"1964 Custom Chevrolet - High Contrast" Corel PSP Pro X3 - Plus

'64 Custom Chevrolet

I just found out that my brother from up North will not be attending the Dream Cruise this year. It is up to us to buy out some time to go and get photographs like last year.

Here is another photograph of a '64 Chevrolet with a Burnt Orange finish. It is also from the AutoRama 2012. I opened with Corel PhotoPaint and applied the Local Equalization tool and then used the Tone Curve for color depth. This gave me a High Contrast image.

I ran it through Filter Forge's Photo Effects Vibrance for highlighting the colors. I saved the large file and opened with Corel PSP Pro X3. There I used the Time Machine Cross Processing feature, which added a film like border. I added a 25 pixel black border to finish.

I saved that iteration and opened in PhotoPaint and added my signature in white and resampled for display.

Listening to the periodic rain.

"Woodward Dream Cruise Build-up" Paint.NET - Plus

Custom Hot Rod

The Detroit Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise 2012, is this weekend, unofficially starting on Friday. Here I have another photograph of a Custom Car from the AutoRama 2012.

I browsed to the folder with the AutoRama photographs and selected this Custom Hot Rod. I opened with Paint.NET and applied the Ink Sketch feature for the black detail, boosting the color all the way up. I took the Ink down just a tad to show more color.

I saved that iteration and opened with Corel PhotoPaint where I used the plugin KPT Collection's Lens Flare for a blue and red flare. I saved that file and opened with Corel PSP Pro X3.

In PSP I used the Hue and Saturation Vibrancy for some punch to the colors. I applied the Depth of Field to the photograph to focus on the car as much as I could, blurring the background a bit.

I added my signature with the Visible Watermark tool. Then finished the image off with a 25 pixel black border. I saved that iteration as well then resized it for display.

Thus far the weather reports look good for the Dream Cruise Saturday and Sunday this weekend. We hope to be there for capturing some new photographs of great cars.

Listening --- The Beach Boys --- Fun, Fun, Fun

"Blue Custom Convertible" Paint.NET - Plus

Blue Custom Convertible

This years Detroit Woodward Dream Cruise 2012 is coming up this Month, August, so was thinking custom cars. I used Picasa 3.9 to browse my folder from the 2012 AutoRama for an automobile photograph.

I found this Florida Custom Convertible. This beauty is loaded with chrome and a great hood piece. A convertible that many would enjoy owning and cruising with. I opened in Paint.NET and applied the Ink Sketch tool. I kept the color up and only adjusted the Ink a tad. Saving this file I opened with Corel PhotoPaint.

I cropped the photograph and applied KPT Collection's Lens Flare, giving it a gleaming look and feel. I then applied the Tone Curve to add some depth to the colors.

I saved the file and opened with Corel PSP Pro X3. I used the Hue and Saturation tool for Vibrancy adding punch to the colors. I added my signature with Visible watermark and finished off with a 25 pixel black border. I save this iteration and resized for display.

Listening to Peace and Quiet

"Bubble Mobile" 2012 AutoRama - Corel PhotoPaint - Corel PSP Pro X3

Bubble Mobile 2012 AutoRama

A short post today. I elected to create another High Contrast image from a photograph taken at the 2012 AutoRama. I used Corel PhotoPaint to make the image High Contrast. Then I used Corel PSP Pro X3 to apply the Depth of Field tool. I also added my signature and a colorful frame to the image there.

Listening --- Beach Boys --- Fun, Fun, Fun

"Competition - Plymouth" Paint.NET - Corel PhotoPaint - Corel PSP Pro X3

Competition - Plymouth

I have so many of these photographs from the 2012 AutoRama that it is hard to choose from them. Here is one I call, "Competition - Plymouth," because of the sign in the background. It is a Custom Plymouth.

I opened Picasa 3.9 and browsed to my Rust folder to open a texture in Corel PhotoPaint. I selected a close up of the textured rusty, scratched image and copied to the clipboard and made a new background with New from Clipboard. I set that image.

I then browsed to the Plymouth and opened with Paint.NET and used the Artistic; Ink Sketch on it without color, just the ink. I selected all and copied to the clipboard and pasted it into PhotoPaint upon the textured background.

I closed Paint.NET. Then in PhotoPaint I applied the property Color Burn for the ink sketch to allow for transparency. I merged them and saved the first iteration.

I opened that in Corel PSP Pro X3 and used the Fit to Screen for viewing. Then I added my signature using the Visible Watermark and my PNG file.

I applied the Saturation Vibrancy to the image for a little color punch. I added a 25 pixel border then the film like border using Picture Frames and added a second 25 pixel black border. I then added the gold frame.

I saved that large sized piece and resized for display here.

Listening --- Aimee Mann --- Its Not Going to Stop

"Orange 'Cuda" Corel PhotoPaint - Corel PSP Pro X3

Orange 'Cuda

Here is another photograph from the 2012 AutoRama in Detroit, Michigan. An "Orange 'Cuda," is depicted in a High Contrast image with the use of Depth of Field for the background.

