10/23/2003 7:02:33 AM

Thank you Katarzyna, I have to say this makes me laugh alone, she is so funny!
Thank you for your time,
Cheers from Portugal, Su

10/23/2003 7:06:10 AM

Very cute! You did a great job with this.

10/23/2003 7:24:19 AM

Nice panel, Su!! Your shots are so cute as is the little girl. I imagine she had the time of her life posing and being the STAR of the show :0)

10/23/2003 7:32:23 AM

Love her expressions...nice job on this, Susana!

10/23/2003 7:32:28 AM

Susana, I really like the collages you put together. I'd love to learn how to put one together. Maria is adorable. Cute pictures and captions. Great Job! ;0)

10/23/2003 7:36:44 AM

Very nicely put together and very cute shots. Nice job Su.

10/23/2003 7:54:42 AM

This is delightful! Well photographed, appealing, and well crafted. Nicely done, Susana.

10/23/2003 7:57:50 AM

This is just great, Su!!! Now you need to teach all of us how to do it!

10/23/2003 8:12:49 AM

AWESOME SU!!!!! I'd love to know how you did this also.

10/23/2003 9:13:15 AM

Susana, this is just beautiful. I am another fan of your collages......care to share?????

10/23/2003 11:32:37 AM

So wonderful, Su!!

10/23/2003 11:54:55 AM

Outstanding Story.Susana.

10/23/2003 12:08:36 PM

Sweet panel, Susana!

10/23/2003 12:33:52 PM

Very good history you tell with these pictures.
Regards

10/23/2003 1:25:46 PM

Well, THANK YOU, you are very nice.
Maria is my sister's little girl, she is cute, isn´t she? Big character!!!
About Photoshop composition I am going to try with my not so good english:
- Open the photos you want
- Then Image>Image size> and with Constrain Proportions ON you reduce each photo (example here: with 72 pixels/inch I reduced each photo to 14cmx10.4cm so my computer´s memory could handle with all the photos)
- Then File>new and open with the same 72 pixels/inch with the size you want (here 66cmx15cm)
-Use the Move tool to put the New Guides and prepare the structure of the new file (the place for each image)
-Go to each photo, make the adjustments needed and finally use the Filter>unsharp mask (I use Amount 50%, Radius 1.4, Threshold 0 as Jim Miotke explains)because you'll lose detail with the compression when you'll post the photo.
- Then Rectangular Marquee to select each photo and Edit>Copy and GO to new file Edit>paste.
- Then Move tool to place the photo
- Remember that each photo will be in ONE individual layer, so each time you want to do anything to one photo you have to go to its layers and click over it.
- Finally go to background layer and use the Paint Bucket to color it, also write the text and place it with the Move Tool, and finnaly I added here a gradient over the background.

Uffffff, hope you'll understand!!
Cheers from Portugal and thank you so much for your nice comments!
Su

10/23/2003 1:30:04 PM

Hi Su! Great shots of your granddaughter ~ she is very pretty! Nice job with the captions too!

10/23/2003 2:45:53 PM

Hi Susan, what a pleasure to read from you. I think I have a mistake, Maria is my SISTER's little girl!!!!!
Tell me which is your camera so I can look after your recent posts?
Cheers from Portugal, Su
Is it cold up there? Cold has began here, we had so wonderful warm days and we aren't still used to cold, brrrrrrrrrr...

10/23/2003 3:03:17 PM

Great collage, Su! Love it!

10/23/2003 3:20:35 PM

This is SSSSOOOOO cute and so very well presented. You are becoming a pro at this.

10/23/2003 8:31:54 PM

Great job, Su! I really enjoy looking at your work!

10/24/2003 2:46:25 AM

Oksana I am delighted to read from you! Thank you.
Darren, that is a big... huge compliments! You make me want to do more and more. Thank you.
Dana, you are so nice and comments like yours make my days better. Thank you.
Cheers from Portugal, Su

10/24/2003 12:40:16 PM

I LOVE this panel of portrait shots, Susana! Maria's expressions are precious and the sequence tells a cute story :-) Very nicely shot and presented!

10/25/2003 2:52:30 AM

LOL Tia babada!!!!!!!!!!!
espectacular, auntie Susana!
:) gy

10/26/2003 11:55:48 AM

well I showed this to her Mum and it made her laugh out loud! She liked it, I am happy you do like as well. I still laugh a lot when I look at this, this is soooo much little Maria!
By the way she is already 3 years old...
Cheers Su

10/26/2003 12:05:21 PM

This is GREAT!!! You are so creative! I love it, Su! The child is so beautiful! Nice job!

10/26/2003 6:20:42 PM

Thank you Paula, when I saw these pictures of her, that I shot in one of those family-reunion days, I thought right away about puting them together.
Then I was on a "good" day when I did it, because this still makes me laugh. Maria is a little girl with caracther and very funny!
best wishes from Portugal, Su

10/27/2003 12:32:16 AM

I just love this. I am hoping I can find more of your work...especially of this type. Thank you so much for sharing.
Vera :-)

11/1/2003 11:36:21 AM

How did I miss this, Susana?
Wonderful.

11/1/2003 12:19:48 PM

Thank you so much Vera and Art, I appreciate very much every word you write. I also like very much this pannel and still makes me laugh when I see it. I was lucky taking these pictures!
Cheers from Portugal, Su

11/2/2003 3:53:45 AM

Susana, I just looked at the thumbnail and I thought why does Su keep saying it makes her laugh! Then I saw the larger image and burst out laughing!!!!! Wonderful expressions aren't they? So clever of you to capture them, and your captions are spot on..........rita

12/4/2003 5:58:24 AM

THANK YOU Rita, for taking the time to write to me. Yes, I am glad you understood it from her expressions because she is really funny, like all childreen when they´re receive the love they should get.
Cheers from Portugal; Su

12/6/2003 8:06:38 AM