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Sunday, June 16, 2013

A Pattern

Everyone is so kind with their comments and I wanted to repost this particular picture to show you that sometimes you can change a photo with a filter or cropping. This is the original which I didn't really care for. The left half of the picture is distracting and the color did nothing for me. But I thought it had potential so I turned it to black and white and I cropped out the left side.
I don't always do this but sometimes, certain photos just beg to be changed.
This is incredibly easy to do and you may find yourself making ho-hum pictures pop. If anyone would like step-by-step instructions on how to use Picasa, just shoot me an email. Picasa has about 25 different, very basic editing options. I think some people (ME!) are intimidated by Photoshop and this, to me, is a simple, quick, free alternative.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 17, 2013 at 6:31 AM

    Yes, your edited photo does look better. It is amazing what can be done to a photo. I like picasa also.

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  2. JossiemouJune 17, 2013 at 3:10 PM

    thank you for that - i thought there were only about 9 editing options so i went back and there were all the others! now i really wont get anything else done!

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  3. Dianne and DanJune 18, 2013 at 5:18 AM

    thanks for the tips Kim. That is amazing that it's the same picture, so it's not just the photo,it's how far you can get outside of that box. Nicely done.

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  4. VerushkaJune 19, 2013 at 2:48 PM

    Thank you for sharing all this with us Kim. You obviously have a very good eye and lots of creativity. I have found Picasa fun but as Jossiemou hints - it certainly is time consuming but SO addictive.

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