"Vintage Kay and Seagull 12" Enhanced Photograph - Paint.NET - PhotoPaint - PSP Pro X3

"Vintage Kay and Seagull 12"

"Vintage Kay and Seagull 12" is the title of today's image. It started off as a photograph taken at Pontiac Music and Sound's music store. I opened the photograph in Paint.NET and applied a light ink sketch to it with the colors upped to full.

This gave me the textured look I wanted. I saved the large file and opened with Corel's PhotoPaint. Here I applied the Local Equalization tool and used the Tone Curve to add depth.

I then applied Filter Forge's Photo Effects Vibrance to enhance the colors bringing out the wood texture. I then opened KPT's Collection LensFlare and added a flare to the piece centering the sphere on the chrome string base of the Kay guitar.

I saved the file again and opened with Corel's PSP Pro X3 to add the Image Picture Frame using the black frame. I then added my signature in white, back in PhotoPaint saved the file and resampled for display here.

"Pontiac Music and Sound" Waterford, Michigan Corel PhotoPaint

Hand Holding Electric Guitar

Violins

Classic Kay 6-String Guitar

Peavey Equipment

Dobro 6-String Guitar

Front Desk

Collection of Electric Guitars

I recently visited Pontiac Music and Sound in Waterford, Michigan with my son and we took some Photographs. I used my High Contrast workflow on the photographs.

I opened them in Corel's PhotoPaint and applied the Local Equalization tool. Then I used the Tone Curve to add color depth to each image. I upped the saturation for a boost to the colors as well.

It is a simple workflow that results in some deeply colored and textured images with plenty of contrast.

Listening --- J J Cale - Eric Clapton --- Danger