Pictures with Photoshop or other graphic program's

[moonchild64]

I hope this is the right place to start this thread.

Please post any pictures you have enhanced with Photoshop or other graphic program.

Hey ... feel free to post links to pix you won't mind me playing around with also. :)

Here are a few I have done. Bear (or is it bare) in mind that I am teaching myself and haven't read any books on the subject. So, I know they aren't the best but I am learning as I go. If I had a Wacom tablet I am sure I could do better but for now I am having to do everything with a mouse.

This original of this one was a very faded family portrait. My sis-n-law had passed away so I made this for my niece and nephew.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Moonchild64/jackiePhotomanip.jpg

This is a before and after of my daughter, Kayla:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Moonchild64/KKBeforeAnAfter.jpg

Before and after of my sister and her g-babe:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Moonchild64/LeeBeforeandAfter.jpg

After photo of a friend's dog. He was sitting in her lap in the original. You all know Max doncha? ;)

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Moonchild64/MaxPaintSmall.jpg

[jessiegirl]

Wow Lynn those are wonderful. What beautiful woman! I have never really tried to do any kind of photo shopping but I just might try it.

[twowhit]

Ok, here's some photoshop work I've done. One hobby is genealogy, so these are old very old photos of ancestors that I've enhanced.

my grandma is the youngest girl in the before picture (taken in 1891). I wanted a picture of just her parents for a photo "tree" on our family room wall.
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m450/pjskelton/scan01B.jpg

the next 2 are my grandpa's aunt, & the 3rd one is his uncle's family. (These were taken about 1870-1880) My great-great grandparents had 11children & I managed to find a decendant of 9 of them, & some of them sent me copies of old family photos. A couple years ago I had a 340 page book printed that included lots of old photos & documents. Forty descendants bought a copy of the book. Here's an example of the photos I enhanced

http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m450/pjskelton/marietta02A.jpg

http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m450/pjskelton/EtsieMillerA.jpg

http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m450/pjskelton/wardnelliechildren.jpg

[moonchild64]

Oooh I LOVE them! You did an excellent job on all of them. I know your family must be extremely happy to be able to get such good quality pix from old photos.

I believe that is my fave aspect of Photoshop ... the way we can preserve old photos. :)

When my son married, we had a picture taken of him, my 2 girls, hubby and I, and my ex with his wife all together. I made copies of all of us together for the 3 children but then I used Photoshop to eliminate ex and his wife from the photo for my home and then one w/o hubby and I for my ex's home. :)

Jessiegirl, thank you so much for the compliment!

[Motherofthree]

Moonchild!! Those pics are awesome! WOW!!! :)

[Motherofthree]

Ok, here's some photoshop work I've done. One hobby is genealogy, so these are old very old photos of ancestors that I've enhanced.

my grandma is the youngest girl in the before picture (taken in 1891). I wanted a picture of just her parents for a photo "tree" on our family room wall.
http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m450/pjskelton/scan01B.jpg

the next 2 are my grandpa's aunt, & the 3rd one is his uncle's family. (These were taken about 1870-1880) My great-great grandparents had 11children & I managed to find a decendant of 9 of them, & some of them sent me copies of old family photos. A couple years ago I had a 340 page book printed that included lots of old photos & documents. Forty descendants bought a copy of the book. Here's an example of the photos I enhanced

http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m450/pjskelton/marietta02A.jpg

http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m450/pjskelton/EtsieMillerA.jpg

http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m450/pjskelton/wardnelliechildren.jpg

Awesome pics also!! Those are such old pictures and that's awesome that you even have those pictures!!

[imalittletoenail]

hey...how did i miss a photoshop thread :D

moonchild your pics are great!!! very nice work...i'll tell you that a wacom tablet will absolutely spoil you...:)

twowhit...love the old photos and great restoration!!!

i'll post some in a bit too...

[SSIAnkie]

You girls are good....love the pics! :D

[twowhit]

Lynn wrote: "I made copies of all of us together for the 3 children but then I used Photoshop to eliminate ex and his wife from the photo for my home and then one w/o hubby and I for my ex's home."

yeah, I do that too... add or delete people. My daughter calls it "mom's version of how it should be" :D

[rebate queen]

I hope this is the right place to start this thread.

Please post any pictures you have enhanced with Photoshop or other graphic program.

Hey ... feel free to post links to pix you won't mind me playing around with also. :)

Here are a few I have done. Bear (or is it bare) in mind that I am teaching myself and haven't read any books on the subject. So, I know they aren't the best but I am learning as I go. If I had a Wacom tablet I am sure I could do better but for now I am having to do everything with a mouse.

This original of this one was a very faded family portrait. My sis-n-law had passed away so I made this for my niece and nephew.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Moonchild64/jackiePhotomanip.jpg

This is a before and after of my daughter, Kayla:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Moonchild64/KKBeforeAnAfter.jpg

Before and after of my sister and her g-babe:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Moonchild64/LeeBeforeandAfter.jpg

After photo of a friend's dog. He was sitting in her lap in the original. You all know Max doncha? ;)

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Moonchild64/MaxPaintSmall.jpg

That is awesome work!!
That picture of Max would have been great for the contest! I am thinking of the right Max??:o

[moonchild64]

hey...how did i miss a photoshop thread :D

moonchild your pics are great!!! very nice work...i'll tell you that a wacom tablet will absolutely spoil you...

twowhit...love the old photos and great restoration!!!

i'll post some in a bit too...

Oooh ... I can hardly wait for you to post some! :) I love seeing what others are doing.

I just did a new one using AzuAngel's B&W photo. I sure hope she won't mind. The picture was posted in the members photos. AzuAngel ... if you want me to ... I will delete this.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Moonchild64/AzuAngelColorized.jpg

[moonchild64]

Hey ... I did your Great, Great Aunt. Whatcha think? I don't know what color her eyes were, but I could tell they were light so I figured blue or green. So, I kinda went with a color in between. LOL

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Moonchild64/EtsieColorized.jpg

[Max and Skipper's Mom]

they are alll so great!!!!
I have taken some clases on graphic design and picture editing.... lol... These are great thouhg! I have never really put to use what I know. lol.

Thanks Moonchild for the picture of max, i is currently hanging over my computer in my office at home. It brings a smile to my face everytime i look at it.

[Max and Skipper's Mom]

I actually do more of an abstarct photography... some people think it's weird, but I find joy in it. On most of these photos I don't use photoshop or any type of editing, they come straight off of my camera.
I also like taking pictures of the fosters that come in and out of my home. I like to capture how they truly were.

This was my first foster Pico. This shows the fun loving side of him.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/lrg-277-pico.jpg

here are a few others I really really like
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/SS851749.jpg

(not a great picture, but this shows how Bentley was)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/SS851549.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/350.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/Picture004-1.jpg

here are some of the other ones, the artsy ones. lol.
these are of my cat sophie
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/Picture120.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/Picture005-2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/Picture007.jpg

here are some others. (none of these have been photoshopped, lol. I just adjusted the white balance and a few other things on my camera.)

a candle
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/Picture085.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/Picture054.jpg

this one's my favorite
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/Picture003-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/Picture052.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/Picture022.jpg

Okay, lol, enough pictures for one post. lol.... sorry there are so many.

[AzuAngel]

Great picture of me:D lol... and of course I don't mind!:)

I love doing this kind of stuff also with pictures...:D

[Max and Skipper's Mom]

Hey ... I did your Great, Great Aunt. Whatcha think? I don't know what color her eyes were, but I could tell they were light so I figured blue or green. So, I kinda went with a color in between. LOL

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a260/Moonchild64/EtsieColorized.jpg

this is amazing! Hvae you ever thought about doing this for a littl eextra money on the side?
Maybe start with friends and family..... Just a thought. I love this one though!

[jessiegirl]

Max and Skippers Mom (What is your real name? I feel so silly calling you that when I could just call you by your name!)
Anyway, you have absolutely adorable animals and those pictures are wonderful!

