Digital album for parents' anniversary

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Hey!! This before and after stuff is fun!! I did some of that this past summer, working on a picture album to put in a digital photo frame that was a 60th wedding anniversary gift for my parents. When you look at my work, keep in mind that I was a complete noob at this, that I was working with freeware (Paint.NET and a few others), and that most of the pictures came from old prints.

First specimen: one of the little brats you'll see in the next post all grown up. I took him out of two pics he shared and made him the star:

Before #1a:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/th_01a-before.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/?action=view&current=01a-before.jpg)

Before #1b:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/th_01b-before.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/?action=view&current=01b-before.jpg)

After #1:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/th_01-after.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/?action=view&current=01-after.jpg)

It was soooooo funny, he could NOT figure out what I'd done to the pictures (even though I got them from him)

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Second specimen: an old print of us four kids. No changes were needed for the two little guys to the left, but note the girl's face. (That was fun!!)

Before #2:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/th_02-before.png (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/?action=view&current=02-before.png)

After #2:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/th_02-after.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/?action=view&current=02-after.jpg)

I also did some modest artwork, like taking this print:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/th_03_before.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/?action=view&current=03_before.jpg)

and making this from it:

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/th_03-after.jpg (http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a200/timskitpics/?action=view&current=03-after.jpg)

It was a really fun project, but very time-consuming.