101 Ways to Kill a Sunday Evening
Lemme just say, I love Paint Shop Pro. A few months ago I realized I hated the photos on my blog. They were blah. I’ve said numerous times I don’t/can’t scrapbook. I blog. Anyway…I went on ebay and purchased for about $18 with shipping an older version of Paint Shop Pro. I have version 9. Did I mention I luuuurve it? I know Photoshop may be the work horse of amateur photo editing, but it’s too confusing for me. It must involve math.
Last week I posted a tribute to my Grandfather. To complete it, I broke in to my parents home while they were on vacation and stole a picture of said Grandfather. Though lovingly framed, the thing was in pretty bad shape. 60+ years can do that to a photograph. It was badly creased, washed out and covered in old tape glue.
Here’s what I started with:
Here’s the finished product.
Ta da! I live to impress/amuse myself 
P.S. Er…um…you don’t want to know how much time I wasted spent doing this. Heh heh.
now that you have the beautiful finished product, you need to do photo-paper print for your mom and dad to make up breaking into their house (and to preserve it for posterity–kind of like the Constitution). Time well spent, regardless of how long.
I have a few pictures that need to be restored as well. My C in art in 6th grade has warned me away from artistic endeavors of other sorts (other than making xmas stockings). Maybe I’ll have to try this though (as the family historian). See, you’ve inspired others as well.
Comment by phyllis — June 29, 2008 @ 10:56 am
Oh…no artistic bent here either. At all. Also…by posting it on the blog, the photo is preserved pretty much forever. “Right click, save as” and the they’re good to go
Comment by Robin — June 30, 2008 @ 8:34 am