Lynn, those black and white pictures that you have turned to color are amazing!

[Motherofthree]

Okay I have to ask this question.. How exactly do you do this? Do you use the curser like a paint brush and color the picture free hand?? I am so lost!:o

[twowhit]

Lynn... LOVE the colorization!!!!.... I'm going to HAVE to find out how you do that! I can see what I'm going to be wasting a lot of time doing, as soon as I find out how t do it. ;)

[Max and Skipper's Mom]

Max and Skippers Mom (What is your real name? I feel so silly calling you that when I could just call you by your name!)
Anyway, you have absolutely adorable animals and those pictures are wonderful!

Lynn, those black and white pictures that you have turned to color are amazing!

lol. Its amanda! You can call me whatever though. lol. I am not too picky. :D

[moonchild64]

Amanda, Love the pix. The one you said is your fave turns out to be my fave also. Was that photoshopped or some odd setting on your camera? It is so awesome!

AzuAngel, glad you like it. :)

As for how I do it ... I know y'all prob don't believe me ... but I honestly don't know what I am doing. I just keep playing around until I get something I like. I do sorta loosely follow this tutorial quite a bit:
http://nocturnal-devil.deviantart.com/art/Photomanip-Tutorial-41990894

As for colorizing, I just started that last night. I dl'ed a free trial of the Akvis colourizer plugin for PhotoShop. It is amazing! I would soooooo love to have a Wacom tablet and the full set of Akvis plugins. With some practice I could do some work from home and help us get out of this mess we are in. And wouldn't that be awesome ... to be able to work and also be doing what I like to do!!!

Btw, I just joined OPR (operation Photo Rescue). The volunteers there help restore photos damaged in floods, fires, etc. I figure it would be a great opp to help others plus learn tips and tricks on restoring. If anyone is interested, it is here:

http://www.operationphotorescue.org/

[moonchild64]

Okay I have to ask this question.. How exactly do you do this? Do you use the curser like a paint brush and color the picture free hand?? I am so lost!:o

Check out the coloriage tut here:

http://akvis.com/en/tutorials-photo-editing-software.php

The plugin is only good for 10 days but you may want to get it and try it out anyways. :)

[imalittletoenail]

here are few that i have done...i dont do a lot of photo restoration though mostly designs and stuff in photoshop...anyway...

these first two are two of my favorites, part of a 3 part series...

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/skunks79/portpage.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/skunks79/about.jpg

i did this for hubby

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/skunks79/littledave.jpg

this one i posted in another thread too but i drew this one in photoshop

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/skunks79/dave.jpg

[Max and Skipper's Mom]

here are few that i have done...i dont do a lot of photo restoration though mostly designs and stuff in photoshop...anyway...

these first two are two of my favorites, part of a 3 part series...

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/skunks79/portpage.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/skunks79/about.jpg

i did this for hubby

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/skunks79/littledave.jpg

this one i posted in another thread too but i drew this one in photoshop

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/skunks79/dave.jpg


I love love love the last one. I wanted to do something like this in my office of my dogs. lol. I love the art work by Dean Russo. As soon as I get photoshop going I want to do a watercolor like this of skipper and max in photoshop and make it look like one of russos. I cant afford a $100-$400 paitining.... lol...

Moonchild:
It wasnt a photo editing. lol,. I changed a few settings in my camera. . I absolutely love the thing you are in! Thats a great cause!!!

[imalittletoenail]

I love love love the last one. I wanted to do something like this in my office of my dogs. lol. I love the art work by Dean Russo. As soon as I get photoshop going I want to do a watercolor like this of skipper and max in photoshop and make it look like one of russos. I cant afford a $100-$400 paitining....

i wasn't familiar with russo's work so i went and googled...it is absolutely beautiful...gave me some interesting inspiration actually...i am starting a painting for my husband...he is turning 40 soon and i wanted to do something with some interesting colors and textures with tissue paper and mix it with printed, photoshop work...gave me some interesting ideas what to do with the colors of tissue and some found objects...
amanda, you have inspired me this evening by posting that :D thanx!!!

