Jules' Creation

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Hand Painted Herb Pots


I painted the plate with a heart. Left is mine, right is yours!

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Lomoize Your Photo

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1. Create the classic vignette
- set the feather to 80 px and use a freehand lasso to create a circle around the photo.
- invert the selection by Shift-Ctrl-I or go to menu Select>Inverse
- add a Levels layer
- adjust the levels by moving the center arrow to the right.

2. Making the photo look Lomo
- flatten the image by Shift-Ctrl-e or go to menu Layer>Merge Layers.
- add a Curve layer and create a slanted S.
- create a new layer and fill it with black.
- change the blending mode and set it to Hue and reduce the opacity to 40%

3. Sharpening and Saving
- flatten the photo by using Shift-Ctrl-e or go to the menu and Layer>Merge Layers.
- set Image>Mode>Lab Color
- go to your channel window and click on the lightness channel
- go to the menu, select Filter>Sharpen>Unsharp Mask
- set the Amount to 50%, Radius to 50 and the Threshold to 0.
- set back to Image>Mode> RGB Color

4. Save and Share!

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