greenRoom…

Peta Evans-Taylor | Hold On imagery/editing from gwennie2006 • YouTube™ Used with permission from Peta's Out of the Darkness CD.


Often times you can add some texture through additional layers, and especially when the original photograph is shot with some sort of texture behind it. In greenRoom I applied several layers and all blended into the previous layer beneath it with a light blending mode,

such as screen, multiply, etc. I did select the subject first and used the Pen Tool to get the most accurate edge. It is also quite qwick with the Pen Tool and completely editable if you need to tweak it some.
 Following are a couple other pieces from the Deanna Cremin Memorial Foundation as well as a few pages from the introducttion to the Power of Art, from gwennie2006...





Automatic Download of 8-Page tutorial in .PDF format:
Introduction | the Power of Art | 44 MB PDF file • GrfxDziner.com


For some similar techniques for a different style of textured, you can have a look at these examples. Each is much better explained in the blog written about each of the edits. The indivisual blog links are below the images...

Check out these blogs too from the
Deanna Cremin Memorial Foundation:
GrfxDziner.com | Texturized • Cabin Fever…
GrfxDziner.com | GoldiLoches • Out of the Woods…




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Deanna Cremin Memorial Foundation | Recent Uploads

~Candlelight Vigil~ Deanna Cremin
Investigator/Reporter - Bob Ward
My Fox Boston | Fox25 News - Monday, March 29, 2010



flickr HiveMind | MotherChildSeries
http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/MotherChildSeries
flickr HiveMind | 4Deanna(recent uploads)
http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/4Deanna/Recent

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Lesson 2B: Rooftops & Skylines...

SkyEffect | search • flickr HiveMind
BlurEffect | search • flickr HiveMind

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Lesson2B: the Polygonal Lasso Tool | PDF file • GrfxDziner.com

Lesson 2: the Lasso Tools | Forum 8 • GrfxDziner.com

The Polygonal Lasso Tool is ideal for selecting rooftops and skylines of any kind. Once selected, manipulation of the background can done more easily. The above photo uses the existing background with some blur effects. The below photo has the background replaced. Which is easier? Replacing the background is actually easier. Plus, that will allow you to do things seperately to the background and foreground. Panning in animation becomes more realistic when the foreground and background pan differently. They normally should, and by having the background travel slower, it will appear to be further away.





Dropkick Murphys | Official Site



This has another example, and by clicking the image (or link below it), there is a detailed description of the Polygonal Lasso Tool...

St. Thomas Home {edit}: | Fix My Pic Please Teach Me • flickr.com



Remember, that is just one example of using the Polygonal Lasso Tool. It is really perfect for anything with straight edges.



When you are just starting out with the Lasso Tools, the polygonal one can help you with curves. Just make short segments, and feather a touch. Then, try the Elliptical Marquee Tool...

Lesson5A: the Elliptical Marquee Tool | search • flickr HiveMind
Automatic Download of 5-Page tutorial in .PDF format:
Lesson5A: the Elliptical Marquee Tool | PDF file • GrfxDziner.com
Includes introduction to animation work as well.

flickr tag search | 4Deanna(recent uploads)
http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/4Deanna/Recent
flickr tag search | MyFoxBoston(recent uploads)
http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/MyFoxBoston/Recent
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check out this blog too from the
Deanna Cremin Memorial Foundation:
GrfxDziner.com | Hair We Go Again...
http://gwennie2006.blogspot.com/2010/02/hair-we-go-again.html

Hocus Pocus, We're Out of Focus...

Evanescence - The Open Door | official site

With the following selection techniques and additonal blurring methods, and image can be quite dramatically enhanced. Stepping the blur in stages will also give the illusion of greater depth......





Examples | Lesson 2C • flickr.com

Lesson 2C: the Magnetic Lasso Tool:




Examples | Blur Effect • flickr.com

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Lesson 2C: the Magnetic Lasso Tool | PDF file • GrfxDziner.com
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Complete Lasso Tool instruction for all styles
including toturial support files for each lesson.....
Forum 8: the Lasso Tool | PDF file • GrfxDziner.com




For more advance selection, try the Pen Tool
Examples | Lesson 4 • flickr.com
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