Sam B

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Take a look at this program.  It's not cheap, but might be what you're looking for. Dynamic Auto Painter

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Click original size for best quality.  :D Fairy stock by Elisa Navacchi via Deviant Art: Elisa Navacchi Deviant Art

I'm with Patsy on this one. Having said that, I would recommend Lynda,com and their video tutorials about Photoshop.  Deke McClelland's One-on-one course in particular.  You can get a free 10 day ...

Works for me. :D

...volunteer to post next weeks project picture? Starting at 6:00pm Sunday.

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Check this thread for the general idea of what's going on: General Info Manipulate this photo anyway you want.  Click Original Size for a super big photo to work from.

Sounds like we're set on a format for the retouching projects. I'll start us off tonight at 6:00pm MST. Hope everyone enjoys themselves. :D PS: Here is a list of free stock photo sites that I use.  ...

... instead of a contest, we just make it a weekly project.  No winners, no losers.  Just a project that all can work on.  If someone enters, they might be called upon to choose the following ...

Hi everybody, I've been reading all the responses.  Thank you for your enthusiasm.  I've learned two things: 1.  Their should be two challenges.  One for the expert level retouchers  and one for ...

Thanks Diane :) The technique I use can be found here: http://blog.designcrowd.com/article/889/colorize-a-black-and-white-image-photoshop-tutorial It's pretty labor intensive compared to the ...

Hi Ray, That's another reason I want to start a weekly contest.  So that some of the more inexperienced retouchers can learn.  :-D

Thank you for your response.  Perhaps everyone entering the contest will be required to explain their process.  :)

Maybe we could make a rule that whoever wins will be required to explain their retouch steps.  Just a thought

I'd like to try to get back some of what the Retouching forum was. I'm talking about how it was back when I first joined, around 2003. The old timers here will know what I'm talking about. What I ...