One of the images included in this weeks collection of creations, I found when going through my photos, (yes, the 4S has arrived so the change over is occurring.) and was about to delete it. See if you can guess which one and if you agree.
Anyone curious about what apps where used to create a particular image, just leave a question in the comments and I'll answer.
I'm still playing with two lots of images at the moment. Some of the Fluid Motion screen shots from the iPhone cover design I posted last week and the photographs that I took when down at the Albert Dock. Two of the Dock images are included in the above; a close up shot of a dressed up shopper and another from the lobby of the Tate gallery.
Here's the sequence that I went through to achieve the Fluid Motion image that's first in the gallery;
So the apps were, going from left to right, top to bottom -
Fluid Motion, Segmentix, Percolator, then I combined 2 and 3 with HDR Fix to create 4. Lego photo is 5 and the final image is 4 and 5 blended with HDR Fix.
Oh...and Happy Halloween!
* For some odd reason some of the thumbnails are blank...? I've tried deleting and re-uploading but it makes no difference.
My plan, as I told Spyros earlier in the week, is to do one post a week that gathers together that weeks creative output and goes into detail about the process behind one of the images.
This week has been mostly spent trying to finish my 'Muses' Playgorund' challenge. I've placed it first in this week's gallery and for more information about it, surf over to the playground.
The 'reality sucks' graphic came about from a chat with @ArtDream on Twitter, I'll upload it to Vector magic at some point and add it to my Graphic Words shop.
Like most Apple admirers I'm excited about the 4S, mostly because I'm 'still' using a 3GS. Last weekend I gave up waiting for Orange to ring me and started to research the cheapest way to get one. Most of this was done via the wonderful
Money Saving Expert site. In preparation for the day that I get my eager hands on one I dedicde to design a cover for myself. I love the effects that can be achieved with the
Fluid Motion app, so started with that. Here's a gif of some of the images I captured. (Yes, this week I discovered
Giff Boom.)
None of the screen captures was just what I was looking for, so I started to layer different ones using
Juxtaposer. When I had an image I was pleased with I opened it on my laptop in Paint Shop Pro. Resized it; (to 300dpi which is what most POD sites demand. Although I know that there's a lot of discussion about whether that's actually relevant.) using bicubic sampling at the smoother end of the range, used unsharpen mask and then because I wanted the image smoky and smooth I used the remove noise filter twice. Finally I added the texture of wet fallen leaves and then added some text. Here's the Juxtaposer montage next to an image of a case with the final design on.
I've also been playing with some recent images to make a few gifs with
Gif Boom, here they are;
*EDIT - For some reason when viewing with Chrome you have to click on each of the images for the gif to work. It works automatically with FireFox (or did) Let me know if there are any other browser problems, thanks.
playing with online tools again...
GIFSoup
I am a disabled artist & designer based in Liverpool, a coastal city in the North West of England.