Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Photo Editing: Perfecting the Imperfect

This photo editing task has indeed been a challenge for most of us. As a beginner myself I struggled to find a suitable software that is user friendly. I tried Adobe Photoshop CS3, Ulead Photo Impact, Acdsee Photo Edtior 5 and Zoner Photo Studio. But the one that I feel most comfortable with is Adobe Photoshop Elements. It is not only user friendly but even provides step by step guidance to edit or create a photo or a collage.
Pn Foziah's tutorials that were posted in the forum very informative and provided a step by step guidance in editing a photo.
I initially, put in a lot thoughts in thinking about what exactly to edit. I flipped through some of my family photo album that are dear to my mother. I saw my sister's various photograps. I had an idea of creating a collage with these photos and publish the collage as one photo finally. Another great help for in completing this task was this blog that I still do not know how I found. Even though it is in Bahasa Malaysia, you can bank on it for some useful tips. Here is the link: http://zulkiplyharun.com/.
Though I had my photo completed well early, I did not upload it as I thought it was to be on Sunday. Yet, a text message in the middle of the night made me quickly turn on my PC and upload it instantly. However, not all my friends were as fortunate as I was.
Some who had no internet connection in their homes were unable to do what I did. They were allowed to upload the task within a given time later on. I made use of this opportunity to replace my uploaded photo, as I managed to create a more sophisticated photo with my more enhanced editing knowledge.

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