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Photoshop

Written by Kate. Filed Under agriculture, cats, photography, photoshop 

Pioneer Woman has me obsessed with trying to conquer Photoshop. So far I have a few features that I’m getting good at, and I’m trying lots of new things! I don’t have the full photoshop, I have Elements, which is fine for me because if I had the full version I know I would be confused! The only reason I wish I had the full version is so I could download “Actions“, Pioneer Woman has a few of her own that you can use- for free! Using an action speeds up the editing process, it does many steps in 1 click of a button, so I hear.. Here are some before and afters that some of Pioneer Woman’s fans made.

Take a look at some of my before and afters.. got any pointers?

First up: My cute cat Chase.

2nd Example: I took this during the floods we had.

3rd Example: Scott planting corn. I am alone lots during the evenings now because Scott spends his time getting field work done, spring is a busy busy time for farmers! So when I bring him dinner, sometimes I decide to do photoshoots of him planting. So very exciting. (Getting fancy in this edit, I even straightened the picture!)

Another one from the field series. I tried cropping this one. I’m not really good at cropping, I always make it look awkward. And normally I’m happy with how the picture was in the first place. This one worked though, I think.

I actually showed you this picture before.. but what I didn’t tell you was that I edited the sidewalk! See in the Before lots of stuff on the path and I erased it like magic in the 2nd one. Skills I tell ya!

So there are some of my examples. What are your favourite editing tools on photoshop? Any tricks to teach me? Anything you would have done differently in my pictures?

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Comments

9 Responses to “Photoshop”

  1. Erica on May 1st, 2008 3:21 pm

    Did you edit that last shot…or just sweep the sidewalk? ;)
    Lookin’ good! I’m supposed to be having a copy of Elements mailed to me any day now. If I don’t end up getting it I will be sad :(

  2. Rebellious Arab Girl on May 1st, 2008 3:30 pm

    Very nice!!! Check out this site for more advanced tutorials.. :)

    http://psdtuts.com/

    Rebellious Arab Girl’s last blog post..People ask, I answer.

  3. Kate on May 1st, 2008 3:51 pm

    I edited it! For reals!

  4. Relax Max on May 2nd, 2008 9:02 am

    So you think you would be confused using the full version of PhotoShop? Looking at your work on your blog, I have a feeling you would be right at home. Try it.

    This is my first time here–where have you all been hiding?

    Come see us some time. I’ll be back to watch your progress. I think your stuff is really cool. Just keep doing projects that you REALLY care about, and then your photos will always be interesting. Interesting vs. slickness? Choose interesting every time! ‘Bye!

  5. Andy Berdan on May 2nd, 2008 1:15 pm

    Get this book:

    http://www.amazon.ca/Scott-Kelbys-7-Point-System-Photoshop/dp/0321501926

    It’s an amazing book. Do the exercises, and follow along. By the time you’re done the book, you won’t believe what you can do.

    Hm, a bit of googling, and …

    http://www.flickr.com/groups/7pointsystem/pool/ <– there’s a bunch of before and afters from people using his ’system’

    Sorry if all that sounds like marketroid speak, I’m no writer. :)
    The latest stylings of Andy Berdan…The Miracle

  6. Ahmed on May 2nd, 2008 3:34 pm

    Augh!! I wish I had my photoshop skills as good as my CSS skills, I would’ve become a vigintillionaire :P

  7. bambit on May 3rd, 2008 12:21 am

    psdtuts.com indeed is probably the best photoshop tutorial site on the internet. There’s a few other sites for beginning users like me, http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Photoshop/1 as well as http://www.grafx-design.com/phototut.html.

    Neat site you have here. Found it while doing my entrecard rounds :)
    The latest stylings of bambit…Entrecard for Noobs

  8. fragileheart on May 3rd, 2008 11:16 am

    Excellent skills there Kate… imagine what you could do if you had the full version!!

  9. Dutchess of Kickball on May 3rd, 2008 8:41 pm

    You have the basics down. I’ve been using photoshop for about 10 years and you did that walkway better than I would have done. The best way to learn is just playing with it. See what you have and just keep experimenting.

    The latest stylings of Dutchess of Kickball…How dehydrated can one person get from only two vodka tonics?

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