Cutting Out Horses
Feb 18, 2018 20:37:28 #
angela k wrote:
Lovely shots of a beautiful horse, Vicki and you did an excellent job on the backgrounds!!
New backgrounds are a work in progress. I keep getting new ideas that hopefully will work with a new set of skills. We'll see.
Thanks for the positive response and for letting me know you enjoyed the series Angela. I appreciate it.
Feb 18, 2018 21:20:14 #
vicksart wrote:
New backgrounds are a work in progress. I keep getting new ideas that hopefully will work with a new set of skills. We'll see.
Thanks for the positive response and for letting me know you enjoyed the series Angela. I appreciate it.
Thanks for the positive response and for letting me know you enjoyed the series Angela. I appreciate it.
It's fun to learn new techniques in processing! YouTube videos usually help me understand what I'm trying to do.
Feb 18, 2018 21:30:04 #
angela k wrote:
It's fun to learn new techniques in processing! YouTube videos usually help me understand what I'm trying to do.
I agree. I've used a bunch of YouTube videos, but Linda's little tutorial opened another door for me today. It's nice to have a bunch of different approaches to work with. Sometimes it just helps to hear things presented differently so something finally sticks in your brain. I feel like some major hurdles have been overcome. What fun!!!
Feb 18, 2018 22:35:55 #
vicksart wrote:
I agree. I've used a bunch of YouTube videos, but Linda's little tutorial opened another door for me today. It's nice to have a bunch of different approaches to work with. Sometimes it just helps to hear things presented differently so something finally sticks in your brain. I feel like some major hurdles have been overcome. What fun!!!
Feb 19, 2018 11:21:49 #
Feb 19, 2018 11:39:23 #
sailorsmom wrote:
Beautiful images, Vicki! I think you've got the technique down!
This project of isolating an image to put on a different background has been lots of fun and has opened up some new possibilities. I'm glad you enjoyed the effort Sue. Thanks for taking time for this post.
Feb 19, 2018 11:41:38 #
Beautiful horse and set Vicki. I envy you your patience and time in learning new techniques. Excellent work. 
Feb 19, 2018 12:37:36 #
Sylvias wrote:
Beautiful horse and set Vicki. I envy you your patience and time in learning new techniques. Excellent work.
Thank you Sylvia. There are times when I want to see how far I can throw the computer. Patience? Maybe, maybe not! It's good to get up and walk away for awhile. I tell myself I'm exercising my brain.
Feb 19, 2018 12:42:23 #
vicksart wrote:
Thank you Sylvia. There are times when I want to see how far I can throw the computer. Patience? Maybe, maybe not! It's good to get up and walk away for awhile. I tell myself I'm exercising my brain.
Always good to keep those cog wheels turning!
Feb 22, 2018 18:42:46 #
vicksart wrote:
I've been trying to learn how to change backgrounds with Elements 13 and have gone a little crazy. There's still much to learn about getting the selection tools right and not ending up with weird fragments. I've gone from very dark backgrounds to the following with a gradient filter thrown into the mix. To say these are experiments would be appropriate. Hopefully they make some kind of visual sense after taking my rather scruffy horse, winter coat and all, out of a relatively busy background.
The thing is---I think it would be difficult to tell that you did what you did had you not said so, and that's good.
Feb 23, 2018 11:44:59 #
Rob48 wrote:
The thing is---I think it would be difficult to tell that you did what you did had you not said so, and that's good.
Thanks so much Rob. I suspect the point of editing is to make it believable. My attempts with putting a hawk in a different background didn't work, and everyone kindly let me know. I've enjoyed playing around with some new techniques. Some work, some don't. Stay tuned...
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