Saturday 26 January 2013

Photo Art Friday, Jan 26, 2013

The optional theme this week over at Bonnie's Pixel Dust Photo Art was "Hardware" but I was just not feeling the love on that subject.  Instead, I decided to share some of the playing around I did with my new "software".  I had received a fabulous offer via email from Serif.com in December as they were giving deeply discounted prices on a number of software items that been replaced by upgraded versions.  I was particularly interested in the PhotoPlus4 and ordered a copy.  

I also got a lot of practice with watermarking my photos.

My model for this session was Zack, a Ragdoll/American Shorthair cross.
This first shot is the original.



Here I have used a Giger filter . . .


and this is also the Giger Filter with different settings on the sliders.


The Filter I used for the next two are both called Munchist and again they show the variations available with different settings on the adjustment sliders.




This style is called Expressionist . . . 



 . . .  and Impressionist.


Zack in Oils . . .



. . . and Paint & Ink,


and finally, Van Gogh style.


I have been having a lot of fun with this and trying out all the tutorials available.  So much more to learn.  And for the record,  I am not being compensated in any way from Serif.com.

Please do stop by Bonnie's and tour the gallery of this weeks submissions.

Photo Art Friday

10 comments:

  1. Wow Andrea, you have a gorgeous model and the results of all the different applications are lovely ... think my fav is the Expressionist. Love your watermark too - very discreet yet clear.

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  2. Wow - I adore all the different styles - it is like you can see the kitty's soul.

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  3. I love getting a review of the artistic styles of the past periods in European art, a kind of art history post. I saw a minister once sing one hymn and change it to sound like the 30's, 40's, 50's etc. That was an auditory history. Yours is a visual history. This was so fun!

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  4. nice. what a lot of fun that must have been for you. YUM!!

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  5. Being a fan of Dagas and Seurat (as well as other expressionists) I really like the adjustments. It's amazing what some programs can do these days. And may I say... your model is quite the handsome little man. :) Thanks Andrea.

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  6. Beautiful Andrea... and here I am with pencil or brush and paint to do what you do in just moments... technology is amazing and so much fun!
    Love your cat... great model!

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  7. wow, what can I say. You had fun. It is a lovely cat and you did the most of it. This post could be right for my meme NF Abstract. If you like. Next one is due on wednesday.

    nfmemes.blogspot.com

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  8. Love Zack and all his manifestations.

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  9. He's gorgeous and your edits were wonderful. Looks like you had a great time playing around.

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  10. Love what you have done with your gorgeous ginger cat! I have a ginger cat too:)

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