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Post by BuckSkin on Jul 12, 2017 7:38:53 GMT
I meant to take a picture of The Doughboy statue and these girls just appeared out of nowhere in my viewfinder. I just snapped these images randomly, with no plans of merging; then, I got to looking at a couple of them and decided maybe I could take two and make one; I ended up taking three to make the one. I had changed position between all three of these shots and had to rotate and resize accordingly.   I needed the sky and flagpole of this image.  And here is the finished product; I am just a novice so please don't expect too much.  Thanks for looking. |
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Post by Sydney on Jul 12, 2017 10:00:06 GMT
Great job on this BuckSkin!
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Post by hmca on Jul 12, 2017 12:01:33 GMT
I agree with Sydney! Keep looking at that patterned shirt on the girl with the blonde hair......very impressive!
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Post by BuckSkin on Jul 12, 2017 16:57:11 GMT
Great job on this BuckSkin! I agree with Sydney! Keep looking at that patterned shirt on the girl with the blonde hair......very impressive! Thanks for the compliments; I am glad that you all like it. That pattern on the shirt solved a problem that I was having in making any other color not just look like I had cut out a piece of construction paper and pasted it on there. I think the problem was that the solid black shirt was just that --- black --- with no detail captured whatsoever. I then got the idea of using a pattern and tried several before I stumbled upon the one I used --- Satin --- I believe it was, found in Patterns > Patterns (click the little square at top right of the dialogue that appears after you click on the little menu switch in the first dialogue) I think I will have the wife include this image among several others taken the same day and post them on FaceBook and let the locals puzzle over just who those four girls are. |
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Post by hmca on Jul 12, 2017 18:01:42 GMT
Sounds like you are going to have some fun with this!
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Post by BuckSkin on Jul 12, 2017 20:40:08 GMT
Sounds like you are going to have some fun with this! Yes! ; I also figure to have lots of fun inconspicuously infusing those two girls into various family get-togethers, cookouts, and such. I do the same thing with gnarly-looking old men, the rougher looking the better, put them at the picnic table between aunt Mildred and cousin Flo and let everyone wonder who they are. |
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Post by whippet on Jul 14, 2017 17:45:29 GMT
I would never even think of doing changes like that, BuckSkin. I like the idea of the old men, too.  |
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Post by angelag on Jul 14, 2017 19:41:05 GMT
Nice job--well done!
I'm wondering about the sashes the girls are wearing?
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Post by BuckSkin on Jul 14, 2017 19:51:24 GMT
I would never even think of doing changes like that, BuckSkin. I like the idea of the old men, too. Nice job--well done! I'm wondering about the sashes the girls are wearing? agg Thanks. As for the sashes, also notice they are wearing crowns (or tiaras or whatever), it was the local 4th of July celebration and these two were winners in the pageant, the blond on the left won the main title and the brunette on the right won the Miss Pre-teen title. The two are also sisters. |
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Post by angelag on Jul 14, 2017 19:55:24 GMT
Ah! I should have figured that out.
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Post by cats4jan on Jul 20, 2017 16:43:07 GMT
Sometimes when trying to change a shirt like you did (which is excellently done, BTW) I use a blend mode. Blending allows details from the original shirt show through and give it that dimension that is missing. I was never a blend mode kind of gal - I have to work at remembering what a great function of PSE it is.
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Post by BuckSkin on Jul 20, 2017 22:30:46 GMT
Sometimes when trying to change a shirt like you did (which is excellently done, BTW) I use a blend mode. Blending allows details from the original shirt show through and give it that dimension that is missing. I was never a blend mode kind of gal - I have to work at remembering what a great function of PSE it is. Thanks. There is a very good explanation of when and why to use blend modes in that free Christmas package from ON1 (I believe); there are I think five short videos that explain it very well. I would assume those same videos may be also on you-tube. After watching those videos, and thus acquiring a much better understanding, I use blend modes quite frequently. |
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