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Actually I suggested a program to Alduron called Screen Rip-32 It should be in the resources - I'll just find it for you and edit this post with the link. Here it is! Resource thread

Bumping it back up to the top page - happy manipulating!

Fantastic, I'm amazed that the automatic exposure mode did that. With my camera I have to underexpose it by one stop to stop the fog being a dull, ugly grey. What you should do to improve your photos (In general) is familiarise yourself with the manual mode, it gives you great artistic control over your photography. If it's possible, look about for some filters. I suggest getting a UV filter, circular polarising filter (linear is cheaper but you have to focus manually) and perhaps a red filter for black and white photography. Don't rush out and buy them though - I got by without them for two years. I'll explain the effects of the filters. UV: No effect, keep it on all the time to protect your lens elements. Polarising (circular): You know those photos of the hotels in holiday brochures? They use a polarising filter to get those deep blues. Circular allows your camera to use auto-focus and manual-focus. Polarising (linear): As above. Can NOT use auto-focus, only manual. Red: For black and white photography. This filters out the yellow tones (I think) which gives you more contrast in the image.

I think you should get a Nikon D40 or D50, they're the best beginner SLRs. However you could quickly grow out of them. Perhaps looking for a D70s would be useful. There are probably other makes that would do but I'm a nikon man. Unless your talking about the EOS 5D =P~ Full frame CCD =P~ =P~ You could maybe use a standard lens with a close up filter but you might want to invest in a macro lens. This would let you try abstract photography with flower close-ups. You'll need a tripod though. It's easier to learn on a digital camera with a good manual mode. Get the best camera you can afford with lenses. Learn how to use it. Keep it until you've reached your limit. A few of my good photos: Link So I enjoy photography and in the summer this year I'm gonna try to get a qualification in photography. There is an open university course I can join but they cost a bit. So I wonder if I would be better getting an SLR... :-k I use an SLR-Style camera at the moment. I like it so I'll keep it 'till I can afford a Nikon D70s/ D200 :roll: I'll be an old man but hey! :XD:

Sure thing! I have a gallery - most images are in that :P Sample

I browsed through my pictures tonight and I thought that I could make a stock pack for manipulations. So here it is: it has 63 images. There's a read me file explaining more. I have the pack split up into folders. Please read the READ-ME file for the information regarding use of the images. Link For unpacking the pack I use winRAR. You right click on the archive, and you get something like this: You click on the highlighted one and it will unpack it to the folder that you're in. And this is what you get: And it's as easy as that. Could people manipulating these please post the manipulations here, I wanna see what you do with them :P

Scotland here. Nice scenery, shame about the weather. New year was cancelled! :cry: :cry:

Oh right sorry - I didn't see your post :oops:

Pretty good shots. What technique did you use for shooting them? Next year at bonfire night I'm going to go along to Calander Park with my tripod, a black card, loads of compact flash and XD cards, my cable release and my camera. The technique I will use is long shutter speeds - Tripod and cable release needed. But when the photo is being taken and no fireworks are being exploded, I'll put the black card infront of the lens to prevent overexposure during the long shot, and each time a firework explodes, the black card will come away from the lens. This keeps going for maybe 30 seconds to a minute. That's how you get loads of fireworks. But for your firework display there it looked very regimented so that technique might not have been so useful. Why don't I have any shots of fireworks from the new year? I live in Scotland, where New Year was cancelled :cry: Happy New year!

Is that a yes then?

I wish I did - you could have told me :cry: :D

6/10 I'm not keen on underbanners

GIMP has it's limits and I can use CS2 combined with my current camera to get decent results. Plus I wanted to do some manipulations and signatures, I didn't find GIMP as good as CS2.

I saved up my money for it. I grudge paying that much for software, but I read it's reviews and used the 30-day trial and loved it.

Well, as I stated in the tutorial it was CS2 that I used, but I think earlier versions can be used. Thanks for all the comments.

I don't smoke. I have seen my grandfather die of cancer and to pay for a horrible and painful death is downright foolish. However, I like the smell of cigar smoke. It's still bad but I have to admit, it is quite relaxing. I've only smelt it once though. My friend smokes and he smells evil when he comes into class. He's trying to quit, but he still keeps his cigarettes with him. It's disgusting. His girlfriend doesn't mind him smoking though. :?

I got my clubs second hand. Have a look in your local paper, I got a set of mizuno irons for ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã50 so I'm sure you could get a set of clubs for far less than your budget. Don't think that because they're second hand means they're no good. Just look for good clubs in the adverts. Don't settle for the first set of clubs you find though =; If they're not what you want don't be pressured into buying them. Ok cool thanks for that. I'll give that a try. Though the only problem with that is, that I won't be able to try before I buy and won't have any expert opinion on the clubs, as apposed to if I were to go to a Golf Shop and buy them there and have a hit with them in the practice net. :( If you find clubs that you fancy - ask the seller to hold onto them for you, then go into your local golf shop and try out the same clubs. Then, if you like them, buy them from the other person. That might work.

I got my clubs second hand. Have a look in your local paper, I got a set of mizuno irons for ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã50 so I'm sure you could get a set of clubs for far less than your budget. Don't think that because they're second hand means they're no good. Just look for good clubs in the adverts. Don't settle for the first set of clubs you find though =; If they're not what you want don't be pressured into buying them.

I fancy the Nikon D200 or Canon EOS 5D but I'll check my magazine for information on the EOS 400D. They did a review on it recently. If I don't do it within a week - start bothering me as I'll forget...

So, what's the weather like where you live? :-w Rainy :mrgreen: But seriously it went way off-topic back there with the transexual thing...

I'm male - back on topic :thumbsup:

I thought this got locked... How come this gets more posts than my tutorial? :cry:

8/10 It's magic!

In this tutorial you will need a version of PhotoShop, I used CS2 in this tutorial but I believe you can create this effect in PhotoShop Elements. You will learn how to take a photo with an overexposed sky and add light streaks to it. Starting image: Final Image: Step one: Open up the photo you want to add the effect to. Step two: Duplicate the layer. Step three: Open up the radial blur window. And set it to zoom and set the source to the brightest part of the image. Then click OK. If itÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s not how you want it you can undo it and try different settings. For this effect to work it must be set as zoom. For this image I have set the amount to 30. You should get something like this: Step four: Adjust the opacity of the duplicated layer until you can see the original layer faintly. Step five: Select the eraser tool and set it to 200 pixels as shown. You donÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t need to be too accurate for this. Then, erase the parts of the duplicated layer that you donÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢t want affected by the blur (I erased the foreground in this case). You should get something like this: Step six: Flatten the layers as shown. You may want to save the layered image as a PSD before you do this. Step seven: Then save your image. (File>Save As) I normally save it as a PNG or a High Quality JPEG This effect has limits though. You can only use it when you have a fairly busy background so that not too much sky is shown. ThatÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ã¢ââ¬Å¾Ã¢s my first tutorial in PhotoShop so could you tell me how you found it?

Note the date and model. I use a S7000 now. I was learning at that point but I guess it's kinda bad now. I will get this updated fairly soon - I took a photo of a rusty light switch :XD: