tailieunhanh - 101 QUICK AND EASY SECRETS FOR USING YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS- P20

101 QUICK AND EASY SECRETS FOR USING YOUR DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS- P20:Millions of people around the world have many photos stored on their laptop and desktop computers, external hard drives, CDs and DVDs, and flash drives. Most images are just sitting there idle, waiting for the world to see them. Some have been unused for years. Up until now there has been no guide to help people find ways to use these photos. | Scrapbooking Bug Gotcha 81 Figure A simple layout for a patriotic-themed scrapbook page. You can do tutorials for more sophisticated layouts using Photoshop or Photoshop Elements at the tutorials . Using Photoshop Elements Filters to Make Art from Photos Both Photoshop and Photoshop Elements have filters such as Filter Blur Gaussian Blur as individual commands and filters in a Filter Gallery Filter Filter Gallery to work with in creating effects for your photos. It s best to apply the filters to copies of the Background image layer Layer New Layer via Copy so you don t destroy the original. Use a copy of the image each time you add a filter that way you can click and drag a layer to the Trash in the Layers palette if you don t like it. 82 Scrapbooking Bug Gotcha After you ve added a copy of the background use the Filter Gallery by navigating to Filter Filter Gallery. A window that is divided into three parts will appear. On the right is a preview of your image in the middle are filter icons and on the left are sliders where you adjust the filter effects. Each time you click on a filter icon your preview image changes. Each time you move one of the slider controls it also changes. Each time you click on a new icon your picture resets and the filtering process starts all over. So what filters look the coolest giving you the best bang for your buck That can be a matter of opinion and it also depends on what kind of photograph you are changing. Some filters look great with landscapes and others look good with portraits. Generally I like to get my image to look like a painting. For this here are two of many choices Watercolor and Rough Pastels. Neither does much to your image the first time even after you adjust the slider set of controls. Figure shows a picture in which the Watercolor filter was applied several times. Figure Before and after pics where the Watercolor filter was applied .