Connie Collier Posted June 19 Posted June 19 I'm in the mood for simple pages, but somehow I end up fiddling endlessly anyway! I like making the kaleidoscopes. 1 16
Jeni Simpson Posted June 19 Posted June 19 (edited) Day 3 PSP Using a photograph I took from a garden tour at Wedderburn in the Manioto, in Otago, I used a small square from the statue for the kaleidoscope pattern. The hearts I created to it the hearts in the mask. Affinity This photo was also taken in the Maniototo; it shows a backpacker's hostel close to the rail trail in Central Otago. It was taken on a late afternoon walk back from a long walk, and the light was so different that I couldn't resist. The rail trail is a bicycle trail that runs across Central Otago. I used another Melo mask, this one is called mixed-media-3-spill-frames-mask-01-circle, the fonts are Umbrella and Arial. I nearly placed that text inside the mask, and changed my mind at the last minute. Edited June 19 by Jeni Simpson 1 16
Jeni Simpson Posted June 19 Posted June 19 20 hours ago, Cristina said: It does get easier, Karen. But, as you already said, it takes practice, practice... 😄 And if you want something faster, get Carole's Clip to It script. That script is getting a good mention here. I will have to purchase it; however, I want to learn how to do this manually as well. 5
Cristina Posted June 19 Posted June 19 15 hours ago, Sue Thomas said: Day 3. Used Affinity. I purposely sized down the background paper, even though I lost a lot of details in doing so, I was pleased with the end result. I also flood filled another layer, with a darker beige, lowering the opacity on the patterned layer to achieve the colour I was looking for. What a cutie this little guy is, Sue. Lovely layout. 6 1
Cristina Posted June 19 Posted June 19 3 hours ago, Jeni Simpson said: That script is getting a good mention here. I will have to purchase it; however, I want to learn how to do this manually as well. Jeni, I also prefer to learn how to do it myself first, but after doing that, having and working with Carole's scripts is like a breeze. 😄 She does all the work, including sometimes Math calculations, to make our life easier. 🙂 4 1
Sharla Posted June 19 Posted June 19 Day 3: Created in Affinity. It’s not the type of pattern I’d ordinarily use but it was fun learning how to create it. 1 13
fiona cook Posted June 19 Posted June 19 Lesson 4. Being a bit abstract in the combination of photos as got carried away again and like Carole says, the effects can be addictive. I've used the overlay blend mode for my background image with a filled layer of a colour taken from the main 'bee' photo. The background image itself applied Effects/Texture Effects, Texture-Plant Leaves. 2 12
Cristina Posted June 19 Posted June 19 9 hours ago, Jeni Simpson said: Day 3 PSP Using a photograph I took from a garden tour at Wedderburn in the Manioto, in Otago, I used a small square from the statue for the kaleidoscope pattern. The hearts I created to it the hearts in the mask. Affinity This photo was also taken in the Maniototo; it shows a backpacker's hostel close to the rail trail in Central Otago. It was taken on a late afternoon walk back from a long walk, and the light was so different that I couldn't resist. The rail trail is a bicycle trail that runs across Central Otago. I used another Melo mask, this one is called mixed-media-3-spill-frames-mask-01-circle, the fonts are Umbrella and Arial. I nearly placed that text inside the mask, and changed my mind at the last minute. Great layouts, Jeni. I love the delicacy of the kaleidoscope patterns. I also like this other Mixed-Media-3-Spill-Frames-mask-01-circle from Melo very much. 4 1
Cristina Posted June 19 Posted June 19 Here is Day 3 I used the Kaleidoscope paper as the background, and this time I didn’t forget to use the Transform Tool to scale down the other paper - JustJaime-jj-GessoTextures#4. 1 2 8
Susan Ewart Posted June 19 Posted June 19 23 hours ago, fiona cook said: Beautiful (bee utiful) and love the delicate honeycomb background. Well done for your photo patience. Thank you so much Fiona. 6
Susan Ewart Posted June 19 Posted June 19 21 hours ago, Sue Thomas said: Aren't they industrious gorgeous little creatures. Tri coloured bumble bees. They sure are. And they arent as scary as I thought. they check me out then dive into the flowers. Thanks for the name. I love the brown on them. They look like little flying stuffies. Last year I saw one I thought had died in one flower, so I left it for a while and came back and it was gone. I saw the same thing happen a few times that week. I had no idea they sleep in flowers (Cosmos in my case). 6
