"Seagull 12-String and Lyon 6-String" Digital Manip - Corel PSP Pro X3 - Corel PhotoPaint - Filter Forge

Seagull 12-String and Lyon 6-String

Returning to a Guitar motif I took this Photograph from my External HD and manipulated it using the following steps and programs.

• 1. Open with Corel PSP Pro X3
•     A. Window - Fit to screen
•     B. Enhance Photo
•         a. High Pass Sharpen -
•             Hard Light
•     C. Color Balance
•         a. Increased Warmth
•     D. Effects
•         a. Art Media Effects
•             1) Brush Strokes
•             2) More Sticks
•     E. Adjust
•         a. Hue Saturation
•             1) Vibrancy
• 2. Name and Save As
• 3. Open Picasa 3.9
•     A. Open with Corel Painter 11
•         a. Apply Surface Texture
•             1) Luminance
• 4. Save Large Iteration
• 5. From Picasa Open with Corel PhotoPaint
•     A. Fit to Page
•     B. Effects
•         a. Filter Forge's Frames
•             1) Grunge Frame
•             2) Red and Black
•     C. Open Signature jpg
•         a. Copy to Clip Board
•         b. Select Working Image
•             1) Paste and Place
•             2) Apply Multiply
•             3) Merge with Image
• 6. Save Large Iteration Change
• 7. Reopen New with PSP Pro X3
•     A. Window - fit to Screen
•     B. Image - Picture Frame
•         1) Add Gold Frame
• 8. Save again
• 9. Resize to Display width 1220 pixels.
•     A. Save with New # designation

These steps resulted in the Image for today. I have both Guitars and my Music Stand in the image. Plus our rocking chair. I shot the photograph with my Canon Rebel XTi at 1600 ISO Medium size jpg.