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Suzy, I loved your recount of your graphic design days. It’s a case of “be careful what you ask for, you might get it” isnt it. Learning about everyone’s lives is so interesting and sometimes humourous.
Ann, I wish I was standing on that dock in that warm sunset. What a great photograph.
I went to one In Edmonton (Alberta, CAN) this summer. I loved it. And it was kitten time! There was a coffe shop on one side (very small) where you pay to go into the rooms with the cats and you get free drinks the whole time you are there. I have two cats now (6 in total), but grew up with small dogs. I am a big dog lover, I love to rough-house with them. Actually I am an animal lover. When my hubby and I moved out we worked long hours and had a long commute so we got a farm cat from the farm we worked at. The only cat that we had from a kitten stage. The rest were young adults from rescue centres. We both worked at several horse breeding farms over the years, hubby was a stallion handler for breeder. I worked mostly with mom’s and babes. If I had to pick dog or cat, I think I’d be little more a cat person, they have such personalities (and judgy attitudes ?), but they can be self sufficient too.
Cindy, I love your cat-cafe, it’s pretty close to the one I was at.
Awesome Mary. That means I’m at the right place. How cool your daughter-in-law is living my dream job. Although she has to create for clients needs…..SCARY! Actually, the challenges in the campus teach us to create with criteria created by someone else. I marvel at how designers come up with different stuff over and over and over, and on a time line no less.
Thank you Ann and Kasany. That really means a lot, as I struggle with design and what I see in my head is not anything near what the finished product looks like. I guess that’s why it takes me weeks to do one Lab. ? Ann. I’ll send you the file on messenger…if they take files that big. I would have love to have met you years ago. I love your sense of humour. I think if I knew you in person I wouldnt be working the minimum wage job I have now. I had dreamt of being a graphic designer; I was chicken, I didnt go for it. So, now I consider everyone at the campus my mentors and I decided it’s not too late learn.
Thanks for notifying us by email too. I just started looking at FB again, but normaly it can be 3 months before I’m on it. It’s a time sucker, so I generally avoid it.
Had some time finally to get back to the Labs. Wanted to get this in before the closure.
Lab 6-4
- Banner
- Lifted Flap
- Silhouette
Background paper and astronaught from Pixabay. Fonts are Brites (title), The Moonlight (rest of the text), Alafyou Swirly (script on the banner). Photo is mine from the last full moon (that I could see). I did negative image on it and tweaked both to make them like day and night moons. PSP 2022 was cranky today, text tool freezing up PSP and it would crash and I’d lose what I did. Started on PSP 2022, finished on PSP 2021. When I load 2023 I will keep 2021 as my back up and take off 2022. It’s been unpredictable for me.
Ann, thank you so much for your heartwarming words, they mean a lot to me. As well as all the support you have given me. Through the Campus and learning PSP I have regained my love of photography. I like how you re-tooled the Drive In layout. I know what you mean, I’ve had a busy two months and I found myself not being able to focus on anything for anything length of time. I think I was just really tired. It’s an unsettling feeling isnt it. Here’s my Christmas card again, what it looks like in it’s finished version. Since I couldnt have the digital frame I had to resort to doing it manually. I lucked out at Michaels as they had red foil cardstock. And I had gotten these black card/envelopes at a steal and knew I wanted to do a black card for Christmas.
Merry Christmas to you and to all the people here in the campus. I wish all of you a wonderful Christmas, filled with joy. I am enjoying your Christmas wishes creations. They are all so beautiful and festive.
My turn for giving thanks.
To Sue, for all the wonderful goodies, being inspiring and teaching us about the natural world.
To Carol; for being who you are and the community you have created. What a marvel and what an inspiration.
To All the Campus Campers; Wow! Incredible talent, brilliant ideas and layouts and always there for each camper. Amazing!
Here’s my Christmas card front this year. Not my favorite (it’s the shot I was trying to get in 2019 where I slipped on the dustpan and skated across the basement floor – partially tearing a hamstring on the way – confirm not until Jan. 2020). The double framed one I sent to a photo printer and they cut off the top and right side of the frames, back to the design drawing board and the clock ticking away. Was this going to be a New Years card after all? I quick did the second one. It’ ho-hum but it’s done. We cant always bat it out of the park. Photo lab printed it way dark, had grey snow, had to run with it anyway. Have a happy wonderful creative fantabulistic Christmas.
What about “Collections”
Things we collect. Like pins, cameras, spoons, rocks, feathers, pens, bottles, flotsam & jetsam (I mean the idiom meaning:Flotsam and Jetsam means something similar to odds and ends) etc etc . I know this is close to “hobbies” but a lot of what we collect we dont actually spend our hobby time doing.
I was looking for a place to post as well. Thank you Carole and Sue for the goodies and the smiles you’ve given me. I’m looking forward to the rest of the countdown ride.
I had never heard of them either. My massage therapist was telling me about one where I live. There was differents rooms with different types of puzzles to figure out. the Physio clinic she works at went for their staff Christmas party. It sounds like a blast.
Suzy, I had to laugh at “so bright your teeth hurt”, I would feel the same. A welding helmet shouldnt be required to enjoy a Christmas light display!
I would love a class like that too Ann. These two clases from Creative Live have video tutorial, downloadable instruction manual and the files (even some PS brushes) needed to complete one project from each class. It’s nice sometimes to have all the same supplies (as the tutorial) for the first time through learning a new complex layout, and being able to follow along with each step.
Mary and Ann, your avatars are dead ringers.
Here’s mine.
Bonnie, love the the HO HO HO kitty layout.
