Rosemary scott
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Rosemary Scott
Australia
237 creative works found
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A very well worn pair of boots & dogtags belonging to a soldier friend of mine. CHALLENGE WIN – Boots and Shoes – July 2009 * Featured* – Art By Bubble Hosts – Nov 2009
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“A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.” / William Wordsworth : I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud SOLD
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When my Husband saw this RAW image of Jack he thought he looked like “a disgruntled Russian sailor”. / That afternoon I met a charming elderly gentleman with a heavy Eastern European accent & a disarming smile. / Two Russian references in one day? OK! I got the hint!! Meet The Submariner. This one is best viewed in full view. Textures from CGTextures. Featured – The Grunge Art Gallery January 2009 Featured – Australian Portraits February 200 Featured – Images & Ideas March 2009 Top Ten finish – Staged.. Set-up Challenge – April 2009 Top Ten Finish – Head-On Faces challenge – July 2009
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Texturing an Image in Photoshop for Absolute Beginners
by Rosemary ScottQuite a few people have asked me how I do my textured work. / To be honest, everyone does it their own way, but it helps to have someone s…
Quite a few people have asked me how I do my textured work. / To be honest, everyone does it their own way, but it helps to have someone show you how to get started. / Nicole Goggins taught me, & I believe Mel Brackstone taught her. (apologies if I got that wrong) / Of course there’s always an alternative way of doing the steps, I’ve certainly changed my technique quite a bit since I wrote this, but this is as good a place to start as any. / So here’s the walkthrough that I’ve passed on to those who’ve asked. LETS GET STARTED : I use PhotoShop CS3, but this’ll work with any version. / If you’re not using PS, I’m confident you’ll be able to find your way through it in whatever program you’re using. I’d suggest printing this so you can follow it step by step. 1) Start by opening the image that you want to add a texture to. 2) In the layers palette on the right, (R) click on the background layer & select “Duplicate layer”. This layer will be called “Background copy”, & will sit immediately above the “background” layer. (This is to preserve your original copy) 3) Do whatever adjustments you would usually do until you’re happy with the image as it is. ( ie – levels, curves, hue/sat, curves etc ) 4) Flatten the image - / To do this, go to the Layers palette® click on a layer, & select “Flatten image”. 5)Now it’s time to apply the texture image. / First, you need to make sure that your texture image is the same size as your background image. / To do this :- / Go to your top toolbar & look for the “Image” tab, & click on it. / Then click on “Image Size”. / You’ll need to write down the following details : Pixel dimensions – Width & Height , & Resolution. / Click OK or Cancel to close that window. 6) Now go to your top tool bar, click on “File” & “Open” your texture image. 7)Now that you’re in your texture image, go to “Image”, “Image Size” again, & make sure “Resample Image” is checked, & “Constrain Proportions” is unchecked.. / In that same window, change the resolution & Pixel dimensions – Width & Height to the same details that you wrote down earlier. / Click “OK”. / Now your texture image is the same as your background image. 8) Minimize the texture image. Do not close it, just minimize it. / Now you should see your background image workspace again. 9) In your background again, go to your layers palette & create a “Background copy” like we did in step (2). 10) Go to the little toolbar on the bottom of the “Layers Palette” & look for the little icon that looks like a square with the bottom left corner turning up. / This is the “Create new layer” button. / Click on this & create a new layer, which you can rename to “texture”. / Make sure this layer is active. ( it’ll be highlighted in grey) 11) Go to “Image”, then “Apply Image”. / Now you’ll see a window with a dropdown box named “Source” at the top. / Look for your texture image in the dropdown box , select it, & click “OK”. / You’ll see the texture appear in the “texture” layer that you created in step (10). Now it’s time to get creative….. 