{"id":1741,"date":"2012-10-14T10:27:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T15:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=1741"},"modified":"2012-10-16T04:53:18","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T09:53:18","slug":"an-online-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=1741","title":{"rendered":"An Online Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a bit occupied the past few weeks\u00a0with an online introductory course to Photoshop Elements 10.\u00a0 There&#8217;s\u00a0nothing\u00a0like some course structure with a few deadlines &#8211; it helped me to work through the odd bits and pieces\u00a0I already knew how to do and place them into an organised framework.\u00a0 The Pixeladies&#8217; course was terrific, and lots of the exercises we did using their little mannequin dolls, clothes and accessories etc.\u00a0 But for the final exercise assignment I chose to work with several of my own photos &#8211; including a couple of the beach offerings my regular readers know are a focus of my attention:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/watermarked-offertas.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1745\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=1745\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/watermarked-offertas.jpg?fit=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FE330,X845,C550&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1266409202&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/watermarked-offertas.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/watermarked-offertas.jpg?fit=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1745\" title=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/watermarked-offertas.jpg?resize=450%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/watermarked-offertas.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/watermarked-offertas.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m proud of all my efforts of course \u00a0\ud83d\ude42\u00a0\u00a0but this next one,\u00a0where I learned how to\u00a0paste in into a selection, features one of the dolls with\u00a0my choice of clothes and hair\u00a0 and the background lifted from one of my own early mixed media works. The overalls were filled with pattern from Ivan and Tara&#8217;s wedding quilt &#8211; both of which can be seen in full in galleries elsewhere on this site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WATERMARKED-pixie-pigtails.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1746\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=1746\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WATERMARKED-pixie-pigtails.jpg?fit=450%2C605&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,605\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"WATERMARKED pixie pigtails\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WATERMARKED-pixie-pigtails.jpg?fit=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WATERMARKED-pixie-pigtails.jpg?fit=450%2C605&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1746\" title=\"WATERMARKED pixie pigtails\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WATERMARKED-pixie-pigtails.jpg?resize=450%2C605&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WATERMARKED-pixie-pigtails.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WATERMARKED-pixie-pigtails.jpg?resize=223%2C300&amp;ssl=1 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, obviously, I have learned a little about watermaking images too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been a bit occupied the past few weeks\u00a0with an online introductory course to Photoshop Elements 10.\u00a0 There&#8217;s\u00a0nothing\u00a0like some course structure with a few deadlines &#8211; 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