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Hello,
My name is Ted Sikkink and I have been making pictures ever since I was 6 years old! Maybe this sounds impressive but the reason why I started so early is pretty simple: my father was a journalist and a die hard amateur photographer. He taught me the basics and gave me my first camera when I stopped biting my nails…
Starting with that first Minolta reflex, I subsequently purchased several other cameras, including brands like Canon and later Nikon, up until my favorite one, a Leica m5.
Besides following a fantastic TIME home-study photo course, which definitely allowed me to get to a higher level, I later joined a photography school in Brussels, which unfortunately turned out to be very technically oriented and bored me quite rapidly.
There’s no doubt that if I had gone to an art school type of institute, I would have become a professional photographer, but things turned out differently and I ended up working in the music industry (EMI, Warner) and so remained an amateur (albeit passionate) photographer.
Like most of you, I switched to digital photography, working with a very simple Sony which fits in my breast pocket and I carry with me most of the time.
Working with digital pictures and looking for the best possible digital photo editing software, I soon discovered ACDSee’s fantastic photo manager (and later photo editor), which I have continued to use ever since simply because it is extremely flexible and loaded with all sort of neat tools and options, allowing for maximum efficiency.
So if you’re looking for photo software that “provides everything you need to make the most of your digital memories” I wholeheartedly recommend ACDSee photo software.
Sincerely,
Ted Sikkink
I’ve seen photographers that can take a photo, make it black and white, and then take an item and make that part colored while the rest of the photo stays black and white. (example: black and white photo of a person with only their eyes colored.) I have some photos that I have taken with my digital camera that I think would look really great if I could do this. Does anyone know of what kindof software I could get to do this with my photos. I have Adobe photoshop and I thought that I might be able to do it with that, but I can’t find a way on there to do it. Any help/advice that anyone could give me would be most appreciated!! Thanks in advance!
With Photoshop (generic instructions)
1. Open Image
2. Duplicate Background Layer
3. Select Layer 1
4. Desaturate Layer 1
5. Adjust Levels on Layer 1 (CTRL + L) for a nice B&W color
6. Select soft brush for eraser tool
7. Carefully erase the parts of Layer 1 that you want the background layer to show through.
To Add color selection to a B&W image
1. Open Image
2. Create New Layer
3. Set Layer Style to Color
4. Select a soft brush on Paintbrush Tool
5. Choose color you would like
6. Carefully paint over the area you would like.
**Also try setting the layer style to Hue / Saturation for another effect**
Once you are done with either process, flatten the image then choose save as so you dont’ over write original file
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I have Adobe Photoshop CS3. If it’s possible to do it on there, can you tell me how in steps? I would greatly appreciate it.
What you’re asking to be able to do sounds like an animation, and Photoshop really doesn’t do that. You’d need software that’s created for animation purposes, like Flash, or if you’re going the quick-and-dirty route, a GIF editor. Both work pretty much the same way. Just do a search on Google or something – I know Flash offers free trial downloads.
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I have been using Microsoft Digital Image Suite 10 but it is damaged. What can I get that works the same. Frames,crafts, and
projects.
http://www.snap2objects.com/2007/07/20/45-best-freeware-design-programs/
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