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Open PNG Files With Photoshop or Elements On A Mac
A lot of my digital files that have transparent areas such as overlays, frames, tape are saved in the .png file format. The problem is that a Mac is set to open these types of files in the Preview...
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Using OnOne Perfect Effects To Add Snap To A Floral Photograph
I’m often asked how I to get crisp details and bright tones in florals. Of course, getting a good capture to begin with is the most important step, but we’ll cover that another time! Using Photoshop...
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Creating A Photo Illustration Effect With Watercolor Brushes: Part 1
I’ve had a lot of requests for a tutorial on how I created this image of a French Castle that looks like it’s an illustration. A Tutorial In Four Parts While this technique is pretty simple, I wanted...
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Creating A Photo Illustration Effect With Watercolor Brushes: Part 2
This is part 2 of the 4 part tutorial on creating this photo illustration effect. (Part 1 is an overview of the entire tutorial.) Choosing and Preparing The Color Image This post is divided into 3...
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Creating A Photo Illustration Effect With Watercolor Brushes: Part 3
This is part 3 of the 4 part tutorial on creating a photo illustration effect (see finished illustration at the end of the post.) In this part I’ll cover creating a Line Art Illustration effect from a...
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Creating A Photo Illustration Effect With Watercolor Brushes: Part 4
In this 4th and last part of the tutorial, we are going to put all the elements together to create our final photo illustration. The Components For The Illustration In part 1, I showed you how you...
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Iris Flower With Photoshop Filters
In the last post, I showed you my set up for photographing an iris flower intended for my designs. In this post, I share my creative Photoshop filter explorations. The Master File I’m not going to go...
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Using The Photoshop Stamp Filter To Create A Design Element
In the last post where I showed you my Photoshop filter exploration on an iris photograph, one of my examples was using the Photoshop / Sketch / Stamp filter. In this post, I want to show you how I...
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Rose Photograph Plus Texture Plus Impression Filter
I love combining a photograph, a texture, and the Topaz Labs Impression Filter to create a digital painting. The Original Photograph Usually, when I create textured florals, they are photographed in...
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Self Portrait With Textures And Impression Filter
Here is a self-portrait I did with textures added and then finished with the *Topaz Labs Impression painterly filter. Original Photograph And Textures Self portrait photograph: (taken in 2014) taken...
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