PET Comments on Creative Homework (week #39)

[lisabee]

Please post your comments or questions here :)

here is the link to the creative homework
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30133

[Bayla]

Firstly thanks Lisa for taking this on. You're a real sport!!! (I've already publicly thanked Kimi in another thread:))

Now, please could you link up the two threads, ie put a link to the Comments thread in the homework thread and vice versa? It makes life a lot easier:)

Bayla

[lisabee]

Firstly thanks Lisa for taking this on. You're a real sport!!! (I've already publicly thanked Kimi in another thread:))

Now, please could you link up the two threads, ie put a link to the Comments thread in the homework thread and vice versa? It makes life a lot easier:)

Bayla

Thanks Bayla,
the link was already in the homework thread to the comment thread, have just added the one above :)
hope you will have time to have a go :)

Lisa

[Bamagirl]

Lisabee,

Thank you so much for volunteering to take over the Creative Homework. I have done my homework, but Pixentral is having issues right now. I will post it later tonight.

I have left a post thanking Kimi for all that she has done. I am very appreciative of her work. Lisa, I usually try to help out all that I can with things I participate in. I don't have lots of time and I don't have a lot of confidence in myself, but I will try to post a homework if you need some help. Thanks again. We appreciate you.

Clara

[websi]

Erika: another option I just found while checking out the "homework" site for this week, and it looks really interesting. Thought I'd just throw this into the suggestions for you.
http://www.biorust.com/tutorials/detail/196/en/

[websi]

So sorry, I posted this in the wrong thread. My apologies!

[Martha]

Thank you for stepping in to bring us a tutorial. I so look forward to Wednesdays!
I'm having a problem accessing the tutorial. Everytime I go to the web page, I get the Internet Explorer Script Error message. No matter how many times I click either yes or no, it pops right back up. I can't even close the page! The same thing happens when I do to the page in Websi's reply. Does anyone know how I can get rid of the error message and use the web page?
Martha

[billz]

Thanks for stepping up to the plate (does that translate to cricket?) Lisa ... I'm looking forward to working the challenge!!

Bill

[echoblue]

Tony and Clara, it was a great idea to add another colour... :)

Tony, I love what you did in your second post, it's just awesome!! :cool:

[echoblue]

Martha, with Internet Explorer 7 I get a small yellow triangle with an exclamation mark on the lower left corner of the window, meaning there's a script error in the page, but everything loads just fine... Maybe the error comes from the advertisement? Try reloading the page by pressing the Ctrl + F5 keys, to get the ad to refresh itself too. :)

I have Opera as my default browser and don't get any error at all, but I don't get the ads either so the problem in IE may come from those. :confused:

[smiles]

Lisa, thanks for devoting your time. I always enjoy the creative homework lesson!

[Aussie Nan]

Me thinks me is doing something very wrong with this tut.

When it says to flip, all my layers flip. Is this supposed to happen? My result is nothing like the stuff that has been posted already. I don't mind not being 'the same', but I do mind if I am not getting the tut right.

Have tried three times, and still no good.:confused:

Toni

[shellb]

Wow, I can't wait to have a go.Everyones looks so good. Thanks lisa!

[hukari]

Me thinks me is doing something very wrong with this tut.

When it says to flip, all my layers flip. Is this supposed to happen? My result is nothing like the stuff that has been posted already. I don't mind not being 'the same', but I do mind if I am not getting the tut right.

Have tried three times, and still no good.:confused:

Toni
Toni, make sure you have Image>Rotate>Flip LAYER, which is below the first line in the Rotate menu. The "Flip" command farther up will flip everything. I made this mistake many times at first, too.:o

[Bayla]

Martha,

I had the same exactly the same Script error message & also couldn't get rid of it or close the page initially. Here's what I did:

Firstly, to close the page I used the enter key to close the error message and almost at the same time clicked with my mouse on the 'x' at the top right of the page.

Then once I was back on my usual web page I entered the url of www.BioRUST.com (http://www.BioRUST.com) in my address bar. So far so good. Then I went to tutorials and found it that way (it's under Textures), and it eventually managed to load with no error messages. Then I saved the page. It just didn't like me going direct from Lisa's link for some reason.

Bayla

[lisabee]

Wow,
how nice to get up this morning, get my cup of tea and come over to the forum and see what everyone has been doing with this :). Thanks to you all.

This effect is reminding me of a kaleidscope and also it's a bit like looking at clouds and seeing different images/shapes in them.

Great idea Tony, Clara and Maria to add more colours and very effective results. I shall try that later.

Martha, I hope you have been able to get the page to open ok. I haven't had any problems with the link yesterday or today. Does it help to copy and paste it into the browser bar?

Toni, the flip layer instruction is one I have to take care with too, it's so easy to go for the first one in the drop down menu when it is the lower one 'flip layer horizontal/vertical'.

Bill - it's somehow comforting to see a car in there :D :D

Lisa

[TonyW]

Thanks for stepping up to the plate (does that translate to cricket?) Lisa ... I'm looking forward to working the challenge!!

Bill

I might have guessed you'd morph a Studebaker :eek:. I found it interesting starting with an image how quickly it became unrecognizable. Good one!

And in the UK it's "stepping up to the crease" - at least that's what my father always used to say and he was a big fan of the game.

Tony

[lisabee]

Lisabee,

Thank you so much for volunteering to take over the Creative Homework. I have done my homework, but Pixentral is having issues right now. I will post it later tonight.

I have left a post thanking Kimi for all that she has done. I am very appreciative of her work. Lisa, I usually try to help out all that I can with things I participate in. I don't have lots of time and I don't have a lot of confidence in myself, but I will try to post a homework if you need some help. Thanks again. We appreciate you.

