Beverly invited to another round of pink fun for Pink Saturday. I made a digital collage for that, using the photo below. Yup, this is the original, unaltered photo showing mainly black. I took it on New Year's Eve shortly after midnight when fireworks were blooming all around. Here I caught a moment inbetween.
Don't delete such photos right away -- they may be perfect as background for a digital collage or scrapbook layout. Just use your graphic program of choice (I used Paint Shop Pro 9). If you don't have any graphic program on your computer, go for the free GIMP. By adjusting the curves for input and output you can see the hidden colors and shapes.
Since the image was very grainy, I removed some of the digital camera noise, ending up with a smoother image which still had the slightly grainy quality I wanted.
I then added two other images, blended the layers, used a couple of filters, and added a frame. So here's my finished collage with pink accents.
I hope you like it -- and if you are now eager to learn more about digital art, be sure to visit We Love Digital Art. It would be lovely to welcome you there.
Happy Pink Saturday!
love it... gorgeous
ReplyDeleteThanks for making my day begin so beautifully, lovely piece!
ReplyDeleteWow! I can't believe you got all that from one black photo! I have to say that is very interesting indeed! And...what a beautiful creation you end up with! Kudos Birgit...Kudos!
ReplyDeleteBeen missing you in the group. Hope to see you back there soon.
Hugs,
Joan :)
Awesome- i would love to learn how to do that!
ReplyDeleteHappy PS!
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How lovely! You did a wonderful job with this. :) Theresa
ReplyDeleteThat's really cool. Happy Pink Saturday and also Happy Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteOo-la-la...what a beauty! Thanks for the tip also...I would have never thought you could do that with a picture that started out black...wonderful!
ReplyDeleteKathleen
oh WOW! not only is that a gorrrrrrgeous background, you have totally given me food for thought by the fact that you adjusted in PS what i would've thought was an UN-FIX-ABLE photo! maybe there is hope for me yet!!! thank you for the tutorial!!! ♥
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