Tuesday Tips and Techniques: Photo Editing

Can't find time to play in your journal but you've taken lots of photos?  You can still let your creativity flourish by being creative with photo editing. 

Here are some of the photos I played with over the past two weeks using free, online photo editing programs.

After a couple modifications to the photo below, and a couple keystrokes using FotoFlexer, Voila! I've got a neon Nick!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little cropping and color boosting brought this Thai restaurant character to life. 

Multiple functions in iPiccy helped to re-create this photo of Nadia.

This photo of fruit taken at the West Side Market in Cleveland looks even more luscious cropped and colorized using iPiccy.

And here are the newlyweds, Nick & Heather!  More cropping with some other photo effects and desaturation make this photo feel soft and nostalgic. ( Congratulations to the new couple!)

 

 

 

I've used other free, online photo editing programs such as Pixlr (which is what I've used most frequently over the past few months) and PicMonkey.  Each program offers different items that I enjoy using, and I'm just beginning to become familiar with each of these sites.  I'll try to do a more in-depth review of each specific site in the coming weeks.  Do you have a favorite online photo editing program that you enjoy using?  If so, tell us all about it in the comments section of this post!

I hope you're finding lots of time for creativity whether it's in your journal, at the easel, with your camera or - just in your head!

CELEBRATE * LOVE * CREATE

Tuesday Tips and Techniques: Tuxpi

I've been having so much fun with this free,  photo editing site, (Tuxpi), that I just have to share it with you.  My friend, Geri, over at My Heart Art, is an amazing artist who specializes in digital work.  If you've never been to her blog, I suggest you check it our pronto!  Each one of Geri's posts is filled with helpful techniques and great website links as well as her creative artwork.

One of the last links that Geri shared is Tuxpi.com.  You can do incredible things with your artwork and photographs, and the best part of it all - it's FREE!

The first image I decided to play with was the easter egg artwork from my Weekend Journal post.  After a few adjustments (sorry - I neglected to write down which effects I used), I ended up with this image from the original PDF.

Tuxpi edited image

Original artwork

I had a PDF of the original sketch of my Easter eggs, so I also played with that in Tuxpi.  As I recall, I used the kaleidoscope effect and adjusted the color and saturation.  I also cropped the original image.

Tuxpi edit

Original image

Remember this journal spread from a couple weeks ago?  I simply added the Heatmap Photo Effect without making any other adjustments.  I love the way it looks!

Original image

Original image with Heatmap Photo Effect

And, of course, you KNOW there's no way I'm not going to play with an image of Angelia!  I love seeing myself with Photo film, Stardust and set to infinity!  

"Angelia - Infinity and Beyond"!!!

Angelia original image

So there you have it.  This is just a minute sampling of all the fun you can have with this free program.  No program is more user friendly than Tuxpi, and it's quite easy to download your finished images into your computer.  Thanks for the tip, Geri!   Now - grab your images and imagination and have some fun!