12) In the layers palette double click on the little thumbnail image of your texture. / You’ll get a window called “Layer Style”. / Under “Blending Options”, “General blending” you’ll see that the current blend mode is “normal”. / Click on this dropbox & start experimenting with the different blend modes. / I usually use “overlay”, “soft light”, or “hard light”. / This whole “Layer style” window is one you can experiment with as much as you like until you come up with the look you want. / Click “OK” when you’re done. 13) You can change the blend mode of your background copy also. / At this stage you just need to be doing whatever you want to achieve the look you like. 14) For a bit more depth to your texturing, you can try duplicating each layer, & then alternate their order on the palette by dragging them up & down. / eg :- texture copy / background copy 2 / texture / background copy / background (this one is locked, so will always remain on the bottom) 15) In the Layers palette you can adjust the “opacity” of each layer for more or less of the effect. 16) Don’t forget to save as you go. / I like to save all my layers as a psd (Photoshop document) so that I can make changes to it at any time in the future. / When you have a final image that you like, flatten the image ( as in step 4), & “save as” a jpeg. (or your preferred format) 17) Upload to redbubble so that we can all see how well you’ve done!!!! And that’s it! Just remember that there’s no “rules” for this….. a lot of it is just experimenting as you go. What works for one image might look horrid on another, so trust your instincts! [ One last point : I put a lot of time & effort into creating these tutorials. Please don’t disrespect me by claiming them as your own.]
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I took my own advice & used another model! -Featured in Experimental Photography and Editing February 2009 / -Top ten placement – Textured Work challenge – PixElations – March 2009
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My good friend Caroline commented that she liked the “icy” tones in this one. Since I read those words I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. I’ve spent all day thinking that I agree with her…..this image looks cold…. So my thoughts went to one of my favourite novels of all time, “The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe”, and the youngest of the Pevensie Children, Lucy, The first to discover the secret winter-bound land of Narnia. So, in honour of nagging thoughts & curious little girls, I’m re-titling this image. [shot in natural light on Canon EOS 1000D] Featured in Canon DSLR group February 2009 / Featured in DSLR Users group March 2009 / Featured in Dimensions group March 2009 / Featured in Strictly Faces group March 2009 / Featured in The Feature Fraternity March 2009
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Ok, so Hans Christian Andersen was never actually a part of my school curriculum…. but he should have been!! / So many of us were raised on those fairy tales, & still are today…. / although somewhat more politically correct now. [Canon EOS 1000D natural light] / / SOLD Top Ten Finalist – Layered With Texture group challenge – March 2009 Top Ten Finalist – An Apple A day…challenge – May 2009 Featured – Domestic Art – Home Is Where the Art Is – March 2009 Featured – Nostalgic Art and Photography – March 2009 Featured – Still Life ~ Photography and Paintings – March 2009 Featured – First Things – April 2009 CHALLENGE WIN – All About Books Challenge – May 2009 Featured- Domestic Art – Home is Where the Art Is – May 2009 Group Avatar – Domestic Art – Home is Where the Art Is – May 2009 CHALLENGE WIN – Books, Books & More Books – May 2009 / / A slightly different treatment on this one – more of a straight photo – just some texture to make the background a little bit more exciting.
