Lightning

May 2, 2009 at 8:54 am | In Random Thoughts | Leave a Comment

Over the past couple months I’ve been playing around in Photoshop Elements and learning my way around the program.  This week, I’ve started to read different tutorials and blogs to learn how to use different effects in pictures.  I was looking around on The Crafty Cafe the other day and came across the Orton Effect.  This is such a fun effect to put on pictures and learning the proper techniques really makes me feel like a photo editor! (yes, I know I’m a nerd and I’m ok with that :) )  I used this effect on the pictures of our squirrel friend below.

I was reading another site today and read a tutorial on how to make animated lightning.  I didn’t want to get too far ahead of myself, so I just made lightning images.  I can’t seem to find the color balance option in Photoshop Elements, so I just played around with different background colors.

lightning

What do you think?  Does anyone have some Photoshop tips for a beginner?

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