Thursday, February 25, 2021

Photoshop Fun: Apple on Leaf


APPLE ON LEAF
I photographed this beautiful apple from one of my antique prints and erased all the background and superimposed the image on a photograph of some leaf veins I took with my Nikon. This was long ago and I couldn't begin to do this again because it was very tedious. I added the shadow on two edges to give a floating effect too. Those were the days when you could buy a Photoshop software disc and use it forever. Then my computer crashed and times had changed. Now you have to rent the use of software and pay a huge fee every year forever and I am not willing to do that. So I do everything in the way of photo editing on my phone or with free apps like Snapseed. I'm thrifty that way. xo

10 comments:

Anita ~ the cabin on the creek said...

I also love playing around with pics on either my phone or computer. I journal & use some of my own pics, as well as ones I find online to add to a page here & there. It's a shame some of the old programs are no longer available except for an expensive price. I think I miss Microsoft Word the most. Text Edit is good, but doesn't hold a candle to Word.

And I finally got a red bellied woodpecker & two nuthatches on one of my suet feeders. You were right...patience.

...all is grace!

Sandy said...

Thank you for the link to the free apps like Snapseed.
It will be a great help to me Sandy

Pam said...

Beautiful. I'm not a very creative person, so I appreciate those of you who are. We are enjoying spring-like days and I hope you are too, Rosemary. Have a great weekend!

Anonymous said...

wow.
that's beautiful.
and if there's Money to be made they will invariably Make It. I'm thrifty that way too.
sad that everything takes a back seat. even creativity.

Content in a Cottage said...

tammy j -- I loved PicMonkey for photo editing when it was free. Then they started charging $7.00 per month for it! I don't mind buying an App as an outright purchase but I don't like monthly fees that go on forever. It's good to be thrifty!
xo, Rosemary

Content in a Cottage said...

Pam -- I am enjoying really nice spring-like weather too. Hooray!
xo, Rosemary

Content in a Cottage said...

Sandy -- SNAPSEED is the best. When it first came out, it cost something like $25 for a one-time purchase and then Google acquired it and it became FREE. I should post some before and after examples of how powerful it is. The quality is still in a bad photograph; you just have to know how to bring it out!
Do a Google search for -- youtube snapseed tutorial -- and you will learn quickly. There are still things I am learning after years with this App.
GIMP is also FREE but it's too complicated for me.
Good luck with Snapseed. That's your best bet for your phone.
xo, Rosemary

Content in a Cottage said...

Anita ~ the Cabin on the Creek -- Anita, I miss Microsoft Word too. I have had a little bit of luck with Google Docs and am still on a low learning curve with TextEdit. I recently downloaded WORD to my computer. There was no mention of a charge. When I downloaded it, there was a message that it was free for only one month, and then $60 annually kicked in. I immediately deleted it. Remember the old days when it came free with every computer? I still have my original disc with my license number, but Microsoft no longer honors it.😥
I am so happy you got a red-bellied woodpecker and nuthatches at your feeder.
xo, Rosemary

JudyMac said...

Rosemary, you are so smart and efficient when it comes to the digital world ..... I envy you that! xo Judy

Content in a Cottage said...

JudyMac: Judy, When I first went online in the early 1990s, I immediately fell in love and had an easy time of figuring things out right away. I didn't get my first iPhone until the 4S came out in late 2011 and my first iPad in 2012. I got my first MacBook Air in late 2012 and now I am Apple all the way including a desk top iMac I bought used on the NEXTDOOR App from a very nice man who lives nearby and works in IT and he took it back to factory settings. I bought it shortly after my Windows PC crashed. I definitely have a brain that works well with technology and I honestly think I was born knowing how to work the Internet😂 I am always available to help you when you need it.
xo, Rosemary