"High Contrast Sandbox" Corel PhotoPaint - Plus

Sand Castle

Look!

We sat with my Grandson today and I was able to get a few Photographs. The family bought him a turtle shaped sandbox and some colored sand. As he played in it Grandma was right with him.

I took the photographs with my Canon XTi, and opened them with Corel PhotoPaint. I wanted to create some High Contrast images with bold colors. I applied the Local Equalization first to the images. This gives great contrast when set high.

Then for the color depth and punch I applied the Tone Curve to both of them. I finished the images with a Film frame from Filter Forge's Frames. This workflow is simple and straightforward and makes for High Contrast High Color pieces.

Listening --- Neil Young --- Old Man

"Blue Halftone Grandmother" Corel PSP Pro X3 - Plus

Spouse's Grandmother

Browsing in Picasa 3.9 I was struck by this image of my wife's Grandmother. I opened with Corel PSP Pro X3 and adjusted the tone with Curves. This added some facial features that had been washed out.

I applied the Halftone feature, and then changed the Color to a Blue tone. I added my signature with the Image, Visible Watermark. Then I took that and applied the Picture Frame Cyan-tone frame. I also added a blue border and again using Picture Frame added the Black frame. I saved the large iteration and resized for display.

I opened with Corel PhotoPaint and used the Tone Curve on it for just a bit more color depth, resaving it.

Listening --- Bob Dylan --- Tangled Up In Blue