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Canon EOS-1D Mark II
 11/23/2002 03:12:39 AM · #1
Okay I am self taught photoshop guy and made this but something isn't quite right anyone care to help create a fourth of july sort of theme on this pic?
it seems to make my eyes a bit wonky when I look at it plus it is missing something thanks
Dog Days of Summer
Fujifilm FinePix E510 Zoom
 11/23/2002 03:34:25 AM · #2
I think it's the red stars on the blue background that hurts the eyes. And possibly that the photo seems to be hovering so high about the background. It's a nice photo though. Yay!
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 11/23/2002 07:24:12 AM · #3
I changed the background colour to red and the stars to blue. Picked the red and blue colours from the girl´s clothes. Both rather dark and it worked quite well.
Canon EOS-1D Mark II
 11/23/2002 01:05:23 PM · #4
hmm i'll try that thanks!!! or can you post that image? :-)
Olympus C-3020Z
 11/23/2002 09:45:00 PM · #5
I think it's not so much the color that is the problem but that the intensity is the same inside and outside the picture. The eye is bounced around while they fight for doninance. Plus the light rim at the top says the picture is behind the blue the shadow below of course says it's way above the blue. Try putting a small solid white border between the green and the blue.
Canon EOS-1D Mark II
 11/24/2002 02:06:31 AM · #6
Originally posted by aelith:
I think it's not so much the color that is the problem but that the intensity is the same inside and outside the picture. The eye is bounced around while they fight for doninance. Plus the light rim at the top says the picture is behind the blue the shadow below of course says it's way above the blue. Try putting a small solid white border between the green and the blue.

that would be great if I knew how to do it i use the line tool but cumbersome to use getting just a thin white border around the pic
i may stick with this one //www.pbase.com/image/7768711


* This message has been edited by the author on 11/24/2002 2:06:10 AM.
RIM BlackBerry Curve
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 11/24/2002 10:22:28 AM · #7
In photoshop to do bounding lines : two easy ways.

Select the thing you want to put a line around, select the
foreground colour to be the outline you want. Then use the
'stroke' command to brush around that selection boundary.

Or, bring the piece you want to have an outline into a layer and
use the layer styles to add a 'stroke' edge to the layer.
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