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A trip to the beach in January, & a tentative entry to the water….. [Canon 1000D] Featured – Dimensions group – May 2009 Featured – Canon DSLR group – May 2009 Featured – The Human Condition – May 2009 Featured – Images & Ideas – May 2009 TOP TEN FINALIST – Where The Wild Things Are challenge – November 2009 / /
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I’ve had my nose buried in the art of Da Vinci over the past couple of days, re-familiarizing myself with his mastery. / As much as I love his paintings, it’s his sketchwork that intrigues me the most…... his sketch workups for his paintings have such humanity in them, his invention sketches showing us a tiny glimpse of his genius, & those anatomy sketches giving us some insight into his constant need for knowledge…. Sadly I haven’t drawn anything for almost 5 years, but today the great Master has inspired me to pick up a pen after all this time, & I have to say it feels great! This image began life 12 years ago as a single line drawing hastily sketched as a thought came into my head. I’ve often looked at it with stirrings of interest….. / So today, with visions of Da Vinci & ancient manuscripts in my head I am drawing again . [ sharpie pen on cartridge paper, scanned, worked in PS with my own textures] Featured – Dimensions – July 2009 TOP TEN PLACEMENT – Drawings/Sketches Challenge August 2009 /
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Thirteen years ago I tragically lost my greatest friend….. and subsequently almost lost myself. / But somehow; after a very long time; I made a choice….. to live. / I’ve never regretted my decision. - best viewed large / SP – canon 1000D Featured – Unconventional Artistry – July 2009 Featured – Artrageous RB Artists – Self Portrait Gallery – July 2009 Featured – ImageWriting – July 2009
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I recently treated myself to a set of Ashleys Photoshop Actions & I have to say that it’s the best money I’ve spent in a long time! / True, these Actions are all things I frequently try to do myself when doing a portrait, but using them has halved my workflow. / Perhaps I should learn to do my own actions…. / I’ve had a lot of fun playing with them this afternoon…... [Canon 1000D, tamron 18-200 mm lens] Featured – Dimensions group – July 2009 redbubble homepage – 22 July 2009 Featured – Australian Portraits – August 2009 /
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SOLD – Featured – in the redbubble T-shirt gallery – August 2009 TOP TEN FINISH – Your best Seller Challenge – How To sell Art & T-shirts group – November 2009 close detail : /
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A print version of the image that I initially did for a T-shirt. [Thanks to Skeletal Mess for some fantastic textures.] Featured – Layered with Texture – August 2009
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I love photographing my Father. There’s a lot of character to be captured in someone who’s lived for 70 years. / We all went to a local airshow today, & Dad I were drawn to the classic & vintage cars that were on display. / This one’s a ‘48 Ford Prefect. / Two classics full of character…. [Canon1000D, Tamron 18-200 @ 38mm, own textures added] Featured – Dimensions group – October 2009 Featured – Canon DSLR – October 2009 Featured – Rustic – October 2009 /
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Working with layers - The Basics
by Rosemary ScottI was recently asked to explain how I use layers. So while trying to put my thoughts together, I decided I might as well share it with ev…
I was recently asked to explain how I use layers. So while trying to put my thoughts together, I decided I might as well share it with everyone who’s interested. I’ll show how to do very basic adjustments so you get a feel for how layers work. Once you’re comfortable with that you can move on to using layers to create art effects. Please keep in mind that I’m a Photoshop user... I’m in no way an expert! / This is just my way of working with layers. There are many different ways, & they all work. Why use layers ? : / Our reasons for using layers are many & varied. We might be doing vector-like illustrations, Or composing an intricate fantasy photomanipulation. / It may be a simple matter of applying text over an image. / You may just want to do basic tone & colour adjustments of your photographs. / Whatever your reason, using layers is almost essential. / I say this for one very important reason. If you apply adjustments of any type to your original image, you will be altering it permanently. There’s no going back. Pixels get moved around & destroyed, every brush or keystroke seriously alters the quality of your image. / However, working in layers is non-destructive. The original image sits at the bottom of your stack, untouched, unaltered, safe from damage. / All of your edits are stacked on top of the original, & then “flattened”, usually upon completion, or when you’re ready