Mily on the bicycle

form my new kit Sring Garden ;)

my cat ;)

my first, extremely jealous baby ;)

Todido aka Diana came up with the idea of creating that kind of bog templates. I love it! If you like it too please check our After 5 Designs store on Thursday ;) - you will be able to buy it.

photo retouch

how to achieve this effect

for Photoshop cs2

Firs Use dust remover tool – neatimage
You can download it here
http://www.neatimage.com/download.html
it will make your photo softer

• brighten

1.Copy picture layer (Ctrl+J)
2. Change top Layer mode to screen + adjust opacity 50 – 80 %
3. Flatten your image (merge the layers)

• lab colors

1. go to top menu – IMGE – mode – change from RGB to lab color
2. Copy picture layer
3. Go to top menu – IMAGE – apply image
4. Channels change for “lab”
5. Blending – soft light opacity – adjust ;)
6. Flatten image
7. Go to top menu -IMAGE – mode change it back to RGB

• Desaturate

1. Copy picture layer (ctrl+J)
2. click Top layer go to top layer IMAGE- adjustment – hue saturation - lower saturation 50%
3. choose soft round eraser – opacity 50% and erase lot layer parts you want to be very colorful like cloths
4. lower the eraser opacity to 10 % and erase the parts of the face you want to stay color chicks, eyes, lips, hear
5. flatten image

• soften
1. Copy picture layer (ctrl+J)
2. Go to top menu filter – blur – Gaussian blur set it to 100
3. Lower top layer opacity 50%
4. Use soft eraser to erase parts you want to stay sharp
5. Unsharp mask – 75%;3,5; 5 ( you can adjust )
6. Flatten image

• Lab colors channel a

1. I liked to change the pink color so:
2. go to top menu – IMGE – mode – change from RGB to lab color
3. Copy picture layer
4. Go to top menu – IMAGE – apply image
5. Channels change for “a”
6. Blending – soft light opacity – adjust ;)
7. I eraser top layer where I wanted the colors to remain
8. Flatten image
9. Go to top menu -IMAGE – mode change it back to RGB
Save it ;)

tutorial

hello I prepared a tutorial for you ;)
how to achieve this effect


original photo


i will upload the tutorial tomorrow ;)

breakfast

her gallery

mimi

gardeners

new flowers

You float like a feather

in A Beautiful World...




...in a beautiful world

Feb 12

Emi 2009


Mommy 1980

Lady Emily

everything from our kits by Lily designs

beauty

my Emi and new kit by Lily Designs coming Feb 12 at A5D

sunday in the prospect park

and ... Michele tagged me ;)
I am suppose to tell you 6 interesting things about me ;)

1. My family is international cocktail ;)
I was born in Poland
my husband is from USA but was born in Russia
and we met in Scotland Edinburgh
where we were sent from our Universities
We have our tiny princes Emily Danielle living in NY

2. I was a ballet dancer

3. I use to sing on the weddings (with the band hehehe)

4. I know how the engine works - I am an engineer .... and master of economics

5. Pablo Coelho is my favorite writer

6. I love strawberries, snow, morning cafe, blue eyes and white roses.

if I would be able to be any animal for a day - I would have picked .... being a bird
;)

here are the blogs I would like to tag
My dear friend and coworker Kimla
http://kimla-blog.blogspot.com/

Sweet Pati
http://pati-childrensphotographie.blogspot.com/

and
Todido
http://minimalscrap.blogspot.com/

day off

new pillow

oopsy Daisy

form my new kit OOpsy Daisy by Lily Designs
available next Thursday at After 5 Designs ;)