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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Frozen Berries (Touch-up)

Ice ...

Sweet Shot DayTouch Up Tuesday's at the Paper Mama


Ice was all over our city yesterday.  It came with the snow so I tolerate it.  It keeps me at home though, but it does look pretty in photos.

SOOC (straight out of camera):
Winter Berries before

After:
winter Berries after

I used Picnik.  I resized, sharpened, increased the contrast, added cross process to about 85% and wintererize to about 60%.

Is this sad ... I got PSE 9 for Christmas, but I haven't loaded it onto my computer yet.  I think I'm nervous.  I don't know as to whether I'm nervous I won't know how to do anything, or that I won't be able to leave the computer because I'll be so obsessed with it.  Or maybe it's because I'm comfortable with Picnik, but I really really want to expand my editing beyond the free internet sites.

Any recommendations for PSE beginners?  Do you have a favorite site for tutorials or anything?

12 comments:

  1. What a cool photo. Other then Ashley Sisk's blog for tutorials don't know any other ones right now.

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  2. Great touch up, love the berries in the snow.

    I DL'd PSE9 to take Kim Klassen's class but didn't like it a whole lot (PSE9, not Kim's class, she's awesome). Anyway, if you go to thecoffeeshopblog.com you'll find tutorials there and also several downloads that I think work for PSE. ALSO if you go to Kim's site (http://www.kimklassencafe.com/) she offers classes here and there.

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  3. Oooooh, great shot...and great edit. Fabulous job!

    Andie
    http://zimmermanlife.blogspot.com

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  4. I have PSE9 and love it... Kim Klassen's class is awesome and helped me a lot!!!! Like you though I do still like Picnik and can't seem to get away from picasa... I like quick!!

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  5. Beautiful photo and you did a great job with your edit. If you are looking for pse help Erin Cobb just released a tutorial on her process and I think it's going to be phenomenal. It comes highly recommended by my favorite blogger, Karen Russell. Just google erin cobb and you'll find it. The tutorial is called clean color.

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  6. Ohhhhh great shot & GORGEOUS edit! I am in love with it! xo

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  7. Those pictures are absolutely breathtaking!!!

    I wish I had some recommendations for you - Good Luck!!!

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  8. Love the picture and the edit! Wonderful! Thanks for linking up to Happy Monday!

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  9. Love your shot! Kim Klassen has great classes! I post free tutorials and screencast you can use for any Elements or Photoshop versions.

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  10. Great frozen icicle buds! I like both your edits!

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  11. This is really beautiful. I second Kristy - Kim's class is nice and basic. However, if you know the basics of Picnik, then PSE won't be a huge leap. I'll also be going into editing tips each week.

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  12. pretty picture. I have ps and pse and elements to me is easier for photo editing.... have you looked at http://www.thecoffeeshopblog.com/p/test.html? She has some tutorials

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