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Digital Artist and Photographer

The Best app for relaxation

July 21, 2015 victoriapavlov Leave a comment

Relax Melodies by Ipnos Soft is the best FREE app for your sleep , yoga .meditation or just relaxation time. It’s available for your iPad, Phone, or Computer. I have been using this app at least 3 years and could not be happier.
For free the app gives you 50 high quality sounds:

River
Ocean
Winds
Birds
Piano
Night
Zen
Slow Waves
Rainy Day
Underwater
Cat Purring

…and many more!

I can mix up to 10 sounds together ( and I can control the volume of each sound individually! ), save, name and sort them for feature easy setup. During the night time I prefer to use app’s timer. In addition to all the great features above I have a clock with many beautiful screen designs along with an alarm system.

And the best feature of the app is background support so you can use ANY of your other apps on your device while this plays!

My personal preference to easily fall asleep is the Rainy Day sound.
For yoga and meditation I prefer the Waterfall sound.
I LOVE mixing Ocean and Rainy Day sound together during my retouching or painting work.

If you want more than the 50 included sounds along with other extra options you can consider Relax Melodies Premium HD.
iPad price is $2.99
iPhone price is $0.99
For Mac price is $4.99

Adobe Photoshop, Digital Art, Wacom

Digital Painting

July 19, 2015 victoriapavlov Leave a comment

Digital Painting using Adobe Photoshop CC and Wacom.

I used the Mixer Brush Tool with only one on color on it.

Digital Painting with Adobe Photoshop CC and Wacom

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Sketch, Digital Art, Mobile, Photoshop Painting, Tip of The Day, Wacom

Ant-Man Painted with Adobe Photoshop

July 17, 2015 victoriapavlov Leave a comment

Ant-Man painted with Adobe Sketch, Adobe Ink, Adobe Photoshop and Wacom

Uncategorized

Create a Zombie image in Adobe Photoshop

July 16, 2015 victoriapavlov

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a Zombie image in Adobe Photoshop

1: Create a new document

2: Open the image you would like to use as a background image. I am using image I downloaded from Dollar Photo Club.
Select > All > Edit > Copy > Highlight your new document > Edit > Paste

3: Open your Zombie image. I am using image I downloaded from Dollar Photo Club.

4: Using Rectangular Marquee Tool select your Zombie

5: Edit > Copy > Highlight your document > Edit > Paste

6: Select > Focus Area > Remove the white background around your Zombie

7 : Resize and move your Zombie

8: Highlight the background layer

9: Adjustments Layer > Exposure

10: Adjustments Layer > Vibrance

11:Highlight your Zombie layer

12: Adjustments Layer > Vibrance

13: Duplicate Zombie layer ( “Zombie copy” layer) and move this layer under your Zombie layer

14: Edit > Transform > Distort

15: Image > Adjustments > Levels

16: Filter > Gaussian Blur Radius = 28.9 Pixels

17: Make Zombie copy Layer opacity = 54%

18: Merge all visible layers

19: Duplicate Zombie copy layer > Filter > Camera Raw Filter > Dehaze filter . Make Dehaze -29, Grain: Amount =6, Size =25, Roundness =50. Click OK and make layer opacity = 59

20: Add a new layer with white color on it > Filter > Render > Fibers

21: Magic Wand Tool > Select the Layer ( simply drag the Magic Wand Tool from the left top corner to the right bottom corner ) > Delete > Select > Deselect >Image > Adjustments > Levels

22: Filter > Blur > Motion Blur

23: Image > Free Transform > Resize the rain layer

24: Make rain layer opacity = 27 > Adjustments > Curve

25: Merge All visible layers.
Duplicate this layer

26: Filter > Render > Lens Flare

27: Click OK and make a layer opacity = 47% > Add a layer mack > Erase left bottom corner of your lens flare layer ( top layer)

28: Adjustments > Color Lookup > LateSunset.3DL > Layer Opacity =31

Apple, Apple Watch, Mobile

7 reasons why any woman should wear Apple Watch

July 13, 2015 victoriapavlov Leave a comment

Although I have a very small wrist I still prefer the larger 42mm sport watch.

7 reasons why any woman with children should wear Apple Watch

1: You don’t need to hold your phone in one hand and baby in another hand. Wearing Apple Watch you can concentrate ALL your attention on your child and stay online. You can use your favorite apps such as Instagram, Weather, Cozi Family Organizer, Music apps, and much more.

2: Your favorite shopping lists and coupons are on your wrist, such as Walmart, Target, Groupon!

3: Games for your and your child.

4: Apps for your exercise such as Runtastic GPS Running, Strava Running and Cycling- GPS Run and Ride Tracker, Workout Trainer and much more!

5: Relaxations Apps for you and your child such as Relax Melodies: Sleep zen sounds and much more!!

