FORMAT.
Just a quickie for now guys. Several people have asked me how I did the following shot of my son Lee and the one of me (if you can remem…
Just a quickie for now guys. Several people have asked me how I did the following shot of my son Lee and the one of me (if you can remember) as the six amigos (now taken off the bubble) It was originally just for a bit of fun as I wanted to try out a technique I’d seen in a photo magazine and to be honest, it is fairly easy really and you should be able to do it with two or more shots. For example; a landscape shot of rolling hills and add a photo of you in front of them. I used Photoshop Elements 7 for this. This shot is a combination of several shots I took of Lee in our back garden, * LOL The hardest part is working out the continuity and the scenes have to be spot on even though in my shot if you look really close you will see discrepancies. However, it was just for a bit of fun and in this shot it was only the third time I have tried it. It helps if you have a tripod to stop the camera from moving and it is YOUR subject which moves to different positions NOT the camera. The camera stays in the same position always, fixed on the tripod. So think of the final shot you want to achieve first and then work backwards taking several shots of what you feel you can use even if you don’t use them all. I think I took 12 or 15 shots and just used the five you see here. In Photoshop open one of the shots, preferably a copy. Now open another one from the sequence you want to use. It helps if you do the background ones first, you’ll see why as you go along. Go to Layers Duplicate Layer then OK Then go to Lasso Tool and drawer around what you want, ie, YOU. I am saying YOU as an example to make it easier as we go along, in my case it was LEE. Go to Edit and then Copy which copies YOU to the clipboard. Then Paste onto the first photo – the YOU clip you copied will be placed anywhere on the photo when it is pasted so to move it into place click onto the move tool. You will be able to slide the clip of you into place now. Go to Layers Flatten Layers Go to Layers again Duplicate Layer then OK Now close the photo you copied YOU from and open another one and go through the same process as you did before. It helps when you do the photo shoot especially if it is outside if you can do the photos all at the same time frame to keep the sky, lighting, shadows etc the same in each shot. After you have copied all the shots of you and saved it as one photo, you will want to check; Any discrepancies in the shot and tweak it if needed, then go to; Layers for a bit of extra Contrast if needed. Then Huh and Saturation. Flatten Layers. Save as usual and there you have it *A fantastic work of art Even if you never use the combined shots (which would be a shame) it really is a lot of fun. And it may seem hard here as I have explained it (and there may be other ways of doing it) but give it a go you’ll see your creativeness go up a notch. Thanks for reading and good luck and most of all remember, HAVE FUN.
Good news for Element users. As you know you can’t directly create and use layer masks in elements – but now you can.. I just disco…
Good news for Element users. As you know you can’t directly create and use layer masks in elements – but now you can.. I just discovered this from a website http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pselements/qt/layermasks.htm They also create a one click function which does the following automatically but its very similar Here’s how you do it: If the layer you want to mask is the background, first convert it to a regular layer, by double-clicking the background layer in the layers palette. Type a name for the layer and click OK, this unlocks it. Or simply duplicate the layer . keeping the background as spare until you’ve done what you want. Add a solid color adjustment layer using any color as the fill. / Drag the color fill layer below the layer you want to mask. in the layer’s palette, select the layer above that you want to mask, and press Ctrl-G to group it with the color fill layer. Now the color fill layer will act as a mask on the layer above. / Paint or fill with black on the mask to erase on the layer mask, white to reveal or any shade of gray to reveal just some of the layer.
This has also been added to the Photoshop/Elements Tutorial Series...
This has also been added to the Photoshop/Elements Tutorial Series (scroll below the videos on that page) Photoshop Elements Layer Palette, per request The layer palette in use, shown to the right of the PS/E screen This work was the basis for my Alice in Wonderland series. / Don’t Ask Alice / Alice’s Window / Please Ask Alice, and / Alice Still Lives Here / The series is the finished product of the work shown throughout the Photoshop/Element video tutorials. You might want to also check out my personal gallery in Solo Exhibition’s ‘Host Hullabaloo!’, where on the first page, there are some demo screenshots of the layer components and build-up for two finished works, Dream Shaman and Immersion. Studying these and the finished works will help you visualize layer use.
Easy Drop Shadow layers in Photoshop/Elements – Beginners to Novice per request Summary for Novices: Duplicate your object, then…
Easy Drop Shadow layers in Photoshop/Elements – Beginners to Novice per request Summary for Novices: Duplicate your object, then use Enhance >> Adjust Lighting >> Levels, and move the master white all the way to the left, next to the black. You now have a duplicate object in pure black. Apply a Gaussian Blur, then use the “Multiply” blend at 40-75%, depending on the darkness. Move the shadow layer below the object and slightly offset: and up or down, right or left of it, depending on your light source. Transform the shadow for more realistic or even surreal effects. Create a shadow for this object, a green sofa. If you have a busy background, create a green fill layer / below your target object, in order to see results clearly select sofa layer duplicate it add “shadow” suffix to the name keep shadow layer / on top. select it Drop down “Enhance” menu > / select Adjust Lighting > / Levels Output Levels slider, select white handle Move white handle, left, to black handle Now your object is duplicated in black. Next you will blur it. keep shadow layer selected Drop down “Filter” menu > / select Blur > Gaussian Blur Keep preview checked to moderate changes / Move slider to right to blur more Grab shadow: click it. / while holding mouse down, / drag downward Drop shadow below original / object layer Make orig. object visible / (click box to see an eye) select shadow layers use move tool / in tools palette press keyboard arrow keys / to offset the shadow / up, down, right, left eraser tool erase unwanted shapes Use “Transform” to change the perspective or distort the shadow Drop down “Image” menu > / Transform > Perspective Move corner handles to alter Click check-mark to commit the transformation Change the shadows blend/mode to Multiply Drop down the Layers Palette / blending menu / select “Multiply” Slide “Opacity” past midway, / shown at 62% Before After Let’s make that DARKER Move Opacity up to 78% / FINAL Before After Final Product Although this pictorial uses an object, you can apply the same technique to people, lettering, or anything you like. It’s fast and easy once you’ve done it a couple of times. Remember: LEVELS. / LEVELS is where you change a duplicate object to BLACK. This tutorial is brought to you courtesy of F.A. Moore. / http://www.redbubble.com/frannieann
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