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I am loving this dress. What a cute combination of color, fabrics, and design. Perfect.

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Yes, Mr. Bunny you can come....

Beautiful flowers everywhere

Spring is definitely here.

Fixing group shots in PS

Another PS lesson I learned today.  I think it would work great if you are taking shots from a tripod, however I did not, therefore the seamless binding was not as seamless as I had hoped for.  Oh well, it was a quick easy lesson, and I was able to make a great photo out of two somewhat mediocre pictures.  

The first thing I did was bring in both pictures and convert the background image into Layer O.   Then I used the Auto-Align tool under the Edit menu to align both pictures.  I obviously had to crop both pictures since I did not hold the camera at the same angle for both shots.

Next, I hid Layer 0 and used the Marquee tool to get rid of the section of the picture that I wanted to delete.  
Then I did the same thing with Layer 1.
Making both layers visible, I can already see my progress.  Fantastic.

The last step was not so satisfactory for me.  The blend was awful, however I used the Auto-Blend option under the Edit menu.
I ended up cropping the picture, and fixing the seams myself, and the above picture was the end result.  WOW.  PS4 is unbelievable. 

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Inspiration

Love the fabric. Cute, cute, cute dress. I have to make this one for Olivia before she gets too old.

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Anoter PS Black and White conversion method

Well, this one was even easier then the last one.  

First open the picture you want to change to black and white.
Create a duplicate background layer.
Go to the Adjustments Box and hit Gradient Map.

Your picture will immediately turn into a black and white image.  
Click on the gradient and this screen will open
Take your cursor and double click in the center of the gradient to create a new stop.
If you double click again the Select a color screen will open.
If you take the cursor and move it along the left side of the screen you will change the colors to what you want.
Once you let go of the cursor, you can see the change in your picture.

Of course then I choose the Curves Adjustment Layer and start to add contrast to the picture.

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