I hear you Julie #88192, I havent been able to read/watch everything either. I’m sure I’m asking questions that’s all been said before too. Sometimes, I look for something but I dont know what the correct name of the technique or tool, that makes it hard to know which tutorial to look for. Believe me, I’m sure I have forgotten more than I remember so it’s nice when someone asks something that I should know but forgot I should. It’s a good reminder for me.
Thank you Sue for your settings. Mine are similar. I shoot in the middle aperatures (5.6, 8, 11, 16) as they are the sharpest on DSLR’s, and pretty much always on spot metering. I do know the moon is lit by the sun so the sunny 16 rule applies, althought I deviate with the ISO to get a faster shutter speed as I am using a zoom lens that isnt image stabilized (and I can be lazy and not take out the tripod, especially if it’s cold). Luckily I am shooting with a crop frame sensor so my 300 mm is more like 480 mm. I remember way back when shooting the night sky, fireworks etc (using “bulb” setting), the saying was “F8 and be there”. I am always interested in the settings people use, thank you for sharing. I have never heard of Polar Ponzo. Have you ever done any long exposures of stars. I havent yet, I’m too close to the city I think. I got a new camera that I havent even taken out of the box yet. the body is image stabilized so I’m interested to see the difference in the moon shots with my really old zoom lens.
Suzy! I feel your pain. I make lines all over the place trying get that tool to “cease and desist”. I need practice too. So many things to practice, I need a 32 hour day.
When making my Christmas card layout this year I had problems with flood filling. Then I UNchecked “Use all Layers” and it flood filled the whole thing instead of the just the transparent area. My question is:
For what purpose would you use “Use All Layers” in the checked mode?
Sue, I should add, my husband was just in awe of the one that really showed Mars. It’s really spectacular.
Michele, i love that layout, it’s reminds me of 195o’s or 60’s style Christmas cards. I really like that style.
Beautiful Moon shots Sue! I was driving to work at 4:30pm and had a view the whole ride. It was so huge and incredible. Wished I could have been off that day. I wanted to take shots when I got home but worked till after midnight and by then it was so high in the sky it was a pin head size. I did get some this morning, just so I could have it. What an amazing site it was. So glad to see you nailed the shots. Looking forward to that layout.
I have that too Rene. There is about 15 main folders in the Digital Scrapbook, the ones I showed is one of them, actually it’s the 2nd one. I numbered them because I didnt want them alphabetical, I put the ones I use the most at the beginning. I keep the ZIP files too, Resource type ones are in a different folder than than Scrap Supplies and my fonts have a zip folder as well. I made the mistake of renaming my extracted fonts folder and my front program couldnt find it. thankfully I figured it out pretty quickly. I normally love to organize…physical stuff that is. I find it relaxing. Digital stuff is not as easy for me. I think years of experience will help in making it organized for the best work flow and ease of finding what I’m looking for. I spend too much time looking for something I need, that’s how I know it’s not quite working for me. I love to hear/see how people organize their digital stuff.
Marie-Claire, this too, is an ongoing always evolving issue for me. I have a different way currently, but want to incorporate Rene’s idea for the finished work, with subfolders so I can find (for example) all the Bootcamp layouts or whatever else. I like the idea of having the finished work all in one spot. I like also having the workshop/bootcamp/etc files (that we download for the course) in another location.
Here is my current system. Under “Digital Scrapbooking” I have various folders, “02 Workshops, Finished etc” is where the finished layouts AND the course file. second shot shows the subfolders in the Workshop folder. This is great if I want to do the workshop again, I have all the downloads right there. BUT, I also have my finished work there. And it is not working for me. I have to keep going through too much stuff.
That’s where Rene’s system looks really enticing, to have just the finished/jpgs/600’s etc in a Main folder under (for me) the Digital Scrapbooking. I would be so much easier to find just the finished work without all the other files to go through. It’s a goal for 2023. Also, to keep track of which fonts I used so I dont accidently delete a font and not be able to go back to that layout to tweak it.
It’s a lot of work but I it’s going to make it easier once I do it. Also, I know that you have to try a new system and live with for some time and decide if it’s working for you or not. What parts are working, what isnt. It’s always changing as I learn how I work. I’m tired of feeling unorganized, because I cant find something.
My husband wanted a Roomba to reprogram to play with the cats. I told him no way we are spending that much money. I just bought a twin bed and platform to make a day bed in the office…..for the cats to sleep on when I am working in there.??
I would love a robot to clean the house, do the laundry, dishes etc. ooh, and Chef robot too.
“Kitty”, looks like a happy employee, and she even smiled at the end. She stopped when someone walked in front of her. She’s got good manners, seems to know what she’s doing and probably never complains. I’d hire her to go take my place at work so I can spend more time with PSP. hahaha.
hahaha, love it Ann. I was one of the ones down to the last few rolls. Good thing you’ve had a guard on duty. I have to hide the TP from my cats, they rip apart the bag and the TP. Strangely, they dont touch the rolls on the dispensers.
Yes, Rene, I would love a tutorial and how to figure out ways to do the stuff in PSP based on PS tutorials. I’ll keep my eye’s peeled for techniques. I did have some in mind, I need to scan them first (from a newspaper).
Check the store Monique. https://creationcassel.com/store/index.php?main_page=login&zenid=t8ajd1tcqlr0ansr05ii505r90
Fridday and saturday is 40% off,
Sunday and Mon is 30% off
Carole, is the bug in PSP 2023 getting worked out? There is a good deal for Cyber monday with a few more extras I want to jump on, but only if they will fix the bug for sure.
