Creating in Photoshop

I'm playing in Adobe Photoshop. Anyone is free to download any of these rose images. I love playing in Photoshop. If I didn't require sleep, I think I could toy with filters all day long. I have version CS5. This particular rose isn't even real. I'm sorry to have to say that.

This is the original image, cropped, and "smaller", after I played with the "background" a bit. You can see that it isn't anything special. It is part of a floral arrangement on my antique china buffet. I worked on darkening the "non-flower" areas, then I started working on the flower.

The next image I saved looked like this: It still doesn't look like much, but once you get an image cleaned up, you can take it in a lot of different directions.

I save my images along the way because I may want to back-track and go down a new path at some point. Or, I might look at an image after 20 minutes of adjusting filters and scrap the whole thing. Saving my work has saved me a lot of time. I may only want to back up a few steps - or I may want to back up to the beginning - so if I have a number of variations saved along the way, I have a chance to save myself a lot of work.

This is what the image looks like after applying the filter "Glowing Edges"

Depending upon what you like, you can create some amazing images/designs. I have been working in Photoshop for many years, but I am self-taught, which means I have learned by trial and error. I have found that it is a wonderful, albeit sometimes frustrating, way to learn.

Growth often comes through challenges. So, I keep challenging myself with new Photoshop techniques.

The rose to the right has a lovely lighting effect to it.

Here are some other, smaller images I also created with this rose. One image - many possibilities.

Now, think of how you could use these images creatively. And, imagine what you could do with ordinary photographs that you take yourself?

How can you use them? Print them? Craft with them? Images can be put to use (work) in many ways. What hasn't been done yet? What do you wish you could do with an image?

What if I took the Glowing Edge rose image and made rough edge tile coasters with them? That would look neat. I'm sure they'd sell in a trendy shop downtown.

Maybe I print the ethereal rose image on textured greeting cards and give them as a gift to a teacher. Or, have it printed on canvas and hang it on your bathroom wall - or do it yourself if you know how. There are plenty of tutorials on line.

Images aren't just memories. They are ideas. They are emotions. They are inspirations.