6: Apple Pay: You can pay at store using Apple Pay.

7: Messages: using Apple Watch message app you can stay connected with your family and friends without any interruption and not taking your attention away from your children! Using Apple Watch Messages app you can reply to any of message simply speaking your response and Apple Watch will send your message as audio or text response!!!

7 Reasons to every business woman to wear Apple Watch

Wearing Apple Watch you will stay on track without any interruption!

1: Productivity :
Keynote, Hours Time Tracking, Salesforce Analytics, 1Password and more..

2: Travel:
Expedia Hotels, FlightTrack, Priceline.com, Uber, Passbook, and more..

3: Communications:
Twitter, Meetup, WeChat and more.

4: Health and Fitness:
Workout, Nike + Running, Runtastic PRO GPS and much more!!

5: Apple Pay!!!

6: Online Banking

7: News:
CNN, NYTimes, The Wall Street Journal, ESPN and more…

7 reasons why any creative woman should wear Apple Watch

1: Adobe apps:
Creative Cloud, Behance, Adobe Color CC

2: Shoot, Share & Print:
Camera + Photo & Video, Pro Camera & + HDR and more!

3: Learning on the Go:
Meetup and more..

4: Stay Connected:
Twitter, Instagram and more!

5: Productivity:
Lumy – Helps You Track Photographic Times, and more…

6: Apple Pay

7:Productivity :
Keynote, Hours Time Tracking, Salesforce Analytics, 1Password and more..

Photography, Photoshop World, Tradeshow, Training

5 reasons to attend Photoshop World 2015

July 10, 2015 victoriapavlov Leave a comment

5 reasons to attend Photoshop World 2015

1: Just in a few days you will learn more than you can learn for few years. Life experience, photo sessions, and meeting new creative people, A LOT of energy and inspiration.

2: You will learn in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere “directly” from leaders in industry such as Scott Kelby,Terry White, Joe McNally, Bert Monroy, Larry Becker, Julieanne Kost and more! After any class you are able to meet instructor, ask questions ( and take a selfie 🙂 )

3: Networking opportunity: if you a freelancer or a business owner, networking is everything to you. Through networking you have the opportunity to meet new people, makes new friends and let people know about you. Show your portfolio and ask for their professional opinion about your work. And ALL OF THIS IS INCLUDED.

4: Discover and learn all the latest tips and techniques from Design or Photography industry from World leaders exhibits such as:

Adobe
B&H
Arkon
Dolar Photo Club
Epson
and much more

5: It’s a lot of FUN!

Going to Photoshop World 2015 in Vegas?

If so you can SAVE $50 by registering here with the Discount Code: TerryWhite50

Adobe Lightroom CC, Digital Art, Photography, Training

Convert your photo into a drawing

July 9, 2015 victoriapavlov Leave a comment

Step by step tutorial how to convert your photo into a drawing using Adobe Lightroom CC:

1: Open your image in the Develop module ( I am using Adobe Stock image #57908828

2: Click on the Black & White Tab

3: Apply the following setting

4: Using Tone Curve apply following setting

5: Apply the following Black & White Setting

My Adobe Photoshop & Adobe Illustrator Seminar

How to create a simple Valentine’s Day card in Adobe Illustrator

How to get started with still-life painting in Adobe Photoshop

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Adobe Photoshop, Digital Art, Mobile, Photoshop Painting, Wacom

From “traditional” to digital painting

July 8, 2015 victoriapavlov Leave a comment

I always believed that we have reached the point that there are no more boarders between “traditional” and digital art. Using Moleskine and Adobe apps we can jump from a “traditional” pencil painting to digital painting using Adobe Photoshop CC.

I started my project using the Moleskine Smart Notebook (Creative Cloud connected )

Using the FREE Moleskine, a Creative Cloud connected app I took picture of my sketch . The image was saved in my Creative Cloud folder.

And I finished my project in Adobe Photoshop CC using a Wacom Tablet

Wacom Intuos Pro Pen and Touch Medium Tablet (PTH651)

Wacom Cintiq 13HD Interactive Pen Display (DTK1300)

Adobe Lightroom CC, Digital Art, Uncategorized

Live preview of Dehaze effect in Adobe Lightroom

July 8, 2015 victoriapavlov

This year I went to a local park for a 4th of July fireworks display. I pretty much got some nice images using my Nikon and Terry White’s firework shooting settings. But it doesn’t matter how good your settings are we still cant avoid the smoke in our fireworks pictures. Thanks to the Dehaze effect in Adobe Lightroom CC I can remove the smoke from my pictures in a second simply moving Dehaze effect slider to the right. Moving Dehaze slider to the right from 0 to +100 you are removing haze/smoke from your pictures. Moving the Dehaze effect slider from 0 to -100 you can add a haze effect to your pictures.