Tuesday, March 31, 2015

New Tools Rediscovered

 Editing in Corel® Paintshop Pro Photo®

New Tools Rediscovered

[ I had forgotten that I had already posted something about my recent projects. I must have short term memory loss. I knew I had on my mind to post as soon as I got a chance. Anyway, here's an update. ]

I have several editions of PSPP since I've updated the software over the years. Some of the older versions had tools, apps and scripts that were dropped to add new features such as new fonts and frames. Some of these are still available as add-ons.  Sometimes I would start using the new versions before I explored all the features of the old ones. I happened to stumble into one of the older programs, looking for one of my favorite fonts and found some things I had never tried. The Watercolor script was one of those. Some of the transformations were neat. If I can remember all the steps, I should write a tutorial. I am now using PSPP X7 which is the 17th Edition. 


It's on sale (half price) as of March 31. 




I used a feature in the 9th Edition to transform this image into a textured watercolor.

And one of City Park

I'll be happy to share any of these tips with you. Message me @ Olde Towne Photos on Facebook.
Visit my Flickr Album to see more images. Enjoy the view.




Tuesday, March 3, 2015

New Tool Found

New Tool Found. Actually, it's and old tool, rediscovered.  I found it in an old JASC editing program from 1993 that was eliminated when Corel took it over and called it PaintShopPro.  It emulates watercolor appearance to a digital photograph. I am now using Corel PaintShopPro Photo X7 which is the 17th level of the software program. I never did much artsy stuff in the beginning and went on to the later versions without knowing what was in the earlier ones. Now I'm going through some old images and applying this treatment to see what happens. I'm getting some nice results. I've posted some on my Flickr Photostream and some here. Comments welcomed.

 
 


Cropped, showing detail
 
I think I'll get some printed and see how they look.