Aging and shaping a photo

**-=Drifter=-** · 30 May 2006, 01:17 PM

yes, get well soon Brad

hey laser.... that picture that's clipped on - am i the only one that thinks the girl standing IS A LITTLE OLD TO STILL BE NURSING?????!!!!

**laser1** · 31 May 2006, 12:29 PM

Bob,

I see a young child standing with her right cheek resting on her mothers left upper arm...

You remind me of a very old joke...

A guy's wife sends him to a psychiatrist because she thinks all he has on his mind is sex.

The doc gives him the Rorschach ink blot test.

He shows the guy the first ink spot and asks "What do you see?"

The guy says "A couple making love."

He shows him another and asks "What do you see?"

The guy says "Two girls and a guy making love."

He shows him another "What do you see?"

He answers "Two women having sex."

The doc tells him "I have to agree with your wife. All you see is sex, sex, sex."

The guy is indignant "What do you mean? You're the one showing the dirty pictures!"

George...

**-=Drifter=-** · 31 May 2006, 12:32 PM

hahahahahahahaha

**Boleyball** · 31 May 2006, 02:12 PM

Hi People

I've just had a quick go at doing an aged photo. Hopefully I've uploaded them ok for you to see. One has a tear in it:

**parahandy** · 01 June 2006, 04:14 PM

Ok Boleyball on your effort ,we will just have to wait and see what Brad's comments are. I had a look at your website ghosts/haunting and all that. I have lived for 84 years never saw a ghost or had shivers down my spine, been at old battle grounds where thousands died, castles ,etc, not a quiver but an old friend of mine could sense ghosts on an empty moor but then he was a writer and had a vivid imagination. My Dad an old Lancashire man used to tell a story of an old miner alone down a mineshaft, last of his shift to leave , heard a ghostly voice saying " Tom, there's only thee and me in 'ere and the old miner replied, Aye and when I get bluidy clogs on there'll only be thee in 'ere."

**P-40** · 03 June 2006, 03:13 AM

Thanks for all the help guys! Sorry for taking so long to respond, I have been down sick for a while. Those were some great effects to the photo, I’m assuming plug-ins are available on the Xara Zone? How do you install them? I’m assuming you would just use it like you do a brush or something?

Never thought of just printing the photo out, giving it the look and I want and then taking a photo of it, who would’ve thought old school would work!?!?

I’ve had Xara for a while, but really only used it for certain things and I am just now expanding, especially into photo manipulation and that kind of stuff. Before I just used it for drawings and such. Here’s one I did.

**spondoolix** · 03 June 2006, 06:57 AM

I am really enjoying this thread. Congratulations everyone on you creativity.
Parahandy you have got some different approaches. Laser1 - you really have invoked the mood. All posts have been great. Thank you.

**parahandy** · 03 June 2006, 12:06 PM

Glad to hear from you Brad, hope you got over your sick spell, just out of hospital myself but not in as long as you. the plugins are not like brushes as such it's more of an overall effect the depth of which can be adjusted. The accompanying prt scr shows the adjustments that can be made of the depth of the effect,this one is swirl effect. Check out :-
http://www.xara.com/products/xtreme/plugins for more details.

long time no see spondoolix.

norman.

**Seagull** · 03 June 2006, 12:59 PM

Ooooppppps, I think I got carried away; maybe I shouldn't have done this. heh, heh

**Ross Macintosh** · 03 June 2006, 02:22 PM

I've tried to give P-40's line drawing the look of neglect. Its intended to look like the drawing has acid damage and some water/fungus damage.

Regards, Ross