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  • #40972
    Cassel
    Keymaster
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      • Superfan

      Minka, to answer your question, I am using an old Wacom tablet. It is set on my desktop, and I have no mouse plugged on that computer (other than the mouse that CAN be used on the tablet, but I NEVER use it). My suggestions are these:

      – find a comfortable place to set it up. I have tried putting it on the right of my keyboard, but it didn’t feel comfortable or natural. I ended up setting it right in front of me, on the drawer that is supposed to hold the keyboard. I find that it feels just like writing on a piece of paper in front of me. Then, I moved the keyboard on the desk itself.

      – hide your mouse for a while. Force yourself to use the tablet for a while. It can be used with PSP for sure, but it can also be used everywhere else: text documents, surfing the net, etc. It can take you a good week at least to start getting comfortable with using the stylus instead of the mouse.

      – get acquainted with the options of your tablet and stylus. Some will have a way to replicate the right-click, some will have a button for Back (like when you navigate on a browser), some will need you to touch the tablet others allow you to just hover. Check what settings you CAN adjust also to make it more comfortable.

      – practice!

      Good luck!

      #40973
      ScrapRic
      Participant
        • 7
        • Rookie

        Hi Cassel,
        Thank you for all of your help during this program. I have learnt a lot
        Eric

        #40974
        Annie Tobin
        Participant
          • 2938
          • Superfan

          So glad you liked my puffin Lynda, thank you. Your Arizona page is lovely and the meli-melo background paper turned out beautifully, well done Hon. <3

          #40975
          Annie Tobin
          Participant
            • 2938
            • Superfan

            Thanks Dorothy! And, thanks also for the lovely pages you have created … a pleasure for me to peruse! <3

            #40976
            Annie Tobin
            Participant
              • 2938
              • Superfan

              Nice work Trish … your pop art pops! <3

              #40977
              Annie Tobin
              Participant
                • 2938
                • Superfan

                Masked and blended beautifully Michele, well done my friend. <3

                #40981
                trish williams
                Participant
                  • 805
                  • Superfan

                  Paint Splash. coudnt get this working right, but finally there. Think my brain needs recharging xx

                  Thank you Annie, Pop Art interesting to do, but dont think I will do anymore,  bit like my one and only grandaughter, my son said did it once and dont want to do it again xx

                  #40982
                  Lynda DiGregor
                  Participant
                    • 1047
                    • Superfan

                    Trish,

                    I’m impressed. This photo of your granddaughter is perfect for this effect. Tell your son he did such a good job the first time perhaps he should give it another go.  This little girl looks old enough to help out. Just sayin’  🙂

                    #40984
                    trish williams
                    Participant
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                      • Superfan

                      Ha Ha Lyn thanks for the compliment, she will be 26 in a couple of months and living in London , bit scary at this time.
                      he would rather give birth to a racing bike, loves getting his knee down as he seys.
                      Well another project done, I Blueprint, I have the script, but I think this has come out better than any I have done by the script, although I use that on older, complicated buildings, so might make a difference. will have to try it on this photo.

                       

                      #40986
                      trish williams
                      Participant
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                        • Superfan

                        this from the script, only took 2 minutes

                        #40991
                        Colleen
                        Participant
                          • 48
                          • Rookie

                          This is a very rough draft of an attempt at northern lights.

                          You can’t really see the starry sky with this thumbnail, but if you click on the pic, you can see it. I did the sky by adding noise to a black fill, then adjusting the levels (Adjust>Brightness/Contrast>Levels) to get more black & a random scattering of stars. Then for the northern lights, I used the Ionized brush in the Particle Shop plug-in (which came with my PSP2020). I then added a motion blur, but it didn’t do exactly what I wanted, so I added more blur by using gaussian blur.

                          (I don’t think I know how to use the motion blur correctly. What I was trying to do was blur the brush stroke in a vertical manner. It did it a little, but not enough, which is when I added the gaussian blur as well.)

                          Anyway, this is just from playing around & it’s not good enough to use a paper yet, but I wanted to post it here because I think the Ionized brush is really cool.

                          If anyone has better ideas on how to do northern lights, please let me know.  🙂

                          P.S. I watched a Photoshop tutorial on how to do the starry sky. Using PSP, I had to play around more with the levels, but the tutorial gave me the gist. If there is a tutorial here on how do a starry sky, let me know, because I would much prefer to follow Cassel’s PSP tutorials, not Photoshop.

                          #40993
                          Colleen
                          Participant
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                            • Rookie

                            I just posted a comment with a pic, but now I can’t see it. Can anyone see a post from me right above this one?

                            #40994
                            Lynda DiGregor
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                              • 1047
                              • Superfan

                              Trish,

                              That’s funny…. It never crossed my mind that this was not a recent photo. I imagine she grew into a beautiful young lady.

                              BTW I really like your Pop Art too.

                               

                               

                              #40995
                              Lynda DiGregor
                              Participant
                                • 1047
                                • Superfan

                                Colleen,

                                This came into my e-mail but I can’t see anything posted here although I clicked on your link in the e-mail. Very strange!

