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Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM

03/31/2005 08:55:36 AM · #1

yesterday, lhall and i met up at the Photoshop Down & Dirty seminar and had a blast! they told us when it started that by 4:30 we'd need duct tape to keep our heads from exploding from all the stuff they were going to cram in, and THEY WERE RIGHT! the time-saving tips and keyboard shortcuts were worth the price of admission alone. i highly recommend this to anyone who feels their photoshop skills need to be pushed up a notch.

here are some fun/useless things i did when i got home. they are pretty much from the workbook. i just wanted to practice some things i learned before i forgot too much. the notes in the images have the steps.

pulling a 'polaroid' out of your image

'painting' photos

a different type of view

saving a boring photo (sort of...)

putting an image to work

autool

Canon EOS-20D

03/31/2005 09:16:28 AM · #2

Thanks for sharing and taking the time for the "mini-tute" on each one.
It looks like you enjoyed yourself.

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

03/31/2005 11:40:27 AM · #3

Originally posted by autool:

Thanks for sharing and taking the time for the "mini-tute" on each one.
It looks like you enjoyed yourself.

you're welcome! a little knowledge is a dangerous thing...who knows where this will lead?

by scuds

scuds

Canon EOS-30D

03/31/2005 11:42:26 AM · #4

Originally posted by skiprow:

Originally posted by autool:
Thanks for sharing and taking the time for the "mini-tute" on each one.
It looks like you enjoyed yourself.

you're welcome! a little knowledge is a dangerous thing...who knows where this will lead?

HaHAHAHA!!!!

Not trying to copy you, but I just did :-)

I guess my GF will like to have a printed version of it.......

Message edited by author 2005-03-31 11:42:47.

edwalk74

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

03/31/2005 11:49:53 AM · #5

Thanks for the tips. I love learning cool new ideas. I need to hit one of those photoshop classes. Nice.

Beetle

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

03/31/2005 11:54:36 AM · #6

wow, skip, those are great!!
Got any more of them, huh huh huh pretty please???

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

03/31/2005 01:14:43 PM · #7

Originally posted by Beetle:

wow, skip, those are great!!
Got any more of them, huh huh huh pretty please???

Originally posted by edwalk74:

I need to hit one of those photoshop classes

for anyone serious about their digital photography, i cannot promote taking a class enough (even though the above image has absolutely nothing to do with photography...lol).

Message edited by author 2005-03-31 13:14:56.

LindaLee

Canon EOS-40D

03/31/2005 02:31:34 PM · #8

The seminar was fantastic, and my head felt like it would explode by the end of the day! Too much information! Skip's been busy practicing everything we learned, I got inspired to finish a project that's been sitting on my desk for months: a CD for a musician friend. (The background for the CD is "non-negotiable", it's a painting by his father that he wants for the background.)I tried using some of the collaging techniques we learned: (sorry, no tutorials like Skip did!)

Message edited by author 2005-03-31 14:33:14.

colyla

Canon EOS-50D

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II

03/31/2005 02:40:02 PM · #9

these are awesome! Can these be put over in the tutorials or is there a way to have a "favorites" threads in a person's favorites along with photos and photographers?

These would be great to use and them put into a photo book for gifts (my mother would love this with all the grandkids and stuff)

03/31/2005 03:32:01 PM · #10

a couple more...

using text to mask an image

something of a collage...

thanks for the comments, glad ya'll are finding this 'useful'. if you are interested in more stuff like this, check out National Association of Photoshop Professionals. they are the ones who put on the seminars.

[note: i just joined yesterday, and can already see a ton of benefit. in another thread, scalvert differentiated between 'registered' users and 'members' as those serious enough about their photography to pay the $25 fee. i wouldn't say this organization is the be-all, end-all, but, i would say that a membership such as this can go a LONG, LONG ways towards enhancing your craft...]

nico_blue

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

03/31/2005 03:53:23 PM · #11

thanks so much for these Skip!

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

03/31/2005 04:37:15 PM · #12

Originally posted by nico_blue:

thanks so much for these Skip!

you're welcome, nick!

i've put them all in a collection in my portfolio

i also would appreciate any feedback from any one who has better/quicker ways to do some of this stuff.

kdkaboom

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

03/31/2005 05:20:03 PM · #13

I am having so much fun with the painting thingy. I'm not posting any pics, because they don't look very good, but I'm enjoying myself...so there! :)

kdkaboom

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

03/31/2005 07:08:46 PM · #14

Ok, I lied.

The painting thingy I just can't get quite right. I think it's more that I can't find a good photo for the trickin'. But it's fun!

Cheers,
Katy

Bud

Canon EOS-550D Rebel T2i

Sigma 18-250mm f/3.5-6.3 DC OS HSM

03/31/2005 07:21:31 PM · #15

Thanks for sharing... I love this sort of thing. I will have to work on it when I have some time.

debitipton

Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 II

03/31/2005 07:32:44 PM · #16

I have spent way too much time playing today but I'm having a blast with all these Photoshop techniques. Thank you Skip for sharing!

Here's some of my attempts

and my favorite

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

03/31/2005 09:19:56 PM · #17

Jaysus, Skip, this is downright subversive when viewed alongside the thread on whether "editing" is "cheating"....

Robt.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

04/03/2005 03:16:14 PM · #18

Originally posted by bear_music:

Jaysus, Skip, this is downright subversive when viewed alongside the thread on whether "editing" is "cheating"....

Robt.

i guess it all depends on the audience ;-) i doubt if any of these would be useful for challenges, but family, friends, neighbors, and fellow scrap-bookers seem to enjoy them...

heres a couple more...

torn-edge

soft-vignette

wewillexplore

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

04/03/2005 03:33:44 PM · #19

This stuff is great. Keep them coming.

04/03/2005 04:17:21 PM · #20

Originally posted by mavrik:

This stuff is great. Keep them coming.

Thanks!

this has a few steps, but it's fun...

Beetle