Playing with Photoshop

This last week I decided to have a play with photoshop and was pleasently surprised with the results. Now, im more than happy for your comments if it means that I can make some progress in using this rather deep program but heres a sample of what I made and a brief guide of how I did it...


Black & White Photo with touch of colour (Photoshop)

Open up Adobe Photoshop (I`m using CS2).

Go File - Open - Select Photo you want to play with and select open.

Select the Edit in quick mask tool.

Use your brush to select the area you wish to make colour.

Once your happy with the area that you want to remain in colour.

Select the edit in standard mode

Go Image - Adjustments - Desaturate

Go File - Save

Done...

Clearing Out The Garage

I spent last weekend helping out the in laws with the tidying of their garage. The idea was that once tidy, the father in law would be able to store his car in there away from the winter elements. It turned out to be a major operation and although it looks a lot better it still has room for improvement. It's surprising how much stuff people accumulate over the years and how some people find discarding items that have either no use or no value apart from sentimental. In the garage we found tins of paint that I'm sure were used by cavemen to write on walls. After a while and several trips to he local council tip, it started to look positive but the job is far from complete. Trying to convince somebody who hoards stuff to part with it is an unenviable task, take my word for it.

Sunday Night Newlyweds

Later caught in a man trap
Take one drunk, one arranged marriage, one virgin bride and a lesbian couple. This is what amounts to Sunday night television on Channel 4 as they continue their season of trash, it never ends really.Yes, its Newlyweds - The One Year Itch. The program followed the lives of several married couples. As I sit here watching,there are several moments during the program when it seems a little strained. The drunk is perhaps the funniest, as me and my partner take the micky with our own voice overs, pretending to be drunk. The lesbians seem to want to hide their sexuality whilst the girl from the arranged marriage amazed me by saying "nobody asked me if I loved him". The virgin girl then goes on to say that the main reason for getting hitched was just to get laid as she believed in no sex before marriage. Then there is the fella who actually left his wife just a few months after his wedding only to return to his wife due to the fact that he kept popping round for a quickie. It seemed strange that even after he left she still pined for him and therefore trapped him in her man trap by getting pregnant. He seemed to look really happy, sense the sarcasm.

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