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Photo Painting A Great Gift Idea

Many of us have our cherished photographs ofthat you cherish and that you have a good
our children, spouse, our pets, our wedding,photograph, can be converted and used for
and other special events and people we love.gift  ideas  for  all  year  around.
I want to tell you about how you can dig out
your old photos to be rendered into aLet me explain a little about the process of
computer generated painting that you can useconverting a photograph into a computer
for  all  sorts  of  things.generated painting. First you need to start
with a good photograph. A good photograph
Being a graphic designer and a amateurwould be a photo that has good color, is in
photographer I have always been interestingfocus (clear), and the subject matter is
in different forms of images that can be usedclearly visible and not in shadow. The
for print and gift ideas for the holiday'sprocess then starts with a loose rendering or
and special anniversary events. I havepainting over a cloned image copy and the
recently found a very cool and usefulbackground built up, loosely. Next step goes
technique that is not at all new, but it isonto working out the details and bringing
new  to  me.things together, which depends on how the
finished product is to look. The finished
Before I get into the specifics of thephoto could have the background out of focus,
technique, I would like to first explain myor  sharp,  well  blended,  etc.
background, or rather my search that lead up
to  this  self  discovery.Next, the finishing touches. here one can add
texture as to simulate a paper texture or
About a year ago I was trying to find acanvas. Then a computer plug-in filter could
software program to digitally paint and selladd a matte and a wooden or metal frame to
the images. I thought if at all possible,make it look very much like a real framed
paintings would look nice and could be usedpainting.
for a multitude of things from web site
images, holiday greeting cards, business logoI like the chalk and oil pastels the most,
or business cards, calendars, coffee mugs,but watercolor paintings can look nice when
etc. I found a program in which I used for ayou are going after a toned down style in
year or so, until I found the most recentdetail and want that unique watercolor look.
one.To get some ideas of samples of these photo
paintings, please visit painting.htm to see
Now I am painting many of my past photographsthe different effects that will become
and trying different styles to get differentavailable in the coming months. To stay
artistic  effects.updated please bookmark the page and check
back. This will be an ongoing event that I
Gift  Ideaswill upload as they become available. So
please  keep  posted  if  this  interest you.
I have found that as a gift idea computer
painting can be used for many different typesTo finalize this article, I want to add that
of situations and media. to name a few eventsphoto painting your photographs can be used
or situation, wedding photos, sportingfor as many things as you can imagine. So the
events, birthdays, religious events,next time you are searching for a gift idea,
anniversary parties, family portraits, pets,keep this in mind. If you have questions
landscape vacation spot, cars, trucks,about this technique please use the email
motorcycles, you name it, almost anythingaddress provided here or at my web site.