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Category Archives: photo manipulation
Tales Around The Supper Table – Volume Two
J.L. Curtis has gathered up another group of talented authors from the Lone Star State for the second volume of Tales Around The Supper Table, my latest book cover design. A collection of short stories featuring Dragons, Cowboys and Indians, SciFi, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Design, Collage, News, photo manipulation
Tagged book design, digital collage, J.L. Curtis, Texas writers
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Happy Birthday, Tina!
It’s Tina’s birthday, and I made her another Halloween themed birthday as I have in the past. Happy birthday, Tina!
Honest Abe Lincoln
I came across this famous photographic portrait of Honest Abe and decided to play with Adobe Photoshop’s new Neural Filters. With the touch of a button and maybe a two second delay, black and white photographs are automatically colorized.
Posted in photo manipulation, Photography
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Apple, coloririze, computer, digital, Mac, Neural Filters, Photoshop
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One Touch Colorization
A new set of features in the recently updated Photoshop make it unbelievably easy to cheat by making the painstaking process of colorizing photos into a one button process!
Posted in Computers, photo manipulation, Photography, The Photo Elective
Tagged 35mm, colorize, film, Neural Filters, Photoshop, Self portait, Tina Garceau
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Bok Choy Betty
Posted in Collage, Food, Illustration, Italian Market, photo manipulation, Photography
Tagged bok choy, collage, photography, vegetables, vintage
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Happy Birthday, Tina! 2018 Edition
Being that Tina’s birthday comes in October, I usually get a jump on Halloween by giving her card the theme of the season. Here is our dear cat Plywood as the undead count from Transylvania.
Posted in Drawer Cards, photo manipulation
Tagged #AffinityDesigner, Affinity Photo, birthday, card, cat, collage, digital illustration, Dracula, Drawer Cards, Illustration, Tina Garceau, vampire
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The Cat People Valentine Special
Rather than bury one another under a mountain of clutter, Tina and I make cards for each other. I think I have run the course of angry or ironic Cupids so I decided to go weird for this Valentine.


