Frankief

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We just added number four to the brood and she looks very much like your tatoo.

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Never would have guessed you are a cat person![e digicons]:meow:[/e]

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[quote who="skyzyk" reply="251" id="2820680"]Excellent work Frankie. I saved every version and to see the progression is phenomenal. You have certainly put in a lot of time and effort and even though the going was a bit rough at times you should give yourself a pat on the back for persevering and following it through till the end. Congratulations. [/quote] It was an incredible journey![e digicons]

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[quote who="Xiandi" reply="245" id="2820498"]It's beautiful Frankie! This wall will be decorating my screen at work. When you're cooped up in an office with no windows, something like this can be quite refreshing to look at! [/quote] Thanks for liking the "finished" product (I know, nothing is ever finished). It was a lot of hard work but worth it for the knowledge I hope I gained.[e digicons]:meow:[/e] [e digicons]<3[/e]

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Oh, trust me, I have more versions of this psd on my computer than any I have ever done before, but when the power went off, I lost all revisions I had done today because I had not saved yet! Been an interesting experience and hope to do it again sometime when I don't have quite so much work to do. I'll try not to start out with such a poor image next go round! I did learn some important things and did keep notes.[

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Please say its good! We had our first snow on the plains here today and lost power twice which meant I lost all my revisions and had to start anew. One day I will learn to hit that save button more often.[e digicons]:meow:[/e] [e digicons]:|[/e]

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[quote who="HG_Eliminator" reply="241" id="2820472"]The dirt path leaves to the imagination an old boat launch from my childhood, it. Now you know why I ask jafo to critique stuff, hes got a wicked eye for detail, and has no problems being real about it. [/quote I like your new avatar! We used to camp on a lake that had an old dirt boat ramp when I was a kid.[e digicons]:meow:[/e]

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You are so astute. That deliniation line has been driving me nuts for several days. I will contemplate some more on how to clean it up. Some one took issue with the bare ground but I think it needs to be there. I am so glad you approve of the changes.[e digicons]:inlove:[/e]

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It's cleaner, brighter and I hope better and more connected.

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It is not my intention to ignore your advice, I am just saying that as it is now it does not look right. You are correct in that the foreground looks like a frame (or Bowl). The foreground has become too dark through endless tweaking. If I don't leave it on layers for now it will be impossible to manipulate it. I am sure it has to do with my interpretation of your intent as anything else. The tree area on the left edge has become blobby from the constant m

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Okay, now I am going to do it how I think it should look and you all can tell me how wrong I am but I have umpteen pictures of lakeviews that do not have a shoreline on either side. Once I tried adding that it looks like a bowl to me. The trees on the left side are a definate problem. The mountains, I think, are too close to the foreground. I have become mentally attached to the project so I will return later with my version![e digicons]:meow:[/e] [e digicons]

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[quote who="Vampothika" reply="229" id="2819904"]i still think the picture is far too busy, (no breathing space) out of prospective and the focal point is overshadowed by too many dominate features.... with trees that are cut off and do nothing to help the picture. Ive helped as much as I can with this, not only by talking the talk, but by walking it and showing you a technical example of what you should be aiming for....but........ ive

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I put one tree and one bush. If I add anything else to that corner it will become a blob! I changed the water up a little also.[e digicons]:meow:[/e]

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="224" id="2819768"]Painting 101 .... Familiarity breeds contempt...or in other words...staring at a work in progress too long will blind you to its [glaring] faults. To overcome that a painter will turn the work upside-down...or view it in a mirror. Sounds weird but it works. My sister taught me that....30 or 40 years ago .....and she's not 'half bad' at art....currently has a portrait on permanent 'loan' to

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[quote who="teddybearcholla" reply="220" id="2819703"]All I can say is WOW!!! I am so glad people are using this thread and sharing their knowledge!!! Frankie, I love how your wallpaper is, a great improvement from the original!!! As soon as I catch up on things, I will work on my Halloween wall and post it here!!! [/quote] Teddy, so happy to see you here! I was beginning to feel like a hijacker! Th

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="218" id="2819646"]Frankief....taking out the clones was all that was needed....taking them all out leaves the grass comparatively monotone and thus fairly flat [2D]....the lighter [cloned] bits gave more depth of field to the foreground.[/quote] Perhaps you and I are on the wrong page as to cloning. In reply 186 there is no cloning. What I did was add a layer above my painted grass of

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[quote who="Uvah" reply="214" id="2819301"]I'm really enjoying this thread. So many things to learn although I won't be doing walls anytime soon. Have all to do with getting my smx out. If there are no takers for PS9 I could use it. PS7 is good but the trial version of PS9 spoiled me. I'd really appreciate it cause I'm like you guys, use whatever is available. Especially the freebies ... I like freebies. Seriously, if you're not going to use it and are serious about putting it up Frankief I'd

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Ha, I had it further back and something just didn't look quite right to me. I redid the ground cover because You said it looked cloned and I did not want to leave anything that looked less than perfect.[e digicons]:meow:[/e]

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Flowers got lost, little land mass added plus some other small adjustments done.

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I could not get the Vista shortcut overlay to work on Win7 64bit but there is a blank icon in the Program file Frameworkx that the app creates and I just assign that blank icon to the shortcut overlay in Icon Packager.[e digicons]:meow:[/e]

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[quote who="Vampothika" reply="199" id="2818612"]took about 4 hours (that is fast FOR ME lol) just used my mouse and my smudge tool, and the default ps splat brush and a default grass bush and then just smudged them out all over the place..... using the mouse is easy once you get used to it, i dont use anything else. [/quote] That was very sweet of you to do! I like what you created and will try something along that vain (I mean trying your technique) in the near

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Lol, I was not trying to wimp out on the mouse! Should have explained that my little wireless mm 6000 is being a real turd lately and I am lucky to be able to navigate with it period. It has a bad habit of freezing totally when I am working on graphics and I have to get the hemostats to get the darn nano receiver out of the USB port and back in. It's impossible to grab with your fingers. Added blobby flowers, some

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[quote who="Jafo" reply="198" id="2818611"]k10W3 .... Paintshop Pro is cheap.... I use 6 . The only Php I have is Elements 2 ...and THAT was a freebie...with a graphic card. No-one "needs" Photoshop. There's more than enough skills to be managed/mastered in 'lesser' programs.... [/quote] I started with Photoshop because of the generous gift from my brother. I am lost in Paintshop and rarely use it but have Xi installed. I have a copy of 9 bu

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Okay, but they were not cloned. I removed the ones you pointed to, actually redid the whole ground area and the plants are exactly as they appeared in nature. I will surmise that the mountains are not too hazy?[e digicons]:meow:[/e]

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It's a beautiful fall day here in Colorado, so I went out this morning and took some pictures of the distant mountains in front of our house. Wanted to see if I could incorporate them into my image. My question is, does this work or do I have them too hazy?