A photoshop challenge

Thanks to Cynthia Powell  for her first official Challenge in playing with Photoshop.  Even though I'm supposed to be getting packed for Quilt Festival, I couldn't resist playing with the picture she provided, of a beautiful old door:

And here's my answer to the challenge.  I used some filters and added the critters, plus their shadows.  Not nearly as detailed and beautiful as Cindy's example on her website, but then I only spent about a half hour on this ... because I couldn't stand not to!

More Photoshopping

Cynthia (Cindy) Powell has created a new blog, Digital Montage Studio Challenge, for Photoshop challenges.  I couldn't resist trying out the first one, even though it doesn't "officially" start until November 1.  Having taken an on-line class from her last month, I enjoyed it so much and it opened so many doors for me, that I'm really looking forward to her challenges, tips and tricks.

Here's the first one, "Adding a Gradient Layer".  Of course, I had to play a bit and add 3 different gradients to this black-and-white photo I had of a street in San Miguel de Allende (my favorite city in Mexico), plus a Multiply blending mode.

The original black-and-white, which I had already played around with a bit in Photoshop.

And above is the altered photo, with 3 different gradients added, plus Multiply Mode.  I think it looks kind of like some of those old hand-tinted photographs.

What do you think?  Isn't this fun?  I can see lots of ways of using this one little trick in my fiber art.

Windows of the Soul

I've been taking an on-line Photoshop painting class with Cynthia Powell, called Advanced Digital Workshop (http://cynthiapowelldesigns.blogspot.com/).  Here are some of the results.  The first image is my original digital painting from a photograph, with the rest are just a few examples of various filters and layers added, followed by two types of collages.

My original digital painting.

A color layer was added here.

I used a picture of a large flower as an overlay here.

 

A hard-light filter.

Another flower overlay.

Same flower overlay, different filter.

the first collage ... not very exciting.

I like this version better.

Thank you, Cindy, for a fun and very informative workshop!  I'll definitely be signing up for more.