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	Renaissance Tower / Magic Wand Tool vs2 Created a duplicate layer, then used the Magic Wand tool to select the sky. Used the Yin Yang Symbol to change the hue to orange for the fun of it (wasn't going for realistic, but more contrasting colores thatn the original. Flattened and resized for web. Susan M. Reynolds
	Original Renaissance Tower & Old Glory/Sacramento Both orignal photos were taken at just before dawn. I enhanced the exposure on this one a bit in RAW because it was still quite dark and my settings were not correct for how dark it was. Susan M. Reynolds
	Renaissance Tower with Old Glory Sacramento, CA Susan M. Reynolds

These two buildings were my first class assignment using layers masks and channels. He wanted 2 variations, so I'll post the changes below.

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September 17, 2010


	Renaissance Tower / Magic Wand Tool vs3 Created a duplicate layer, then used the Magic Wand tool to select the sky and changed it to a sepia, adding a bit of afternoon sun in the upper left corner and erasing some of the white off of the building. Opened another layer and inverted it to encolse the building and the flag. Used Nik software colorize filter using a tan/strong sepia tone. Before flattening it, I used the eraser tool to make Old Glory stand out a bit more. Flattened and resized for web. I did use one more layer with Nik Software to give a little more light to the side of the building I chose to put the sun on. I took me a while to find photos that were suitable without too much detail for this first two...then I chose the Sacramento Capitol to try the Quick Selction tool as well. Susan M. Reynolds

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September 17, 2010