April's Photoshop Challenge

[rgbivens]

Hey guys and gals,

I am going to start having a monthly photoshop challenge. These have been fairly popular in the past and I hope to generate a lot of activity with my challenges.

This is mainly just to help everybody with their photoshop/PSP skills and to 'challenge' you of course. Also this is a learning opportunity. If you have no clue where to start on a project like this and have an advanced graphics editing software such as Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, GIMP (for the Nix'ers) then just ask and I know there are people, including myself, that will help you get started.

This month we will be helping our little friend the moth. I took this photo today outside of photography class believe it or not. As you can see he has a messed up wing. It seems to have gotten cut and folded under his other wing. If that made no sense to you look at the right side and compare it to the left and you should see what’s wrong with it.

I want you to doctor him up and 'heal' his wing Keep an eye on details such as coloration and symmetry. Also, another part of the challenge is to make the file size under 75 KB. Cropping should be kept to a minimum and image size should remain as close to original if not exactly to the same size. The source file as is = 69.2 KB) My ending file is 65.4

As I have in the past I will upload my finished image after a few entries have come in.

Good luck!

-Grant

 

[rgbivens]

The last two photoshop challenges drew quite a large crowd...

Is anybody going to give it a try???

-Grant

 

[_becca]

yaay fuuun!

here is my try...

 

[jayelle]

cool;

 

[rgbivens]

Great Job _becca!!!

What program(s) did you use???

That goes for any future pictures. Tell what program you used.

jayelle, are you going to give it a try???

-Grant

 

[_becca]

Thank you very much!!!

I used Adobe Photoshop 6.0

 

[rgbivens]

Thank you very much!!!

I used Adobe Photoshop 6.0

Awesome _becca!

Maybe you being a 15 year old female scared all the boys away with your awesome job

I just hope some others will take a stab anyway...

-Grant

 

[Tyeise]

I'm a brand new member, but I love doing digital artwork. I see that I won't be able to post images until I've been here a while and posted a bunch of messages, so I guess I won't even begin on this image until I've done so. I use Paint Shop Pro, instead of Photoshop, but that shouldn't make any difference, should it?

Tyeise

 

[2Bhumble]

Here's mine...

 

[rgbivens]

Cool Tyeise!!! Welcome to CF!

No, it makes no difference what imaging software you use. Its a matter of personal preference.

2Bhumble - I like the backwards approach. I would have never thought about doing it like that. Good job!

-Grant

 

[Tyeise]

I have a hard time resisting challenges, as you'll come to know if I hang around here very long. Since I don't have enough messages, let's see if the forum will at least let me point you to where you can see my pictures.

The repair job - with a touchup on the background is at:

http://www.creative-imaginations.net/photoart/christianforum/mothrepair.jpg

While I was at it, I also decided to make one a little more artisting - maybe similar to a watercolor.

http://www.creative-imaginations.net/photoart/christianforum/moth-watercolor.jpg

Hope you like them.

 

[2Bhumble]

Nice job Tyeise!! Oh and Happy Birthday!!

 

[Tyeise]

Thank you!

 

[rgbivens]

Great stuff Tyeise!!! I love the color of the bricks in that first one. Really compliments the moths coloration.

Is anybody else going to try my challenge?

-Grant

 

[Talie]

Ok, i wasn't going to try cause I don't have photoshop and the benefit of all the easy way you guys get to do things - but here ya go (71k)

 

[Tyeise]

Ok, i wasn't going to try cause I don't have photoshop and the benefit of all the easy way you guys get to do things - but here ya go

I don't have Photoshop either - I use Paint Shop Pro. I don't know what program you used, but you did a terrific job!

 

[Talie]

I use fireworks, it wasn't really designed for this kind of work

 

[Tyeise]

I've never used fireworks. Do you like it?

 

[Talie]

do i like it? well.....yes, but that's mainly because I own it - so it's what I have

I haven't even used a remotely up to date version of photoshop (it's too expensive, I was fortunate that I was given a copy of dreamweaver & fireworks a few years ago, and I don't believe in copying software so), but i know it's more focused on working with photos, where fireworks is more focused on web graphics

 

[Freedom&Light]

I'm still learning Photoshop (I don't even have the full version...LOL!!), so have mercy on me.

(I love the B&W with color highlighted thing- I just learned how to do it recently, so it's become a small obsession. LOL!)