Chapter 23. Creating Artistic PhotographsIN THIS CHAPTER: 175 Make a Photograph Look Old 176 Change a Color Photograph to Black and White 177 Create a Negative Image 178 Colorize a Photograph 179 Make a Photograph Look Like an Oil Painting 180 Turn a Photograph into a Watercolor 181 Make a Photograph Look Like It Was Drawn 182 Make a Photograph Look Like Andy Warhol Painted It The first step to creating a photograph that shines on its own as a work of true art is to capture the perfect composition. This isn't a task that Photoshop Elements can help you with; only you have the ability and skill to manipulate the light, steer the subject, anticipate the perfect moment, and produce a scene that attracts the adoration of people's eyes. But after you've done that, you can manipulate your composition so that it does appearat least partlyto have been rendered by hand instead of by pixel. The Editor in Photoshop Elements can help you apply textures, effects, and optical illusions to give your composition the feel of a painting. If you yourself are inclined to painting with real paint on a real canvas, you might even become inspired, having seen your own photographs in prototype painted form. |