Anya, I used Ulead's Photo Impact (poor person's Adobe Photoshop). It came with my printer. I used the Effects/Distort/Warp with Grid tool. I couldn't get out to photograph anything that day because I had the flu or something. I was trying not to miss a day on the photoblog, so I decided just to take a picture of the messy room, and then distort it to convey the feelings of running a fever -- disorientation, everything feeling "out of reach", harsh light from the window, everything else dim and blurry.
hey thanks for the tips! unfortunately, i am even poorer than you so all i have is the complimentary paint program on my comp; it's pretty limited. but i'm thinking of investing in photoshop. i mean i like dinkering around with photo stuff so i might as well get the best. and that's the thing too, photoshop knows they're the best so they make their software so freaking expensive!!! i just reaaally love the effect in your pic :-)
how did you distort it like that? i really like the effect. kind of what it feels like when one is drunk ;-P
ReplyDeleteAnya, I used Ulead's Photo Impact (poor person's Adobe Photoshop). It came with my printer. I used the Effects/Distort/Warp with Grid tool. I couldn't get out to photograph anything that day because I had the flu or something. I was trying not to miss a day on the photoblog, so I decided just to take a picture of the messy room, and then distort it to convey the feelings of running a fever -- disorientation, everything feeling "out of reach", harsh light from the window, everything else dim and blurry.
ReplyDeletehey thanks for the tips! unfortunately, i am even poorer than you so all i have is the complimentary paint program on my comp; it's pretty limited. but i'm thinking of investing in photoshop. i mean i like dinkering around with photo stuff so i might as well get the best. and that's the thing too, photoshop knows they're the best so they make their software so freaking expensive!!!
ReplyDeletei just reaaally love the effect in your pic :-)