[moonchild64]

this one i posted in another thread too but i drew this one in photoshop

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/skunks79/dave.jpg

How did you do that? I LOVE it! Is there a tutorial for something similar available?

Now I have to look up that artist y'all are talking about. Sounds interesting. :)

[moonchild64]

OKay ... I looked up Dean Russo and now I am going to have to try something similar. LOL

[twowhit]

here are few that i have done...i dont do a lot of photo restoration though mostly designs and stuff in photoshop...anyway...

these first two are two of my favorites, part of a 3 part series...

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/skunks79/portpage.jpg
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/skunks79/about.jpg

i did this for hubby

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/skunks79/littledave.jpg

this one i posted in another thread too but i drew this one in photoshop

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i147/skunks79/dave.jpg


Oh my gosh!!!!! you are absolutely TALENTED!!!!! I didn't even know photoshop could be used for graphic art... not that i'm even going to try it, I'm so totally unartistic. If you don't do this for a paying job you certainly should! these are all really terriffic!!

[Max and Skipper's Mom]

How did you do that? I LOVE it! Is there a tutorial for something similar available?

Now I have to look up that artist y'all are talking about. Sounds interesting. :)

I will be checking back for a tutorial as well.

[Motherofthree]

Thanks for the info moonchild!

WOW! I can't believe how talented you all are!! :)

[Cpogie]

WOW, some really neat pics in here, thanks for sharing them. Do any of you use Snapfish for prints?

[imalittletoenail]

How did you do that? I LOVE it! Is there a tutorial for something similar available?

thanx...i will see if i can find a good tutorial...what i do believe it or not, is just use the paintbrush tool...i approach it like a drawing or painting for the shades, etc...i use different size brushes for outlines and the colors...i also use a wacom...so it really is just like sitting and drawing it...i don't know if that makes sense LOL...i'm gonna look for a tutorial, explaining things isn't a skill i'm known for :D

twowhit...thank you very much for the wonderful compliments!!! and yes, i do this for a living ;) it is so much fun too!!

[Max and Skipper's Mom]

A few weeks ago I played with the idea of max doing paintings for our rescue... I know it sounds silly... a dog paint? lol. I recently did 2 for my office. They are 8 X 10'S that are in fuscia and lime green. I dipped his paws in non toxic paint and let him walk on a piece of computer paper. It didnt look half bad. I framed them in a black frame and hung them up. Today I took them down and decided they needed something. I glued on a few seqcuins the the "paiting" and they look great!!! it's actually very "chic" I'll upload pics soon. I am thinking about doing one for his old foster mom in different colors and doing a red seqcuins heart.... how cute. Anyway, just thought I would share this idea.

[Max and Skipper's Mom]

ok here's the picture... it's different.... but I really like it. I like odd things though. lol. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/atredway2788/SS855470.jpg

[mspete]

Great work - I have some very old pictures that I need to try to work with. Thanks for sharing your work.

[ce.moody]

WOW, some really neat pics in here, thanks for sharing them. Do any of you use Snapfish for prints?

Yes, I do and they turn out well. I also use Shutterfly.com, memeo.com, costcophotocenter.com and the other online photo printers used by picasa.google.com.

[Cpogie]

Does anyone know of a free photo/graphic program? I have someone who is looking for either a free program or an inexpensive program. Thanks for any help you may have.

[notyard]

Does anyone know of a free photo/graphic program? I have someone who is looking for either a free program or an inexpensive program. Thanks for any help you may have.

--both of these programs use controls and provide features similar to Photoshop

If they run Windows XP or Vista, they might want to try Sumo Paint--lots of features, and absolutely free. Link: http://sumopaint.com/web/

Another great free photo editing program--Artweaver from Germany. Link to the English version of their website: http://www.artweaver.de/index.php?en_version

[Cpogie]

Jude, thank you so much! I just passed the info on to my friend. I sure hope she can use it. :D