Adventures in Photoshop, Part __ ?

[red_satin_doll]

Trying to teach myself PS CC is sometimes fun and sometimes sends me screaming into the night. As in last night, trying to correct a photograph of a rose I wanted to have printed and just muffing it up horribly. *le sigh*

The various "sharpen" functions are ones I have not mastered yet at all.  I'm sure I'll love it when I master it but I'm at that stage I was when I transitioned from Photobucket to ipiccy a couple of years ago: "I just want to do this, I just want my little slider bar back, where is the eraser so I can selectively apply this effect?" etc etc etc.  That said I do LOVELOVEOVE the fun effects with fonts - especially drop shadows, contouring and glow effects.

This morning I had a little more luck inmproving contrast, brightness, color, warmth etc on a photo I took yesterday of flowers behind the garage, but it still feels like I'm in the "beginner's luck" stage. I didn't even attempt to sharpen either of these, btw. Baby steps, baby steps.....

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[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was actually late afternoon but I apparently moved into a shadow because the other shots of the flowers I took in partial sunlight didn't look this cold and blue, so I was trying to get this one to match the other photos in the set. I think I did an okay job. (the original does look like nighttime doesn't it?)

Now I should try to see if I can do the reverse effect.

Did you know that google turned their Nik Collection photoshop filters into freeware?

A friend of mine just told me about that the other day! I had never even heard of Nik before but I'm starting to download them. He mentioned it and I was like, "for all the supposed sophistication of Photoshop and all the tools and toys I still need to download stuff just to do the basics I want to do?" But thank you very much - and I haven't watched the video intro yet, I'll do so right now.

(cough - early season buffy screencaps - cough)

I FEEL ya, hon. :D

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

"for all the supposed sophistication of Photoshop and all the tools and toys I still need to download stuff just to do the basics I want to do?"
Hee, I know the feeling.
Well, you can do all that stuff without Nik Collection, but it would take more time (and browsing through the premade filters occasionally gives you new ideas). So, as it's free now, there is no reason not to use it )

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

I'm actually looking forward to playing around with them. And I am now trying to resist using spicy but hey, sometimes I just have to get stuff done. I'm sure I'll come running to you when I have questions about the Nik collection (you don't mind do you? *lol*)

[rbfvid.livejournal.com]

you don't mind do you?
Not at all)