My intentions were 1) as a blog writer, to point out to my readers a resource for learning in the form of Louvre89’s work, and 2) to give some free publicity to Lourve89, the stock artists she used, and dA.

As it states in the article, I had Louvre89’s cooperation and consent. In her work, as the article says, she has full documentation to all the actual stock image files used. It didn’t (and still doesn’t) seem necessary to duplicate all of that here. In fact, I used her work mainly because it IS so well-documented.

I guess the concern is that unscrupulous people will swoop in and steal stock images to sell on other sites. I can understand that concern. But in this case, I’m showing a thumbnail of your image, and it’s too small to be usable as a stock image. I don’t think I’ve violated the rules, if you think about it.

-Bob
http:bnolin.deviantart.com

It would’ve been nice to ask me for permission first before you went and use my stock image off-site as it’s one of my rules. A link to the original image would also be very appreciated, so people can atleast find the original, and I’m sure the other stock providers would have the same train of thought as me. Also, you may want to contact the original artist or at least let him/her know you’ve used their artwork on here, assuming you haven’t already asked for permission.

Link to the original: http://rogue-stock.deviantart.com/art/Tree-Stock-no-4-61400404

I know your intentions were genuine (:

~Lilly
Free Stock Provider

Bob

Bob – great site by the way. I’ve been “stalking” this site for about a year now and always enjoy learning new things that you’ve presented. Thanks!

Cheers,

Gino

I plan on doing a lot of the learning and praying for the spark of inspiration.

Photomanipulation is a true art form, and not for the faint of heart! By that I mean, it really takes years to get good at it. I should know — I’m still working at it! It takes years to see how certain images will work together to form a new one. That’s why I showed the various images this artist used. You’ll notice how the choice of each is far from obvious. It takes some real creative imagination. That, and a very large collection of reference photos.

To answer your question: yes. You can’t always fit a group of photos together successfully. Finding a group that work together – that’s the challenge. Good luck!

-Bob

Hey, Bob,

thanks for the long answer! I should’ve explained I was searching for special secrets as I am pretty good for an amatuer at photo restoration; adding and/or taking people out of old family shots, etc,(using Elements, BTW, plus a great menu of small specialized apps.) on request, as gifts, and to build our family archive. I do a lot of creative non-photo work too; have a bunch to learn!

I’ll just be clearer here about what I find worrying; no need to answer if, again, I should just refer to those books:

Example: trying to select areas from 5 images: 3 photos (.psd, .jpeg, .tif), at various inch and resolution sizes plus 1 digital art piece (my own) plus 1 B&W clip art. Varying amounts of noise being main problem.

Would the photomaniper be smarter to find another goal because the raw materials described above are too varied to composite into something worthwhile?

Thanks so much for site and your help,

LadyLeaf

That’s a short question with a very long answer–a whole book’s worth of answer, in fact. The best on the subject, in my opinion, is “Photoshop Masking and Compositing” by Katrin Eismann. Deke McClelland’s Photoshop books are excellent, too. Any good beginner’s guide to Photoshop will help you with selecting, copying, and pasting, which is what you’re asking about. The short answer is, by using Edit > Transform > Scale in Photoshop, you can size your images up and down to suit. Not like in the old days when you had to get out the proportion wheel and calculate percentages for enlarging and reducing! (Yes, I really am that old.) Hope that helps!
Bob