Create and Share - Week 1

This week we learned about filters and photo effects - about native filters (shipped with PSE) and purchased or freeware filters, and how to manage these filters.
Our homework: 1. Post an image following excercise 1; 2. Post some images using third party filters.

Badlands - Original

Badlands - manipulated with filters

Cadillac Ranch

Cadillac Ranch - Flaming Pear Kyoto Filter



Using Mosaic Filter

Xero Filter - Line Art

Saguaro Cactus - Arizona

Flaming Pear Filter - Tachyon

PSE7 - Week 4

In Lesson 4 we learned about selections and the associated tools, and how to create a composite.

This is a composite of pictures I took of my younger grandchildren at a family reunion a few years ago. It was kinda time consuming - I used 17 layers.

PSE7 - Week 3

In lesson three we learned how to create Photo Vignettes and Using the Smart Brush Tool.

Great-Grand-Daughter Gracie - 10 days old

Granddaughter Lisa's Wedding Shower (Gag Gift)

Smart Brush - Selective Coloring

Galena, Idaho - pretty dull picture

Spiced up with Smart Brush - Clouds

I used it on the whole picture

PSE7 - Week2

In this lesson we studied "Navigating an Image"; Use of "Project Bin"; "Palettes and Palette Bin; using "Autosmart Fix; and "Setting Program Preferences".

Our homework assignment: Post flower photo and alter it using the "Effects" palette; Use one or more of our own photos and improve it with the automatic correction tool.

Original Flower Photo

Using "High Pass" and adding recessed frame





Using the "Mosaic" Effect
(Just in case I might want to make a counted cross-stitch picture)



Here is granddaughter Kayla with bright red eyes

So what went wrong when I tried to use the automatic red eye remover. Kayla now has one red and one blue eye, and I haven't a clue how to fix that. I also used the brightness corrector.

PSE7 - Week 1

I have enrolled in a Basic Photoshop Elements (PSE7) Class through EclecticAcademy http://www.eclecticacademy.com/ - teacher Sara Froelich.

Assignments for week 1 were to post before and after pictures which were altered using Guided Edit only.

This is a Line Drawing of the Statue of Liberty (picture taken Oct 2008)

New York Skyline as seen from Liberty Park

For the skyline I used the Guided Edit for pencil sketch - then adjusted brightness

For the houseplant I used the Adjust Levels feature in the Guided Edit.