PhotoShop Elements has been entertaining to learn. I hardly am proficient yet, but I could mess with some innocent looking pictures by now and get someone or another in trouble. It makes me wish I hadn't tossed the negatives showing me playing with the young lion in Galveston that bit me. The lion bit me, not the negatives. I didn't realize that some basic scanners can do negatives. I could make the lion look full grown.
PhotoShop uses layering. Monica had asked how to produce, for example, a picture in black and white of a bride holding roses, keeping the roses red. That would just involve removing the red roses on one layer, changing the original layer to grayscale, then layering the two together. Maybe also pull out her lips and leave them red, too. We can take two people from separate pictures and put them together in one. Or, we can take a passel of pictures and make a collage, maybe for a class or family reunion. We are also learning to retouch old photos and restore the quality, preserving them electronically. Too bad all those old, old family pictures I have do not have names on them.
When I got home from class today, I found another meaning of the word "layering." I don't do cold weather well. I had on a part-wool sweater set. I don't like to wear wool because it itches, but it is warm. I took that off, and put on a turtleneck. The heat is set at 72 degrees. I leave shoes on in the house to stay warmer. The computer is warm on my lap (wireless laptop). I finally ran upstairs and added a pullover polartec top. I am still cold. It would be hard to type in gloves. I know it is warm in the house, but I am cold. It's like the opposite of hot flashes, and I have had this problem with cold all my life. Even adding the cat lying here on my arm doesn't warm me up enough.
Yet I continue to live in the Detroit area, which is the only place in the contiguous states where it is possible to go south to Canada. It's only November. In another month or two, I will be into my favorite whine - I wanna go to Flooorrrida!!
4 comments:
I thought "I wanna go to Florida" was what I heard from my Jewish friends. lol Thats cool.. I will try and figure out how to light 6 candles in my window if come visit (without buring the place down... sucks to burn things down in my job).
too funny! I am in lounging capris and a t shirt right now! It will get colder tonight and I will have to resort to sweats and my flannel robe. I had the problem the other night of not being able to warm up. I have spells like that too. ;)
hugs,
Kathi
Thanks for the Photoshop tips! I need to read the book I purchased "Photoshop for Dummies" hahah. My scanner is lacking. I can in the negatives but can not figure out how to resize them. They look okay in the program, I send them to my phto soft ware (it will not list Photoshop as a destination) and it is the size of a postage stamp! I took them to Sams and had the neg's transformed into the photo's and had such a blast looking a 30 year old pictures! But still, the quality was lacking. Thanks for inspiring me to stop being so lazy and learn how to use my computer!
I keep the stat at 60 degrees - they raised the rates here 75% and I can't afford the bills! - so I live in layers. Right now, I have on thermal underwear, a big tee shirt, a sweat suit, and a size 4X men's hoodie (I got it so big so I can put lots of clothes underneath it plus pull it around me like a binky...). Not to mention two pairs of socks and I'm wearing fingerless gloves. I have the fireplace going when it gets around midnight.....
Post a Comment