"Design for Life" CorelDRAW

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"Impressionistic Alaskan Mountain View" Corel - Plus

Alaskan Mountain View

A post from my laptop, a short statement. This "Impressionistic Alaskan Mountain View," comes from a photograph taken with my Canon Rebel XTi DSLR, a couple of years ago now. I browsed to the photograph in Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and auto painted it using the Impressionist settings.

I saved the large digital painting and reopened with Corel PhotoPaint where I added the frame using Filter Forge's Frames. I added my name and copyright as my signature is not yet on this computer. I resampled for display here.

A simple image with lovely color and brushstroke detail as you click on it for the larger view on your screen.

"24 String Guitars" Corel HDR - Plus

24 String Guitars HDR

I took three of my 12-String Guitar photographs and merged them in Corel PSP Pro X3's HDR feature. As I aligned the photographs (which I did not take with a tripod,) they created this 24-String Guitar.

I auto adjusted the HDR and saved the large iteration. I opened from Picasa 3.9 with Corel PhotoPaint and cut out the Guitar and made it into a trio of them. I placed the opposing Guitars upside down on the background of the single guitar. I did stretch them length wise to fit the page. So they have an elongated look.

Still in PhotoPaint I added using Filter Forge's Frames a film frame. Then my signature in white. Merged all layers and saved the large file. I then resampled to display size and saved that iteration.

"A New Day - DADGAD Instrumental" 12-String Seagull Guitar

"Seagull S12 Cedar Guitar" Corel - Plus

Seagull S12 Cedar Guitar

Trying out different settings on my Canon Rebel XTi DSLR today and using my Seagull S12 Cedar Guitar as a subject, I garnered a few photographs. I selected one of them and opened it from Picasa 3.9 into Corel PSP Pro X3.

There I used my workflow of the Digital Camera Noise Removal, and Smart Photo Fix. I applied the Saturation Vibrancy to it to give the color some punch. Using the Picture Frame tool I found the "mat" of instruments and a gold frame. I saved the large file.

I reopened in Corel PhotoPaint and added my signature and resampled for display.

I have the Guitar out and I am going to do some practicing with it this afternoon. That is a great way to make my day a good one. DADGAD tuning here I come.