Filter Friday: Colored Pencil Filter Challenge

I got my Photoshop Elements today and began my first filter challenge. GIMP may be free but Elements makes this fun and easy. I took my sunflower photo (below) and played. I even followed Rachel Clark's directions, which is just about a first for me, and I love what I got (especially the large view when you click on the photo). I spent a lot of time playing with the sliders. I want to do it again and again with different background and foreground colors. I find that I enjoy dark photos and, here, dark colored pencil filter photos. The abstract nature of the new photo intrigues me. Thank you, Rachel, for your challenge. I can do so much more with my photos now. For only $80.


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Filter Friday Challenge at Rachel Clark Designs

Rachel Clark Designs for Digital Scrapbooking and more!: Filter Friday Challenge

Not just for digital scrapbooking. I find these blogging challenges very educational because I try things I normally wouldn't try. The first Filter Friday Challenge at Rachel's site was to use the colored pencil filter on Photoshop. Hopefully, GIMP has that. I never would have published a colored penciled photo before this challenge.

What's really neat is that there is no deadline for her challenge!

Rachel's other filter challenges:

Sept. 7: Colored pencil filter

Sept. 14: Diffuse glow

Sept. 21: Mezzotint

Sept. 28: Glowing edges

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