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Above The Clouds


	Above The Clouds Fun in Photoshop, 6 layers, paint brushes, filters, and 1 photograph Donna J. Eaton

Cathy Barrows

great job with PS

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September 07, 2003

Murry Grigsby

Mystical work, Donna!!

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September 07, 2003

- Evy Johansen

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Very beautiful work, Donna!

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September 07, 2003

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Fantastic! I love the way you painted the water in..awesome..
Marianne

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September 08, 2003

Kathleen Clemons

Beautifully done, Donna!

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September 08, 2003

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Excellent work, Donna!!

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September 08, 2003

Theresa McCloskey

excellent ps work - love this shot

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September 08, 2003

Leanne M.E. Boyd

I love the fantacy. Excellent image!!!

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September 08, 2003

Suzie Strasburg

Ditto with all...wonderful job!:~)))

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September 08, 2003

Sherrie H. Penny

Donna, this very nice work and very beautiful... what did you do on the little girls back/wings... did you paint these in or did they come from a filter? Like the Flood filter????

Sherrie Penny

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September 09, 2003

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Hi, you should give a tutorial on this..it is really good..I do a lot of this and not sure at how you did some of the things in this montage..Bless, Marianne

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September 09, 2003

Donna J. Eaton


	Above The Clouds Original Donna J. Eaton

Thank you so much everyone. I'm so thrilled that you liked this piece. I had it in my head all weekend and was finally able to get it to work out like I wanted. I have very little PS skill and most of it is self taught. Here's what I did. First I opened the pic of the little girl and cut her out. I then opened a blank file and filled it with black. I moved the girl onto the black and created the reflecton with the flood filter. I also added a slight smart blur to the girl and cloned out her shoes. I added the dry brush filter to her and adjusted it according to taste. In the next layer I played around with the filter>render>lighting effects until I had a glow coming from the "moon". In a new layer I added the cloud horizon with a paintbrush downloaded from Walrus. I then added a new layer and added the moon with another paintbrush from the same collection. The wings were done with a paintbrush from dani3dfraxwings1 collection on a separate layer. I then adjusted the outer glow, bevel and emboss, and satin under layer styles just on the wings. The final touch was to add the stars to the background layer with assorted paintbrushes. I know this may be confusing. It was a lot of trial & error. I am uploading the original photo so you can see my inspiration. I'll be glad to answer any questions that you may have. Thank you again for taking the time to comment! It is most appreciated!

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September 09, 2003

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