Buzzzman

Your version has a warm feel to it.. I didn't like any of my color versions-but I did like this b/w conversion.   Buzz

Your effort kooks nice also....   Buzz

Thanks-  A few years ago, I tried smudging, but everything I tried, looked like crap.  I think  Photoshop's mixer brush  has potential...    Buzz

Brush 176...

Sure- here is the original...straight from the opened raw file..

Trying to learn using the mixer brush in Photoshop CS 6. Like I mentioned- this is my first attempt... Looking for som ehonest critiques. It's ok if you don't like it at all...Be brutal--, if you...

How about a faux infrared....    Buzz

Icely fone, buy I think the color of the painted  background competes with subject, and actually overpowers it.  I truid changing the color of the background and arkened the edges....

Try this..  http://www.keptlight.com/2011/03/photoshop-view-print-size/

I didn't pay any attention tha it was a plug in.. I just clicked on the link.. I thought it was an element;s  upgrade.   As a plug in , it looks quite interesting.     My apologies for  my...

I hope  am wrong, but  is this information valid????--  Did Eements go from version  11 to version xxl(30)????  Also, I  can't find ayy other information, anywhere , on a new version of Elements....

n/t http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130517-710233.html Hmm.. the actual article won't post. It is quite interesting.  It claims Adobe is currently signing  up 12,000, per week, and  also got...

.   i didn't  forget that-, as   I am in that boat myself   I was  commenting  on Adobe's lack of interest in us amateur photographers.  Its    all about money   What irritates me is- I   was...

Adobe doesn't need us amateur photos.. The majority of their business comes from Government Contractsand   graphic artist using  the Creative suites.  i hope i am wrong that Adobe took our money...

Purchase  and install it.   then in Photoshop- in the menu bar---Help/update, and download the updates.

Adjust one image til you like it- then  create a preset.

If you want a natural blur look- forget the gaussian blur, and use lens blur.  Using  gausian blur is a dead giveaway that it was.added in Photoshop, and can look fake. The stronger the blur, the...

Thanks for your thorough explanation..  Actually, I was doing everything right-just didn't notice that another file was opened. I was looking for the layers panel to open another layrr to...

thanks for replying. Right now, I am  not doing anyrthing in particular.. I am just trying to figure out what  layer/smart objecs/edit content "  is supposed to do.   As  there is only a limited...

This comes from the adobe website CS 6 help site Edit the content of a Smart Object When you edit a Smart Object, the source content is opened in either Photoshop (if the content is raster...