OrcaBob
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Post by OrcaBob on Sept 10, 2009 13:21:18 GMT -5
Some of us have discussed this poster on the old board, but I figured to kick things off in the Sports section with it. Three years ago, I started photographing one particular soccer team in my area. It started as a favor to one soccer-mom coworker and ended with my being the team's official photographer. The first year I was practically giving my work away. I was using Photoshop Elements (terrible for the kind of workload sports required) and my photoprocessing was minimal. The second year, I had Photoshop CS3 and was more interested in making money. As an attention-getter I sold 12"x18" prints of the single best shot of each girl on JV and varsity. At the time I was toying with Photoshop and came up with the design below. The centerpiece image is usually a posed shot, but the example below used a game shot. The rest of the montage used images taken throughout the season... some of the components I'd never be able to sell on their own. (Maybe I should call it The Hot Dog Poster?) It was popular and the school ordered one done for each departing senior as part of a gift photo package. The only time-consuming part is cutting the athlete out from the background. That task would be easier if I had chromakey software. Please note: All the names have been changed. And this is a seriously reduced resolution copy. The real thing will enlarge cleanly to 20"x30".
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Post by Steve (FloppyDog) on Sept 10, 2009 14:46:29 GMT -5
I've been using CS3 and Lightroom, but never tried Elements. How different is Elements from CS3? The reason I'm asking mainly is that I've been using a student copy of CS3 which expires sometime this month. So, I'm debating on whether to bite the bullet and purchase the full version or go with Elements. I definately don't want to sacrifice functionality though.
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Post by john101477 on Sept 10, 2009 15:13:34 GMT -5
Elements is not a bad software but in a lot of ways it does limit you. I started on elements 6 and I am glad I did cause when I bought CS4 I would have been totally lost. Elements is a great beginner and everyday use program, but if your getting down to brass tacks and want to create things CS4 is where it is at. I am not knowledgable with lightroom although I wish I had it.
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OrcaBob
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Post by OrcaBob on Sept 10, 2009 20:43:08 GMT -5
To prevent the thread from becoming a software discussion, my response about CS-vs-Elements has been redirected to Hardware & Software>Other Adobe Applications>How Does Elements Compare...?
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