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Do you remember me?

© Graham Robards

Do you remember me?

Uploaded: January 29, 2010

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~Digital Darkroom~ The Original photo and stages are inside.

Sepia entry- Photogroup 101

~Pat

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Graham Robards January 29, 2010

ExposureTime : 1/100.0Sec

FNumber : F4.0

ISOSpeedRatings : 200

Tripod and cable release used.

The original photo is part of my assigment this week for a pet photography course I am taking.

For the before shot I used white Seamless paper as the background, placed Cindy's toy on top of the window ledge asking Graham to tap the window to keep her attention focused.
I achieved the final result by cutting Cindy out from the white seamless paper
in Photoshop using the Quick Mask mode.
PSE 5 to 7 doesn't have quick mask, however these tools are all free of charge and can be installed from HERE.
Then I moved the cutout onto a new background I'd previously painted in Painter, added a picture tube of the soldier from Paint Shop lowering the opacity of the layer enough to blend in. After this I flattened,
resized, made a Gradiant
map for the sepia effect.

PSE is here.I used layers, tons of layers, a basic layer tutorial is
HERE.


~Pat

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Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict January 29, 2010

Amazing image and work, Pat and Graham, love that "old-time" feel to it!

Dominick #8339009

Graham Robards January 29, 2010

Thank you ever so much for your words of encouragment Dominick! I'm glad you posted as it reminded me that I hadn't sent up the 'before' shot, will do that now! ~Pat and Graham. #8339045

Nikki McDonald level-classic January 29, 2010

Wonderful work, Pat, and I really appreciate your detailed tips. Your finished work is hauntingly beautiful. Great theme entry. #8339085

Joy Rector January 29, 2010

beautiful shot #8339294

Connie L. Carpenter January 29, 2010

How absolutely beautiful! Amazing and heartfelt image. #8339342

Sheri Camarda level-classic January 29, 2010

This is fantastic! Just the dog photo alone is awesome but the creativeness you put into it is outstanding. And thank you for sharing the details of this. What a class!! One question - how long did it take you? #8339509

Graham Robards January 29, 2010

Hi there Sherry, I didn't continue on after started working if I felt tired. it took over 8 hours of my spare time. I use cs4 myself so had to find an easier proghram where others could follow who had no understanding of layers. I'm glad you liked this tutorial. ~Pat #8339631

Amy M. Wilson January 29, 2010

Beautifully done, Pat! #8339662

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic January 29, 2010

Nice work and cute dog, Pat! #8340117

Tiia Vissak January 29, 2010

a great portrait! #8340135

Stefania Barbier level-classic January 29, 2010

adorable doggie and fantastic PS work! #8340197

Sheri Camarda level-classic January 29, 2010

Thank you Pat. Yes, it is just amazing. Just love it. Sheri #8340198

John Connolly January 29, 2010

You have the patience of a saint, Pat! Still the end result here is absolutely amazing, a superb image that I think we will see again! #8340393

Sherry McClead January 29, 2010

Great work Pat... you are amazing!!! #8340625

Katarina Mansson January 30, 2010

Lovely dog and portrait. HTD Pat! #8341267

Brett Dolsen January 30, 2010

Beautifull tones,portrait and certainly worth the effort Pat!! #8341269

Kristy A. Keene January 30, 2010

Beautiful! HTD! #8341320

Monnie Ryan January 30, 2010

Lots of work but the result is worth it -- well done! #8341745

Jane Holestine January 30, 2010

Outstanding work, Pat, and beautiful results. #8341853

Amanda J. Tanner level-classic January 30, 2010

Beautiful work Pat! Your work is inspiring. I don't have a lot of software to edit my photo's but I enjoy seeing the wonderful things you can do. Keep up the great work! #8341982

Les Rhoades level-classic January 30, 2010

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Melinda F. Schneider level-classic January 30, 2010

Sensational!! #8342285

Mitch Spence level-classic January 30, 2010

I'm impressed with your work, Pat, and appreciate you explanation of how you went about it. A dramatic presentation you've achieved with your idea and execution here. #8342457

Chuck Bruton level-deluxe January 30, 2010

Great Work ! #8343100

Susana Ms Heide January 30, 2010

IMPRESSIVE work and results!!! Definitely worth all your time and effort! Beautiful!! #8343260

Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 30, 2010

Creative and very beautiful, a keepsake! HTD! #8343334

Dr Silly level-classic January 31, 2010

Awesome job on this portrait. :O) #8343592

Datha Y. Thompson January 31, 2010

AWESOME work Pat!! Perfect in sepia too WTG Love it!! :0) #8345371

Graham Robards January 31, 2010

Thank you all, so are so very kind! I'm terribly busy at present, off to bath the dogs now! ~Pat #8345448

Karen Kessler January 31, 2010

Wonderful DDR work on this one...looks much better than the original "plain" photo! Congrats on the EP, too. Right into my faves! #8345495

Graham Robards February 01, 2010

Thank you Karen, I did this one after that "plain" old photo, I painted a background in for the pet course I am doing but didn't paint the hair though. I might finish it for up here, only one more week to go! ~Pat #8346036

Avril Young February 03, 2010

wow...outstanding work..we will be seeing this one again I am sure!!! stunning Pat! #8352593

Carolyn J. Connolly February 05, 2010

Superb capture and editing work here, Pat!! Really lovely...and thanks for all the info. on how you did it!! :o) #8357876

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