Susan Ewart Posted June 19 Posted June 19 19 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said: Lesson 3 - Affinity and this time no problems at all. I like that mirror effect and by turning the dial you can immediately see the what you get and it is easy to go round and see all the different possibilities and choose the one which you like best. I played a bit with different parts of my photo to make the kaleidoscope effect and in the end chose a subtle one. Same fonts and a binocular icon from Freepik. I watched the tutorial and was blown away at how easy and how interesting looking the Kaleidoscope was. Yours is beautifully subtle and the color fits perfectly, of course, because it's from the photo itself. I love this effect. The color of that water...WOW! 5 1
Susan Ewart Posted June 19 Posted June 19 19 hours ago, Ann Seeber said: Here's my Lesson 3 featuring a photo by Laurey of this beautiful Mountain Laurel, when the sisters went to a local park in Pike County, PA. The background paper with the kaleidoscope effect worked nicely with this, I think. The fonts are: Montez and MS Modern #20. Here's the text from the bottom: "The George W. Childs Recreation Site is a former Pennsylvania state park that is the site of a number of cascade waterfalls along Dingmans Creek; it has been part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area since 1983." I love these flowers! 6 1
Susan Ewart Posted June 19 Posted June 19 11 hours ago, Cassel said: Did you happen to forget to add some drop shadows on the small photos? With the embossed effect of the background paper, I would be expecting some thickness for those images. Or is it disappearing with the resizing? I totally forgot on both layouts. Yeesh, it's like it's my first day with a graphics program. I'll get it fixed soon as I can, I'm in my loooong work week with little time to spare, so I'll be late as usual. 5
Susan Ewart Posted June 19 Posted June 19 10 hours ago, Connie Collier said: I'm in the mood for simple pages, but somehow I end up fiddling endlessly anyway! I like making the kaleidoscopes. Wow! This is really cool! 6
Susan Ewart Posted June 19 Posted June 19 1 hour ago, Cristina said: Here is Day 3 I used the Kaleidoscope paper as the background, and this time I didn’t forget to use the Transform Tool to scale down the other paper - JustJaime-jj-GessoTextures#4. Love that layout and background paper is really neat. So sad about the Chick #1. 4 1 1
Robert Garrett Posted June 19 Posted June 19 Cassell, thanks for the input. Here is a remake of Lesson 3. I had played with the opacity for all the layers and that is most likely what messed it up. I also believe in the original posting the background is to dark. 5 3
Donna Sillia Posted June 19 Posted June 19 Day 3 PSP - My pansy photo. The CF layered front is called FROS. I could have played with the kaleidoscope effect all day. I did use a blend mode to adjust the color of the kaeidoscope. The frames are from the cass script Nested Frames. 2 9
Karen Borgmann Posted June 19 Posted June 19 Here's my layout for Mask Lesson 4. Enjoyed this one...even uploaded the free brushes all by myself; didn't even require a "Help" note to Carole! Making progress and feeling so good about myself!!! Whoop-Whoop!😉 1 1 12
Robert Garrett Posted June 19 Posted June 19 Here is Lesson 4. This time I used PSP 2023 Ultimate. I used the Effect Browser - Photo Effects - Retro Lab to get the effect on the background. 1 12
Connie Collier Posted June 19 Posted June 19 Lesson 4, continuing with images from my sketchbook .. 2 14
Corrie Kinkel Posted June 19 Posted June 19 2 hours ago, Susan Ewart said: I watched the tutorial and was blown away at how easy and how interesting looking the Kaleidoscope was. Yours is beautifully subtle and the color fits perfectly, of course, because it's from the photo itself. I love this effect. The color of that water...WOW! It really is so easy to do in Affinity, just like the masks that are easy too! I like it, but of course there are some things that psp has and affinity don't; I miss the tubes! 4
Corrie Kinkel Posted June 19 Posted June 19 17 hours ago, Donna Sillia said: Day 2 - Affinity I was not happy with my plaid and played with some adjustment layers to lighten it. This plaid looks much nicer, it isn't overpowering the photos any longer. Seeing that those photos are from Nappa Valley I understand the grapes! 5 1
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