to move on to the next stage of editing. I’ll use this image of a bunch of people looking a Trojan warplane, to demonstrate the basics of using layers. / I’m using PS CS3, & I’m not sure how similar the layout of PS Elements is, so this will either be helpful to you, or just confusing…. it should be fairly similar though. Let’s get started : 1) Open your image in Photoshop, & save it straight away as a psd (Photoshop file format) I’ve decided to call this one “enter the trojan”. / 2) Now have a good look at the image & decide what needs doing. / Does it needs cropping? Some people choose to crop at the start, but for some strange reason I’ll often wait until I’m somewhere through my editing process. I like to wait to see how the image is evolving…. Does anything need cloning out? / This image has a rather annoying person disappearing out of the left side of the frame, so Ill be getting rid of him, as well as cleaning up a few distracting white spots on the airfield in the background. 3) Look to the right of your screen & you’ll see your layers palette. / At the top right of that you’ll see 3 little horizontal lines stacked on top of each other with an arrow next to them. Left click on this & you’ll get a drop-down box. this is your most important box for using layers. Click on duplicate layer, & rename it as you wish. / I’m calling it “clone”. / / You’ll see the duplicate layer appear above the background layer in your layers palette. / / Make sure the clone layer is selected (it’ll be highlighted in grey), & you’re ready to work on that layer. / Now select your clone tool & go to work. All done? If you’re happy with your work make sure you save. Now, remembering what I said about your background (original) layer remaining untouched, here’s a little demo. / Do you see that little eye beside your “clone” layer? / Click on it…. Hello!! Your cloning has gone! Click on it again….. it’s back!!! / OK, we could have fun with this all day, but do you see how the background image is unchanged? Cool huh? Let’s move on…. I’ve got blown out highlights in my clouds which are a problem & the mid-tones are a bit too dark. / I’ll deal with the clouds first by using a curves adjustment layer. 4) All the way down at the bottom of your layers palette, you’ll see a toolbar. look for the circle that’s half black & half white. / This is the “create new fill or adjustment layer” button. / Click on it & select “curves”. / 5) Grab the little white dot on the line in the top right corner. Now drag it a smidgen down to the right. That should take care of the blown out clouds. / Click OK. / / Do you see you now have a curves layer? / (Because I use CS3, it automatically gives me a layer mask box on this layer. It’s that white box in your curves layer. But we’re not going to get into masks today) Now to fix the mid-tones. For this I’m going to add a Levels layer. / 6) Just like in step 4), click on the “create new fill or adjustment layer” button & this time select “Levels”. / 7) This will open a box with a levels histogram in it. / To lighten your mid-tones slide the grey arrow in the middle of the histogram to the left until you’re happy. / Click OK, & you’ll see your levels layer sitting above the curves layer. Now, what if you wanted to do some dodge & burn? / There’s a number of ways to dodge & burn, so I’ll show you one that I use quite often. 8) Remember those 3 little horizontal lines that you clicked on to duplicate the layer? (step 3) / Click on that again, & this time select “New Layer”. / 9) In the dialogue box, change the name to “dodge & burn”, / click on the “mode” dropdown box, & select “overlay”, / then check the box “Fill with overlay-neutral color (50% gray) / it should look something like this : / / Then click OK. You’ll now see a layer called “dodge & burn” in your layers palette. It should be on the top of the pile. If it isn’t, simply drag it to the top. / Any work you do to the top layer will be carried over to all the layers below. 10) Select your burn tool, set your range to Shadows, & Exposure around 20 (this will depend completely upon the type of image you’re working on), then get to work burning out the areas that you feel need deepening. 11) Then take your dodge tool, set your Exposure to around 20 & work over the areas that you think need a little more highlighting. I’ve decided this image needs a bit more saturation. 12) Go back to the black/white circle (as mentioned in step 4), & this time look for Hue/Saturation. / / Adjust your sliders as you see fit, then click OK. / At this stage I’m happy with my basic adjustments. It’s now at the stage where it’s ready for me to use it as a background image for something a little more creative. 13) If you haven’t been saving until now, you really must do it now. 14) Now we’re going to Flatten the file. / Go to those 3 little horizontal lines with the arrow again (step 3), & this time look for “Flatten Image”. / / Click on it. You’ll see that all your layers have been “flattened into just one layer, & it’s now become your new background layer. If you’re planning to print this, you’ll need to give it some sharpening. / There are so many ways to sharpen, but at the moment I’m a bit partial to using the “high pass” filter. 