Monday, November 4, 2013

Playing With PhotoShop

My aunt shared some roses with us and I took a photo of a blossom.  My flash went off by mistake and I got this photo with my iPhone.  It darkened the background and gave the rose a somewhat porcelain look and turned the other roses green.

Here's the actual rose.

I tried the watercolor effect first on Photoshop.

Then I tried the poster edges.  It gave it a sort of pen and ink look to it.

 This Photoshop filter is called plastic wrap.


Then I tried the crosshatch brush strokes.  I rather liked this effect the best.

Art says he likes the original rose best.  I think it's fun playing with the different media effects.  One of these days I'll have to get my brother over here to teach me a few more tricks.

18 comments:

  1. Its beautiful! What fun you had!!

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  2. I like them all except for the plastic wrap effect. Roses shouldn't be treated like that. I enjoy learning about new tricks with Photoshop, which of course I don't use any more. I now use a much easier program called Pixelmator. :-)

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  3. I don't have photoshop but I use another one to do artistic effects

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  4. They are all beautiful! My favourite are number 2 and 3 from the top.

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  5. Now that looks like fun. I took a Photshop class years ago and remember it being hard and confusing. I think they were trying to cram too much into the time we had and did not give us enough "play" time.

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  6. I was most taken by the plastic wrap effect. Loved them all actually.

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  7. Absolutely beautiful. I need to use Photoshop more.

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  8. The actual rose is really beautiful, but it is fun to see all the things you can do with the photo.

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  9. Looks like fun changing the rose. I think wedding photographers are doing these kinds of options, too. Reminds me that an arcade photo booth at Dave 'N Busters could produce characterized pics of people's faces. DrumMajor

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  10. playing around is the way to learn...lol! love the different effects!

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  11. The second and the fourth ones are my favorites, but they are all quite nice.

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  12. I am with Art though the last one is a close second best. I really need to experiment like that. Fun effects.

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  13. Lovely. I like the first rose best…sere with Art. I believe we cannot improve on nature. Dianne

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  14. It is fun isn't it..... I am keeping up...not always commenting.... Michelle

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  15. Playing around with photographs can be fun, but I'm with Art. I like the real thing best. Your first photo is very good.

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  16. Glad you had fun exploring!
    ALOHA from Honolulu
    Comfort Spiral
    =^..^= <3

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  17. i LOVE the original the best, as i am not much of an editor!!

    the last one is pretty as well!!

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  18. I love this. I want to learn how to use this program. I don't have it on my computer now, but I hope to buy it soon. I love the first photo, but I also have to agree that the last one is really nice. The first photo is actually quite amazing and does have a porcelain look that makes it frame worthy. Have you thought of enlarging it, framing it, and hanging it on the wall?

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