“.. Scrat..”

The tail end of the workday today.. well it’s quite slow.. so I thought I’d just tweak my lappie desktop..

so this is how my desktop looks now….on hindsight.. i should have taken a screen grab of the BEFORE condition

Scrat..(click for a larger view)

“..a sneak peak..”

a little preview

Something I am kinda working on at the moment. It’s not very big.. but  I’m excited about it all the same.. …

“printing is not a problem..  it’s the time i need to collate.. “

*sigh*

 

Till Next Time..

“..Glory..”

C.U.F.C at Old Trafford...

 

And that’s why they call it .. the Theatre of Dreams…

 

haha.. ok they all gathered for a little photo taking yesterday, and I couldn’t help but use the oppurtunity to put in a little exercise in channel masking techniques. and some other stuff.. OBVIOUSLY i still have a long way to go with the masking, as there are some glaring irregularities that stick out like a sore thumb.. BUT.. it did come out pretty good on a 4R print, and admit.. at a glance.. it almost looks real..

almost..

Till Next Time…

“.. C.U.F.C ..”

It’s a slow day at work today. With Bangkok down, and now Chiangmai and maybe Phuket, there is no cargo coming in from and going to Bangkok. That gives me almost nothing to do. So decided to take up a challenge from Dad and the soccer boys to design a logo for the team.. the club.. the Family Club… so to speak.. So i played around abit.. and this is what I’ve got..

CUFC

 

I feel just so-so about it.. btw.. anyone know how i can round off the edges of the stylized CU (red) .. its corners are abit harsh need to soften the thing abit..

Till Next Time

“.. photoshop monkey..”

I wanna be one.. Really.. Having friends like Marah and Hartini.. i wonder in amazement at their post process workflow and results. A few days back, a picture Hartini worked on caught my attention.

Picture on the left is before.. the right is after.. courtesy of Hartini

so this post is roughly my attempt to replicate that.. ok don’t call me copycat (ok so yes i am) but when I see something i really like done to a picture.. I usually want to be able to do it and add it to my workflow when the need calls for it..

first we need a donor picture..

Image taken by syida

I went with this image cuz.. yeah it generally gives me a time frame of 30 plus years to work with. A bit believable lah..  My first order of business was the colour treatment.. and soften the image a fair bit cuz well let’s be honest no matter how good your camera was/were in the past.. prints are never going to be THAT sharp..also decided not to do a border like H’s image..i am visualising a picture in the mid 70’s – early 80’s here and yeah.. (also because i kinda suck at framing).. .. and from there we get this..

Steps 1 - 3 .. Colour Treatment.. Lens Blur.. Dodge/Burn

now comes the bit i have NO idea what to do.. lol.. the texture.. *die.* i huffed and i puffed.. .the house shuddered and shook but it did not come down..and i got this..

Step 4 -3456791672... i kinda of went off the tangent.. and yeah..

lol.. i have a niggling feeling .. the texture is not. just quite right (dripping with sarcasm) .. duh!

All these I did yesterday.. and .. this morning i thought.. hey better ask H permission to use her image first..H, mails back about the image.. and gives me a heads up on how she did it.. and with her tips… and a little something extra she attached in the mail..  lol .. i got this..

I continued from Step 4.. looks like a pre WWII image.. I missed the 70's by a LONG SHOT!!..

ever determined to hit my time zone.. i went back to the original picture.. with a different colour treatment..and  i FINALLY found the “picture i took on the day Changi Airport was officially opened to the public!”.. hehehehe

 

Picture Taken 29 December 1981

Thanks H .. hur this journey of discovery yesterday and today was much funly fun..   I am wondering if i could emulate the Pre-War styled image to a portrait.. hmm will try later..

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ok last of this.. did it to one of reets’ picture..

even the hair fits the period

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Till next time..