I used the Local Equalization tool in Corel PhotoPaint and then applied the Tone Curve for depth of color. I also used Filter Forge's Photo Effect Vibrance for a punch to the Orange. I saved and reopened with Corel PSP Pro X3 and used the Depth of Field on it along with adding my signature with Visible Watermark. I added a 25 pixel black border and added the black and gray frame in PSP's Picture Frame.

I saved then resized for display here.

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Listening --- Led Zeppelin --- Whole Lotta Love

"Blue and Yellow Custom" Corel PhotoPaint - Corel PSP Pro X3

Blue and Yellow Custom

I opened this photograph from the 2012 AutoRama with Corel PhotoPaint. I applied the Local Equalization and the Tone Curve for a high contrast image. Saving the image I opened with Corel PSP Pro X3.

Here I used the Vibrancy tool for boosting the color. Then I applied the Depth of Field tool drawing around the car to put the focus on it. I added my signature using the Visible Watermark. And a 25 pixel black border .

This gave me an image focused on the vehicle at a High Contrast and Vibrant colors with Depth of Field.

I saved the large file and resized for display.

Listening --- Acoustic Junction --- Strange Days

"Watermelon Pickup Truck" Corel PSP Pro X3 - Corel PhotoPaint

Watermelon Pickup Truck

"Watermelon Pickup," is a photograph manipulation  of one of the images taken at the 2012 AutoRama. I opened the photograph first with Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3.

There I applied the Lights to the image for the corner lighting effect. I added a couple of other effects that I kept simple. I saved the large file and opened with Corel PhotoPaint.

In PhotoPaint I applied the Local Equalization for high contrasts and the Tone Curve for color depth. I used the Tune Blur Soften on the image. Then applied KPT's Collection Lens Flare to augment the lighting I did in PSP.

I ended with a High contrast textured image with highlights of this Chevrolet Pickup. I saved another iteration of the large file. Re-opened with PSP and added the white ragged edging and a black frame. Saving that I resized for display at 180dpi.

Back in PhotoPaint I made the jagged edge black using the wand tool and the fill tool.

Listening --- Ken Brodie --- Borderline

"Grunge Custom Coupe" Paint.NET - Corel PhotoPaint - Corel PSP Pro X3

Grunge Custom Coupe

This photograph was taken by my Son, Keir M. Gatzka with our Canon Rebel XTi, at the 2012 AutoRama in Detroit, Michigan. I opened with Paint.NET and applied the Ink Sketch tool. I opened with Corel PhotoPaint a Mayang's Texture and cropped it. I copied and pasted the Custom Coupe into PhotoPaint.

I cropped it there and adjusted the Tone Curve for depth and increased the saturation. I used the font type WC Rhesus B Bta for paint splatters. I applied the Effects; Distort; Wet Paint to these and the title for the dripping paint effect. I saved the large file and opened with Corel PSP Pro X3.

There I added Vibrancy to the colors and added my signature using the Visible Watermark. In addition I added a Polaroid type frame and a 25 pixel black border. Then I saved and resized for display.

I recently finished another song that I have placed on My Page at Acoustic Guitar Community entitled "Play This Game." Recorded with my Shure PG58 mic through a Line 6 Toneport UX1 and lead guitar using an "Aerosmith 4" setting in Gearbox software. I used the open source program Audacity to record and mix the vocal and guitar playing then the voice overs and lead guitar. I saved this as an Audacity Project and exported as a MP3 for AGC.

If you want to visit My Page go to my links on the left and go to the Acoustic Guitar Community link. Select the song and have a listen. It was tricky production for me.

Listening --- Kenneth Brodie --- Open Secret

"2012 AutoRama Two" Photograph Manipulation - Paint.NET - Corel PSP Pro X3

Blue Flames

Blue Corvette

Red Orange Custom

Yellow Pickup Custom

"2012 AutoRama Two," features photographs take by Keir M. Gatzka. The Photograph Manipulations are done by myself. I browsed in Picasa 3.9 to the AutoRama folder and selected these photographs to manipulate.

I opened them each in succession in Paint.NET where I applied the Ink Sketch feature. I adjusted the Luminosity in Curves and upped the saturation a bit. I also applied a painterly filter to each image. Saving the large image I opened with Corel PSP Pro X3.

There I further manipulated the images. I adjusted the paint strokes on each one just slightly. I used the saturation Vibrancy on them. I used the Smart Photo Fix on each as well. I also added my signature as a Visible Watermark. I finished each with a 25 pixel black border. I resize in PSP for display here.

I noticed that we are soon to reach 50,000 Pageviews and wanted to thank all of our readers and visitors for making that goal possible. We have over 866 posts to date on gatzkART!, and are happy that many enjoy our blog.

Listening --- The Beach Boys --- Fun, Fun, Fun