                                #40999
                                Annie Tobin
                                Participant
                                  • 2938
                                  • Superfan

                                  Nice job with the paint splash effect Trish. I hope your granddaughter is safe and well in London … terrible times for all. Stay safe my friend. <3

                                  #41000
                                  Annie Tobin
                                  Participant
                                    • 2938
                                    • Superfan

                                    Hi Colleen. I cannot see a post from you and unlike Lynda I did not receive an email. A similar thing happened to me a couple of months ago and I figured that it had to do with 2 people posting at exactly the same time. One post seems to go through but the other misses. Just my observation Hon. <3

                                    #41002
                                    Colleen
                                    Participant
                                      • 48
                                      • Rookie

                                      Thanks Lynda! I’ll post it again…

                                      This is a very rough draft of the northern lights in a starry sky. (You’ll need to click on the pic to see the stars).

                                      I couldn’t find a starry sky tutorial for PSP, so I looked at a Photoshop tutorial, just had to make a couple adjustments for PSP. I did the starry sky by adding noise to a black canvas and then adjusting the levels (Adjust>Brightness/Contrast>Levels) to get more black & less white, for scattered stars.

                                      Awhile ago, I was playing around in the Particle Shop brush plug-in that came with my PSP2020 and loved what the Ionized brush did, to me it looked like the start of northern lights, so I wanted to try to create a paper.

                                      After creating the northern lights, I added a motion blur, then a gaussian blur. Sidenote: I’m not doing the motion blur correctly, because I wanted a vertical blur, but couldn’t get it right, which is why I added the additional gaussian blur.

                                      This was just practice and not good enough for a paper. I’ll have to play around more.

                                      P.S. If anyone knows a better way to do a starry sky & northern lights, please let me know. And/Or if there is a tutorial for either of those in here, let me know, because I obviously couldn’t find it when I did a search 🙂 .

                                      Let me know what you think, if you think it looks like a good start.

                                      #41003
                                      Colleen
                                      Participant
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                                        • Rookie

                                        Thanks Annie!  It’s happened to me before also, so I’ll try to remember that as being the possible reason.

                                        I went ahead and posted it again.

                                        #41007
                                        Minka
                                        Participant
                                          • 335
                                          • Enthusiast

                                          Thank you for the tips, Cassel. I’m going to set it up right here … but I can foresee a bit of frustration coming on! LOL Now might be just the right time as we are already frustrated. Be a good diversion. Thanks again.

                                          #41010
                                          Bonnie Ballentine
                                          Participant
                                            • 1643
                                            • Superfan

                                            My niece and nephew contemplating the Covid 19 situation. He is working from home; she is taking online classes. Mom took the picture…while they were walking. Actually, I don’t know what they were thinking but this was just 2 days ago and we are social distancing.

                                            #41011
                                            Michele
                                            Participant
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                                              • Superfan

                                              Collen, I thought your page was an actual photo of the aurora. Beautifully done.

                                              #41017
                                              Lynda DiGregor
                                              Participant
                                                • 1047
                                                • Superfan

                                                Colleen,

                                                Your Northern Lights look pretty good. We get them here (Illinois) every once in a while and your colors look good. Ours are not quite as vivid but that doesn’t mean they are not in other parts of the world.

                                                #41019
                                                Annie Tobin
                                                Participant
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                                                  • Superfan

                                                  You are welcome Colleen! Your Northern Lights is beautiful, well done my friend. <3

                                                  #41020
                                                  Annie Tobin
                                                  Participant
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                                                    • Superfan

                                                    Understated and beautifully done Bonnie … the photo speaks for itself. I love what you have done with this, well done Hon. <3

                                                    #41031
                                                    Dorothy Donn
                                                    Participant
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                                                      • Enthusiast

                                                      Most of the month was spent hunkered down in Lab 5. Tonight I finished Module 11I guess I was a bit slap- happy tired because this is what ended up as the fun font..

                                                      I should have called in monster mash after mixing a metafile with a vector with a picture tube  and an old paper.

                                                      I hope you all get a smile out of this one LOL

                                                      (LOVELO is the font.)

                                                      #41032
                                                      Annie Tobin
                                                      Participant
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                                                        • Superfan

                                                        Definitely made me smile Dorothy, well done Hon. <3

                                                        #41034
                                                        Annie Tobin
                                                        Participant
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                                                          • Superfan

                                                          I made an alpha following Cassel’s tutorial in Master Class for Monogramming in Style.  I created a patchwork paper and then went to work.  Boy oh boy … it did take an age to create the full alpha.  I am just glad that the font I used (Oliver) did not have lower case otherwise it would have taken another couple of days, lol!  Thanks for takin a peek!

                                                          #41036
                                                          Colleen
                                                          Participant
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                                                            • Rookie

                                                            Michele, thank you very much!

                                                            Lynda, thank you! You’re so lucky that you’ve seen them! I live in the Indianapolis area, so I have yet to see them. It is on my bucket list. Oh and yes, the ones I made are too bright, but once I feel comfortable w/the blurring & placement, I’ll play around with the opacity.

                                                            Annie, thank you! And I love the alpha you made!

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