Thursday, December 8, 2011

Number Sixty-Nine: Playing With Colour

I took this photo of Mongkut after Essie decided to place this piece of cord along him. It was funny because instead of jumping up or trying to play with it he just sat there as still as possible as if he were afraid to displace it. So I grabbed my camera, fired up Gorillacam and took a bunch of photos.

Since the cord was such a bright, striking orange I played with the photo in Dash of Color and coloured just the cord, leaving the rest of the photo black and white. I loved how it turned out!

Dash of Color is a neat app that you can use to create photos with isolated spots of colour. To do so you have the option to paint with a colour pen or a gray pen, using the colour one to restore the original colour to the photo then using the gray one to touch up any spots you've accidentally coloured. It takes a little effort but it's nice to have so much control, plus the undo button remembers every edit instead of allowing you just one. For a free download it's fantastic!

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