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[lbgraves]

OK, I have gone thru my photo program & can't figure it out. What is the effect that you use to do that called? TIA!

 

[pdarrah]

I'm not sure if the other photo was done the same, but what I did was select just my son (In Paint Shop Pro I used the "smart edge" selection tool, but I assume most programs have a similar tool.) and then "invert the selection" so that everything except him was now selected. I then converted the photo to a gray-scale. (I prefer to reduce the saturation to 0 to do this, but most programs have a menu command that will do it.) When something is selected usually only that portion will be effected by the command and any non-selected parts are left alone. If you program doesn't work that way, it might be necessary to move the part you want left alone to another "layer" or even temporarily delete it, change to grayscale and then put it back.

I hope that helps,

pdarrah

 

[lbgraves]

I NEVER would have figured that one out. Thanks! It was a little different, but basically the same concept. Here is my quick attempt. I know that I need to pick a picture that doesn't have the cut outs within the subject that I want to cut out. That needs work by her hat. This is DD by the Christmas tree on the ship. She was being such a ham.

 

[OurDogCisco]

I NEVER would have figured that one out. Thanks! It was a little different, but basically the same concept. Here is my quick attempt. I know that I need to pick a picture that doesn't have the cut outs within the subject that I want to cut out. That needs work by her hat. This is DD by the Christmas tree on the ship. She was being such a ham.

Too kewl... I like it... And that's how I do it too! Tina

 

[OurDogCisco]

I really liked the photo with the all gray except the child's swimsuit, so I thought I would give it a try. I really like this photo of my son at the Mickey Pool (he thought that ledge where the water just laps over was really cool!). I kept him color and made the rest black & white. I'm not sure if I like this one better than the original or not. There are probably better photos for trying this effect.....

pdarrah

Looks awesome! I love doing this to my photos... Tina

 

[pdarrah]

I came across another photo where I thought this effect would work. This was taken at Costa Maya - we took a trip to the ruins at Chakchoban (wonderful!) and as we were about to leave, there was a guy there with his iguana who was letting the kids hold it for a tip. DS5 thought this was REALLY cool!

This turned out to be pretty hard to apply this effect to - all those little spikes on the iguana were a pain! I was mostly able to use the "magic wand" which selects items that are the same color by selecting everything except the iguana!

Once again, I'm not sure which photo I like better. I think I liked the contrast between the bright blue and the iguana's green in the original. I "brightened" up the iguana a bit in the modified image.

pdarrah

 

[Ariel&Flounder'sMom]

DD's 5 and 3 were looking through this thread on Saturday, and they LOVED the shot of Cinderella's glass slipper. Was that just on the cruise for the premiere of Twice Charmed, or is it still on the ships? What was in the shoe - mousse? Ice cream?

By the way, lbgraves, your signature shot of your daughter has my girls soooooo excited to get all dressed up and take pictures with the princesses. They didn't seem to care about it on our March cruise, but that's all they can talk about now.

We have a Cinderella dress for DD2 that we're using to tempt her for PTing, and we're having some success!

 

[MBFergie]

I can't wait to try this...

 

[goin2disneyagain]

Taken at night on the Disney Magic.

 

[MickeyAnne]

One of our towel animals hanging out with "duckhead" the stuffed animal that will forever sleep beside me at night.

 

[krdisneybound]

Route 66 hallway on Wonder - Deck 3 forward

 

[bstsuda]

wow - some really AWESOME photos....to all you novice & avid scrapbookers - MAKE an album - journal the stories and the wonderful memories to savor and relive!!COLOR] We leave aug 13th for the last mexican riviera cruise - our very first and we're SOOOO excited. Your photos have been great and now i think i better get a few more CF cards - i could end up with 1000 photos!!!

thank you all for sharing!!!

 

[lbgraves]

LOL! I filled up over 1G of memory between three SD cards last trip with my 3.2 mp camera & also used 4-5 rolls of film.

 

[pppiglet]

Bstsuda....I took 1003 pictures! Get ready to snap away. It was my first cruise too when we went.

 

[bstsuda]

LOL! I filled up over 1G of memory between three SD cards last trip with my 3.2 mp camera & also used 4-5 rolls of film.

OH NO - i knew i was in trouble after i started looking at these...but i took over 500 at WDW last nov so figured i would have more from the cruise, especially after i found this site!!!

 

[bstsuda]

Bstsuda....I took 1003 pictures! Get ready to snap away. It was my first cruise too when we went.

OMG!!! I think i'll need two more 512mb cards!!!

 

[bstsuda]

LOL! I filled up over 1G of memory between three SD cards last trip with my 3.2 mp camera & also used 4-5 rolls of film.

Lisa - assuming you took a small digital and probably a larger 35mm - if so - was hauling the heavier larger 35 mm around worth it? I'm tossing that around as my NIKON 35 mm is pretty heavy especially with the huge lens....

 

[lbgraves]

Well, actually I had the 3.2 Kodak easy share which isn't big, my old standby 1.3 mp fugi that has a much shorter lag time so works best for the parades or anything with alot of movement, and a simple zoom 35 mm. They all fit into my camera bag. It was nice to have the extra camera when DH & I split up with the kids on the ship. We each took a camera with us. He always takes the video camera with him...which is nicer now that we have the smaller digital one vs. the VHS sized that went on our first cruise with us. I am debating taking our tripod with us this trip. If I could cut back on a few carryons then I could just toss it in the basket under the stroller.

As far as it being worth it, yes! The shots from each camera were great but wouldn't have come out as well on one of the others. Actually I was very glad that I am in the habit of bringing all three with me because on our recent trip to WDW the 3.2 was stolen. I was glad to have the other cameras to at least get some pictures. They weren't all great....BUT now I have a 6.1 mp kodak that will take even better pictures on our next cruise!!!

 

[bstsuda]

Well, actually I had the 3.2 Kodak easy share which isn't big, my old standby 1.3 mp fugi that has a much shorter lag time so works best for the parades or anything with alot of movement, and a simple zoom 35 mm. They all fit into my camera bag. It was nice to have the extra camera when DH & I split up with the kids on the ship. We each took a camera with us. He always takes the video camera with him...which is nicer now that we have the smaller digital one vs. the VHS sized that went on our first cruise with us. I am debating taking our tripod with us this trip. If I could cut back on a few carryons then I could just toss it in the basket under the stroller.

As far as it being worth it, yes! The shots from each camera were great but wouldn't have come out as well on one of the others. Actually I was very glad that I am in the habit of bringing all three with me because on our recent trip to WDW the 3.2 was stolen. I was glad to have the other cameras to at least get some pictures. They weren't all great....BUT now I have a 6.1 mp kodak that will take even better pictures on our next cruise!!!

thank you for the info - i guess i better take my 35mm or buy that canon digital EOS 6.0 i've been wanting and let my DS have the small digital!!

 

[Momeska]

I just bought a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ digital with a 12x zoom. I LOVE IT!!!
It's not real small but it's lightweight and with that zoom, gosh, you can see the parsley in the teeth of the guy down the road. It also has rapid fire so you get great action shots. I wish I had this camera on our last cruise. Hmmmm....need to book another!