i so wanted for this to be much better than this crudely done processing. but i couldn't understand the tutorial and i'd watched it several times already. i hate photoshop with a passion! but i wanted this for my alphabet's finale so i had to do some drastic processing using ribbet. lots of cloning happened on this shot. i could've asked someone else to do it or me but that would be cheating myself.
the corn was partner's idea; i was happy just having the zipper screened on the zucchini. maybe i should have superimposed his face inside the zucchini but i didn't want to gross you out and not eat zucchini anymore. no zucchini was wasted in making this shot. neither zipper nor corn.
@claireuk - thank you, my good friend claire. hahaha! only one clued in on it when I was already on the "u". i also didn't really think about it until the fourth day. :-)
This is a great one to get going with Photoshop! I did several zippered items (apple, orange, tennis ball) to see how to do them. There are numerous tutorials and some can be pretty bad. As a trick, when you get everything "done", add a texture layer with blending to get everything close to the same tones (or looking like they belong together). I think this is one of the most difficult photo-manipulation tasks - closing off the edit with everything looking "natural or realistic". Great going!!
@mikegifford - thank you, mike. i did watch other tutorials on this in youtube but i can't seem to really follow them or i can't find the function in my photoshop program. gavin hoey was the simplest tutorial i've seen but i still couldn't make a go of it so i had to use ribbet. i need someone to sit down with me to actually show me how to use this photoshop thingie. taking a course is not an option, i find it's a waste of money because we're also left on our own to discover the different functions, or else the instructor spends more time with those who already know how to do it, just like in the photography courses i've taken. i've seen your zippered photos and they're awesome, mine would look like the poor cousin from the other side of the track next to them. :-)
@summerfield Gavin Hoey is my favorite along with Blue Lightning TV.
I also know exactly what you're talking about with respect to classes. I just keep at it and try new stuff. Also, what I've noticed, when I'm watching a training video, I work on a photo that I've taken and mimic exactly what the video is trying to show. If there is ANY issue of understanding, button click, screen movement, menu drop-down, anything at all that is out of place or not completely understood (even a casual comment made by the instructor), go back and play the video again. Sometimes start all over and repeat steps. What happens is the instructor sometimes skips what they believe are known or inconsequential steps, but that isn't always the right assumption or correct.
very clever, I admire you for trying this, not easy and like you I have to watch the tutorials many, many times and still have trouble understanding them, well done
@claireuk - thank you, my good friend claire. hahaha! only one clued in on it when I was already on the "u". i also didn't really think about it until the fourth day. :-)
@tsteall - thank you, tammie. more like a lot of hair pulling. :-)
I also know exactly what you're talking about with respect to classes. I just keep at it and try new stuff. Also, what I've noticed, when I'm watching a training video, I work on a photo that I've taken and mimic exactly what the video is trying to show. If there is ANY issue of understanding, button click, screen movement, menu drop-down, anything at all that is out of place or not completely understood (even a casual comment made by the instructor), go back and play the video again. Sometimes start all over and repeat steps. What happens is the instructor sometimes skips what they believe are known or inconsequential steps, but that isn't always the right assumption or correct.
Take care ;-)