Learning about layers in Photoshop
In the past I've only used Photoshop to resize an image or brighten it or some other basic function. I always felt like every time I tried to work with layers, I couldn't get back to the layer I was working on or I would totally screw something up and couldn't get it back. Well, my niece is becoming an amazing photographer Jessica Yousif Photography and is especially a whiz with Photoshop. Well she just started her first semester at Scad Art School in Savannah, GA for photography.
I had picked up a copy of the new Somerset Digital Studio Somerset Digital Studio and was in total awe. I was reading how one of the artists had manipulated her art and called my niece to ask her a question about it. Well, that one question totally changed my world for me where Photoshop is concerned. However, she only told me enough to create about a dozen more questions in my mind. Thankfully I'm able to have a better understanding of some of the online tutorials out there and feel like I can actually follow them now and understand what they are talking about.
My new knowledge has given me a new vision for my art and is showing me new possibilities for the vintage ladies in glass in my last post. Due to some distractions at home, I still haven't finished the necklaces but I did get farther with them, just not finished. But when I learned my new techniques in photoshop, however, that also caused a detour in getting them done. I do feel though that the detour was a happy detour and will lead to yet another direction in my art to enhance what I've currently been doing.
So with that said, here is a little before and after of what I did with one photo that is going to be the background for a piece of art I'm creating. This is a boutique I've got some of my jewelry and accessories in. Loveland Boutique
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