Jillian's Thread

[palms1]

Jillian
Craig has given you some sound advice, have a look through some of the threads in the art forum there are some excellent ones there and should you post some photo's there you will get some great and interesting results, ( sometimes not always what you would expect)
I was also going to add while recuperrating you could have a bash at using some software find your old cd out and load it, or i believe Gimp is a free download ( ikroll is the expert on that one and he is very helpful) the time will fly for you then and you will have had fun into the bargain.
Also could i put a different take on what has been said previously Jillian may not have posted any "attempts" but if i remember rightly she commented on everything anyone done ( not many of us can say that ) and as she is not familiar with any of the techniques that may be a unbiased opinion ? seen from a different angle !
Ultimately the choice is ours to have a go at a photo or not
well i have chose to, just messing around with cspringers illustrated look again might get there one day
Jillian i think it happened before as well as now have messed around with the amount of beauty spots sorry

Palms

[Jillianweedmark]

On the ... spot
Hey! This is a great version of the photo. I love how you kept the texture of the sweater I was wearing rough, and then smoothed out my face. I look like a diva! (That's a good need no need to fret)
I was actually made aware of GIMP 5 minutes ago and am all over the downloading process like a dirty shirt.
Art forum:
I'm starting slow in that section and just posted to see if anyone would be interested in playing around with some photos and so on. I think it would be a great learning experience and it's a blast to mess around with photos. I mean, hello! I've been playing in PAINT BRUSH all this time! That takes pactience and talent folks!
Anyways! I'm off to d/l some fun.
I'll be back on later inquiring about GIMP and what button does what
Thanks you guys! This day is so much better that yesterday!
Jillian

[JimJam]

I don't know if you deserved the cold welcome you received or not but I will add my work here for now. I use Photoshop's Elements 2 so you don't need the latest and greatest from Adobe to make some great images. And the addition of two free plug-ins Impressionist and optic Verve Labs -Virtual Photographer greatly expand photoshops abilities.

[CJ Swartz]

Jillian, most of us all learned on our own, with some seminars or classes along the way, but you can't learn without DOING. Reading how someone here did something, or reading a tutorial (there are many of them on this website and all over the internet) doesn't help you learn until you actually open up a program and start practicing it yourself.

[Jillianweedmark]

That only makes sense... I did mention that I'm downloading a could programs at the moment and moment's away from DOING!! Hold me BACK!

[palms1]

Originally Posted by Jillianweedmark

On the ... spot
Hey! This is a great version of the photo. I love how you kept the texture of the sweater I was wearing rough, and then smoothed out my face. Jillian

Thank you Jillian
i am another one who has learnt by "doing" and the best learning curve is right here on retouch, loads to read and believe it or not loads of people who will help you out with the even the silliest of questions

hope you enjoy gimp

Palms

[Lorraine]

Hi Jillian,

It's good to hear from you. I'm thrilled that your group presentation went to so well. Hope you feel better soon.

I'm among the many that have learned practically everything from RetouchPRO. Also took a few classes in Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro from www.lvsonline.com to learn the mechanics of the programs.

Lorraine

[Jillianweedmark]

A moment of everyones time to recognize the effort and hard freaking work that goes into retouching photos.
Last night I downloaded Gimp - I think I only have 8 more days of the free trail - and I SUCK! Horrible! I have no clue what I'm doing and am extremely unmotivated.
Practice makes perfect I guess....

[JimJam]

No practice makes better, lots and lots and lots and lots of practice makes near perfect.

[palms1]

There's a game some of us play here occasionaly it is called "what if" translated it means "what happens if i press this button or move this slider this way, or combine these layers " just have fun see what you can do using the "what if " method you learn loads that way even if it is just finding your way around your software

Palms

[Ziaphra]

Originally Posted by Jillianweedmark

A moment of everyones time to recognize the effort and hard freaking work that goes into retouching photos.
Last night I downloaded Gimp - I think I only have 8 more days of the free trail - and I SUCK! Horrible! I have no clue what I'm doing and am extremely unmotivated.
Practice makes perfect I guess....

Could you show us which website you downloaded it from Jillian because GIMP software is free and if there is a website charging for it, they should be reported.

[Jillianweedmark]

I went to download.com and typed in GIMP I had to download to things to make the program run..... well see what happens.

[joey florio]

>>>>>>I think I only have 8 more days of the free trail

Sounds fishy to me.

Where's the Photoshop CD?

Adobe.com - you can download any of their products for a full month, full version.

I think JW is playing everybody like a violin.

[Cameraken]

Very Fishy.

On the 22/11/06 in the Women's Studies Thread Gillian Wrote

Blown out of the water!
Hey guys - the whole group is here and we just want to thank each and everyone of you for helping us and taking the time to work on this project!
We will be still looking on here for any other submissions as we don't present until DECEMBER FIRST (1st). But - as it stands right now your photos have made a great presentation and we have you guys to thank for it!!!!
You work is amazing and the time that you've taken from your days has gone to a great cause. We will post our final mark on here as soon as we get it.
Thanks,
Jillian, Jenny, Amanda, Anne, and Amanda
__________________
Jillian

source
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache...&ct=clnk&cd=26


In post 5 in this thread Gillian Wrote

4) Privacy: The Girls in my WISE (Women's Studies Class) didn't want their photos up, Ben and my photos were personal (someone made a comment that was very out line) making me think that taking off the remaining photos would me smart.

But one of the photographs is still on the net here

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4162/jennyhps0.jpg


Ken.

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by Jillianweedmark

A moment of everyones time to recognize the effort and hard freaking work that goes into retouching photos.
Last night I downloaded Gimp - I think I only have 8 more days of the free trail - and I SUCK! Horrible! I have no clue what I'm doing and am extremely unmotivated.
Practice makes perfect I guess....

Jillian -- everything is hard at the beginning when we don't know how to do it.
The only things that are easy to do are the things we've already learned how to do well. You have no need to learn to do retouching or to learn GIMP or Photoshop -- if you want to stop before you try and go do other things instead, that's completely up to you -- you know where your interests lie. If there's a reason that you want to learn to work with photos, then just take some time and start to learn one thing at a time with the program. When you start learning it and knowing how to do that, move on to a second thing. It's just like everything else you've learned to do in your life -- it's hard at the beginning and gets easier -- when it gets easier, it gets to be even more fun.

Oh, and GIMP from download.com is free -- no trial period.