On the CD

Exhibit

Butter ies and owers and lovely orangey colours were the order of the day with issue nine’s challenge

here was a mixed bag of T images supplied on issue nine’s disc that really challenged you to come up with some imaginative uses for them.

It was good to see that a lot of you tried your hand at creating a composition from all the di erent photos, and some of you put the Blending Modes tutorial from issue nine to good use in creating your images. Richard Kramps stole the show with his butter y creation, and really impressed us with his use of colour to create a mood.

Vortex Visuals also did an excellent job of using the photos we provided to create new settings – in this case something that wouldn’t look out of place in Star Trek! It’s amazing what Lens Flare and imaginative perspective can achieve. James Donnelly did a splendid job of changing the street scene into a moody night image. Well done also to Lorri May, who sent in our rst kaleidoscope image. May it herald the arrival of many!

And nally, apologies to James Beer for incorrectly printing his name as James Bear in last issue’s Exhibit. Damn those typing gremlins. Damn them to hell!

Get your work featured

If you’d like to share your work with other readers, send your pictures in to us and you could be featured on these pages. Just pop your images onto a CD and send to: Exhibit, Photoshop Creative, Imagine Publishing, Richmond House, 33 Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Dorset BH2 6EZ, UK

THE WINNER!

WINNER! Gets a copy of the Fluid Mask plug-in Web Butterfl y “Decided to use only two of the photos, starting with the butterfl y. Made it free standing and then went about chopping and rearranging. One thing lead to the next, creating buildings Alas, we can’t return any CDs. from the bodies of the butterfl ies. Strong If your entry is under 2MB, you composition creates a feel of depth and can email it to PCR@imagine- makes it more convincing – that and a lot of publishing.co.uk blurring and airbrushing!”

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“I used the delphinium and kitten photos from issue eight, took the parts I wanted, then kaleidoscoped them together. I added a porcelain sheen, ‘powdered’ butterfl ies and put them all on top of a lace doily that I made in Photoshop.”

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There was no description for this creation, apart from these words: “Melting in her hands… who wouldn’t…” It seems Nuno is a fan!

Night Dream

“I tried to show how all we people who live in big and very busy cities dream about having contact with nature – and dream about peace, which brings nature to our souls… For my idea I used two of my photos which I added to the supplied ones. I then used blending modes to get the soft effect.”

Sanctuary

“After merging the rocky and river images, I extended the top of the rock wall. I added in the cave by enlarging a small crack then used blending modes and masks to make it fi t in. I used a custom-made brush to make the rain and used the eyes of my ever-helpful cat for the creature.”