John&Jacq~s Garden

Sharing what I enjoy creating in Photoshop

Posted by Jacqueline on August 27th, 2008

Moving on to Part 4 of the Photoshop tutorial series on how to create simple photo borders or frames.
This is the first time though that I will be using Photoshop CS3 on Mac instead of CS2 on Window-based PC. (Hehe…recently switched to a 20-inch iMac). Not to worry, this tutorial can be applied with other [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on May 6th, 2008

Overjoyed in capturing 16 fabulous shots of this strikingly beautiful butterfly Graphium agamemnon (Tailed Jay) recently, I then proceeded to create a collage of this beauty! Something I enjoy doing when I possess the right photos. Most of the images were close-ups, but there were 3 that stood out well for my purpose which was [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on March 26th, 2008

This is Part 3 of the Photoshop tutorial series on how to create simple photo borders or frames. View previous tutorials: Part 1 and Part 2, if you’re interested.
Here’s presenting another very simple and quick way to spice up your digital photos or images, by using Photoshop CS2 to add borders.

Posted by Jacqueline on February 15th, 2008

Continuing the Photoshop tutorial series on how to create simple photo borders/frames. Moving on from Part 1 .
Here are two more very simple, easy and quick ways of drawing frames and borders to your digital photos or images, using Photoshop CS2.

Posted by Jacqueline on January 28th, 2008

In Photoshop, there are absolutely countless ways of creating photo borders or frames. The techniques can be very simple, easy and creative or professional and sophisticated. Though an image by itself can be as attractive, drawing a border or frame around the photo can enhance its beauty and bring focus to its contents. And, this [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on January 25th, 2008

Chinese New Year for 2008 is fast approaching. In our country, Malaysia, this auspicious day will fall on February 7 according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar. It will be celebrated by the Chinese communities here and all over the world, especially Chinese populated regions such as China, Mongolia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on October 27th, 2007

What an attractive bug! It was crawling leisurely around our courtyard and begging to be photographed! I succeeded in taking quite a number of its image, but an insect with nothing much around isn’t so exciting to view!
What do you think I did? A photo collage, of course as seen here!

Posted by Jacqueline on October 14th, 2007

I simply love the wonderful resulting effects of applying Photoshop on photos! The little photo effects that I know is enough to amaze and blow me over, as well as prod me to continue seeking and learning online! Thus, I have documented some tutorials of photo effects that I’ve learnt less I forget, as well [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on October 3rd, 2007

Hehe…if you’d browse through this blog and my Flickr photostream, you’d come to know that I’m really a Photoshop maniac!
Having learnt recently how to create an illusion of a picture within a picture and presented a Photoshop tutorial on it, I’ve found this craft handy when I needed to illustrate garden flower images [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on September 20th, 2007

Sometimes, I’d like to bring more focus to the main subject or object in my photo…don’t you? One of the ways to do this is to create an illusion, of course! Basically, it is creating the appearance of a smaller cropped version of the photo within its larger self, using the vector shape, creating a [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on September 3rd, 2007

There are so many ways to enhance our images. One of my favorite ways is to add a border or frame and it can be done in such creative ways. Absolutely exciting, challenging and rewarding as I experiment with the many ways available in Photoshop CS2. These last few days, while playing around with just [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on August 10th, 2007

Such fun creating collages! A simple art form in which multiple photos are combined into a piece of art. It is now my latest passion as I aspire to experiment and learn more tricks and techniques from Photoshop CS2 and the internet. Having recently experimented how to extract objects, resize, reposition and rotate images, I’d [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on July 31st, 2007

Here’s another interesting way to create a single picture collage using the same image as the background. I’ve seen lots of this kind of collage on Flickr photosharing and often wondered how it was done. As I pondered, it strucked me recently that basically it’s just a cropped image laid on its bigger image to [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on July 17th, 2007

I just love creating collages! It challenges me to be more creative and keeps me mentally alert which is good for my aging brain!
Recently, I had wanted to show off the many bright cheery faces of this lovely flower, Torenia Fournieri that shines endlessly in our garden. What better way was there [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on June 12th, 2007

Creating a collage of pictures is definitely an exciting and challenging task! At times mind boggling too, some mathematics needed. I simply love doing it. My first collage was created in October, 2006 and had been a steep learning curve through trial and error! Hmm…it does get easier and prettier with more practices indeed! [...]

Posted by Jacqueline on February 4th, 2007

Learning how to frame my digital pictures is my newest interest besides photography! It is simply great fun and keeps me truly excited and absorb in my attempt to be creative! By nature, I’m resourceful and love challenges!