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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

A “Difference” Experiment with PSE10













Since I really do not know what all the blending modes do in PSE, I decided to try to learn a bit. After reading the instructions given on the “Pixel Dust Photo Art” site, I transformed the original shot into the series below using textures from Pixel Dust Photographic Art,  Kim Klassen, and  RH West Photography. I used the “difference” blending mode on all of them, modified each one with a solid color layer adjusting the opacity.In the end I did a bit of levels and hue/saturation tweaking. It was a fascinating experience which has given me a much better understanding of what can be done when using the “difference" blending mode in PSE10. The way the coloration changed almost blew me out of the ballpark. I could not believe my eyes! They are definitely different, but there is something about them I find very appealing.








This post is linked with Texture Thursday.

13 comments:

  1. i like the 3rd and last ones best!

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  2. Yes, interesting, I like your experiments. Greetings.

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  3. It's such a lovely house, and I like all the photos, but my favourite is the last one, with the hint of nostalgy:)
    By the way, purple and lavender are my favourite colours:)

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  4. I have no idea what you were writing about but I love the results.

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  5. It is nice to experiment with photos and it really looks artistic.

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  6. Beautiful! The last is my favourite.

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  7. Each one looks so different! Looks like you had fun with the textures. :)

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  8. Nice experiments :)
    My favorites are the second and the last one.

    Regards and best wishes

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  9. Very nice work! Love the rd one. It looks like a painting!
    Thanks for sharing, Genie;o)

    ***
    Hope you are having a superb week****

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  10. Love these. You are really getting artistic.
    Gearts are on their way. Enjoy. Let me know when you get them. xo

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  11. These are so neat! I love the colors of the second to last one! What a great photo to use! So mysterious!

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  12. Cool set. It is nice to see someone else's experiments!

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