Clara

Thanks Clara, I think we all wanted to keep the creative homework going. And participating is probably the most important part of the process :).
If you have any ideas for the homework, then let me know.
I'm glad pixentral got back to normal, gremlins gremlins everywhere

Lisa

[Aussie Nan]

thanks for the advice, flip layer, flip layer, flip layer........:)

Another example of why the homework challenge is so wonderful, one finds out how much they don't know :D

Toni

[lindylou50]

thanks for the challenge I used Autumn colours and added a gradient

[lisabee]

thanks for the challenge I used Autumn colours and added a gradient

Hi Lin,
nice to see you :), love the colours and how your 'stray energy' worked out.
I have to go and try some more this afternoon with seeing everyone's great colours and combinations

Lisa :)

[lisabee]

And in the UK it's "stepping up to the crease" - at least that's what my father always used to say and he was a big fan of the game.

Tony

D'you know, I couldn't for the life of me think of 'crease' this morning :confused: my excuse being I'm not a cricketer.
I'm thinking though that whatever the noun, it is better to step up to something rather than in something :eek: :D

Lisa

[Aussie Nan]

Another question.......are you sick of me yet?:)

I notice some clever people are adding extra colours.....at what stage does one do this? I haven't got a clue how to go about it, but I sure like the results.

Toni

[Martha]

Maria, Bayla, and Lisabee, thanks for the suggestions-hopefully at least one will work. I did try the copy and paste but when i try to copy, it goes to the page. I'm anxious to try the tutorial!
Martha

[Martha]

Got It!!! I first went to BioRust.com and to textures. With each click I got the script error box but I clicked yes (or whatever) and it went away. Now on to the homework. I like all the ones that have been done so far.
Martha

[billz]

... in the UK it's "stepping up to the crease" - at least that's what my father always used to say and he was a big fan of the game.


Ohhhh, thanks Tony! I had heard the phrase before but had no idea of the origin. Glad I didn't get myself into a sticky wicket.:)

Bill

[billz]

....adding extra colours.....at what stage does one do this?

Toni - I liked the colors created by the lens flare filter, so after I added the flares I duplicated the layer. I ran the chrome filter on the bottom layer and changed the top layer's blend mode to color.

Bill

[Aussie Nan]

Thanks for the info Bill, I will have fun trying that out.

Toni

[lisabee]

Toni - I liked the colors created by the lens flare filter, so after I added the flares I duplicated the layer. I ran the chrome filter on the bottom layer and changed the top layer's blend mode to color.

Bill

thanks for the tip Bill, I will give that a try later :)

Lisa

[lisabee]

Martha,
I'm glad you were able to get to the tut page :), nice effect!

Lisa

[lisabee]

San and Dennis,
Welcome to you both! :) Great to have you join us.

Lovely results, great colours.

Dennis, the links to pixentral worked fine, if you would like the thumbnail to appear in the post, then copy and paste into your post the link that is next to 'forum' beneath your pic in pixentral.
Both ways work fine, it's up to you.

Lisa

[websi]

thank you lisa for the welcome. You know, looking at this assignment, our designs remind me so much of kaleidoscopes that when the end was turned, different patterns emerged. looking at mine this AM, it reminds me of a "fantasy dog" with its eyes and nose. . . I think I need to take a break. :) I really liked what Toni did with the cookie cutter tool. Everyone here is so creative!

[lisabee]

thank you lisa for the welcome. You know, looking at this assignment, our designs remind me so much of kaleidoscopes that when the end was turned, different patterns emerged. looking at mine this AM, it reminds me of a "fantasy dog" with its eyes and nose. . . I think I need to take a break. :) I really liked what Toni did with the cookie cutter tool. Everyone here is so creative!

San, you're right, they are just like kaleidoscopes.
I know exactly what you mean, you can look at each one and see something different. :)

Lisa

[wazoo]

Lisa,

Thanks for the kind words and the tip for using pixentral.

Dennis

[lisabee]

Hi Jo,

That's a wonderful patchwork quilt that you have created :)

Lisa

[lisabee]

Bayla and Carol,

the effect looks good with the orb action. Is that a plug-in you added?

Lisa

[Bayla]

Lisa,

It's Wendy's Orb action, available inthe Subscriber area under Downloads. (Scroll right to the bottom)

Bayla

[lisabee]

Lisa,

It's Wendy's Orb action, available inthe Subscriber area under Downloads. (Scroll right to the bottom)

Bayla

thanks Bayla, will check it out, it looks very nice :)

Lisa

[jojo99]

Hi Jo,

That's a wonderful patchwork quilt that you have created :)

Lisa

Thanks Lisa, it was lots of fun doing the tut and I figured I should find a way to display them all together.
Besides, thanks to your added instructions it was nice to follow a tut without getting stuck :D
Jo

[lisabee]

Suzanne,
that looks fine to me, though I see what you mean about possibly an x-ray :).
While playing around with this technique I noticed that messing about with the wave generator options really could make a difference, I think I preferred to have the number of waves generated on a lower (rather than higher) setting. Then of course the randomize takes it in a whole other direction.

Lisa :)

[lisabee]

Marie,
that looks great :), nice coloured effect.
I don't think there is a 'wrong' way to do this, it's all open to experimentation and interpretation.

Lisa :)

[TonyW]

While playing around with this technique I noticed that messing about with the wave generator options really could make a difference, I think I preferred to have the number of waves generated on a lower (rather than higher) setting. Then of course the randomize takes it in a whole other direction.

Lisa :)

I noticed the same thing and I'm not quite sure what randomize is randomizing. If you change the settings in the wave generator options then randomize seems to start from a completely different pattern.

Also the settings are sticky so if you want get back to the default settings you need to use Alt-Cancel to Reset.

Tony