15) To do this you’ll need to use a duplicate layer (remember step 3?) / I’m re-naming it “High Pass Sharpening”. / 16) Go to your “filter” drop down box on your top tool bar, & select, “other”, “high pass”. / 17) Adjust your radius slider until you see a good amount of line detail while keeping the tones in gray. Click OK. / You’re probably wondering what’s happened to your image. We’ll fix that right now. 18) Look above your “high pass” layer, & you’ll see Opacity set at 100%, to the left of that the word “normal” in a drop-down box. / Click on that drop-down box & select “overlay”. / / Presto! You’ve got your image back, & it’s been sharpened. / Toggle the “eye” off & on to see the effect. 19) If it’s too sharpened for your taste, you can adjust the opacity of that layer. / Find the “opacity” slider above the layer, & adjust it as you like. / I’m setting this one to 50%. / 20) Save this as a new psd file ( I’m calling this one “enter the trojan HP sharp”), & flatten it as before. / 21) Now all you need to do is save it in the Format of choice. / I routinely save all my images as TIFF files, & then save again as JPEG. / Remember to do all you backups now so you don’t forget later. All finished! Now you have an image that is fine as is, or ready for you to get a little creative & do further editing. / The final image : / You might also want to look at Texturing an Image in Photoshop for Absolute Beginners for further editing ideas. [ One last point : I put a lot of time & effort into creating these tutorials. Please don’t disrespect me by claiming them as your own.]
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Emu.... funny buggers! Best viewed large [Canon 1000D, Tamron 18-200, / Thankyou Ghostbones for the textures] Also available as a t-shirt : /
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I”m learning the TTV technique ..... My Kodak Duaflex II arrived in the mail today. It smells of Napthalene & has lots of grime & dirt in all the right places…... / Oh what a sweet thing! I’ve now got to learn how to do TTV shots with some degree of decorum…. I’m so unco! / I still haven’t made a doo-hickie for shutting out the light…..I’ll get to that. My little wooden friends were kind enough to share a moment with me, so I could give the Duaflex a run. This is their first couples portrait….. hope they like it. [Canon 1000D, EF18-55mm, Kodak Duaflex II] Featured – TTV: Through The Viewfinder – October 2009 Featured – Still Life Photography – October 2009 Also available as a T-Shirt
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I’m so excited about my first TTV shot, I just had to turn it into a T-Shirt!! SOLD Featured – RB feature gallery – October 2009
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Driving home after a busy day, tired kids in the back, tired mum behind the wheel, & had to stop for a train….... / how great was it to have the camera in the car! [canon 1000D, tamron 18-200] Featured – Dimensions – November 2009 Also available as a T-Shirt : /
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Featured – RedBubble Feature Gallery – November 2009 Also available as a print
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A re-working of think / / Why? because I don’t have a lensbaby! Featured – Textures Unlimited – November 2009
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When I shot this I always saw that I’d turn it into something dark & moody, even though the truth of it was that it was midday, quite well lit, & my son was having a great time running along the boardwalks which are a good 25 metres high…. he apparently has no fear of heights….. unlike his parents. [Canon 1000D, tamron 18-200 mm, many of my own textures, & one of my TTV images to break up the dark of his jumper]
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It’s amazing what pops up in your i-pod…. had it on shuffle when I was working on this, & along came Wasted Days & Wasted Nights by Freddy Fender. / Call me crazy, but I swear some of that song went into the tones of this one…... [canon 1000D, tamron 18-200mm, 12 very annoying people labouriously removed, numerous layers & blend modes, threw in a couple of textures to help with the tones, as well a smidge of cyan…. & finished with a vignette]
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Butterflies…. soft, delicate & fragile, can break with the slightest touch. They flit through our lives without boundaries, or restriction. Winged creatures of joy & enlightenment. / Fences on the other hand are the very epitome of oppression. They enclose us, keep us in, prevent us from stretching our wings. They are hard, cold & lifeless, like the hearts of those who would oppress us. [multi image montage utilising multiple textures from my own stock]
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