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FrannyMae Member Registered: July 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 92 users gallery	I tried this challenge primarily because I wanted to try out a couple of new techniques I learned here at RTP! Plus, who can resist such a cutie? I made a copy of the hand on the left and moved and tranformed it to fit on the right. I cloned to make it fit in. I made a grayscale version of the picture by using Calculations, with the Green channel over the Red channel, blending mode Multiply, opacity 50%. I selected New Channel, then copied the new channel using select all/copy, then switching back to the composite view and select all/paste into. This created a new layer with the b&w image. On the color version I used a curves AL to correct the saturation and overall color. I then applied a layer mask to the b&w layer and masked the face and hands to reveal the color beneath. I used a layer mask to make the vignette by adding a layer mask and blurring it. Nice to be able to see the effect before you crop! This was a lot of fun to work on, and I have enjoyed seeing everyone's version!
	· Date: 9/13/2004 · Views: 4552 · Filesize: 77.6kb · Dimensions: 432 x 581 ·
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Janet Petty

Senior Member

Registered: January 2004
Location: Mid-South
Posts: 2,111

9/13/2004 9:01pm

This version of yours looks very professional and high quallity. Very nice interpretation, one that could be blown up to a larger size and hung on the wall.

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FrannyMae

Member

Registered: July 2004
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 92

9/13/2004 9:14pm

Thanks Janet! I am thinking about digging up some of my kid's baby pics and seeing if this would work with them. It was such a simple process I need to remember what I did!

Matt Roberts

Junior Member

Registered: December 2002
Location: Australia

9/18/2004 7:19pm

Fine work FrannyMae,

Good work on the hand. I like the de-saturation,
vignette and plain black frame.

Matt

FrannyMae

Member

Registered: July 2004
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 92

10/8/2004 8:15pm

Thanks Matt. This is such a cute baby and a lot of fun to work on!

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