How To Do Just About Everything
Photo with watercolor filter
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Taking pictures, whether you are an amateur photographer or a pro, is fun and a great way to tap into your creativity and imagination. Nearly everyone can take a good floral photo, simply go out in your own backyard or local garden center and start shooting! Want to experiment with some computer software to make your admittedly somewhat common images into unique works of art? Grab your digital images, your computer mouse and Photoshop software and let's get going!
Go to File and Open. Select the image you want to work with and click OK. You'll see my sample image is not perfect, and due to an automatic focusing digital camera, getting super clear close ups is sometimes difficult. No worries though, minor imperfections won't matter here.
Go to the Filter tab on your toolbar. You'll see a lot of different options you can play around with. Let's start with something really fun and select Stylize and Glowing Edges. This will give you a cool black and neon image. If you like it, go to File and Save As and rename the file. This will help you insure you don't change your original image.
Partial watercolor filter
Simply changing part of the image is another option. Let's start with our original image now. Use the Magnetic Lasso tool and outline the main subject matter in the shot, the big flower bloom. Go to Select and Inverse to select all the green in the shot. Go to Filter and Brushstrokes and Sum i. This will give the foliage a dark and rich texture. Don't like it? Go to Edit and Undo, and go to Artistic and Watercolor. Cool!
If "graphic" is your thing here's one more tip. Crop the image so only the flower bloom remains. Use the cropping tool (the square) and then to Image and Crop. Now, go to Filters, and Sketch and Torn Edges. I had Black and White in my color selector area (at the bottom of your toolbox) so I got a cool graphic black and white image perfect for t-shirts or greeting cards.
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