Phil Sutters' photos with the keyword: PSE6

The title gives clues to how the image was put together - but I bet I couldn't repeat it exactly, let alone tell someone else how it was done! Basically I used fractal 'brushes' from Photoshop Creative magazine's disc and, using a large brush size, painted a single brush stroke - using it like a stamp - onto a new layer in a neutral colour - probably white in this case - and then stretched it across the background and applied a gradient to get the colours. This was repeated with a different fractal brush on a new layer. The two were then moved about until the layout worked. Then a glowing edge filter was applied. The words were typed separately and curved using the 'warp text' button before 'simplifying' the text layer, which was then treated with the glowing edges filter. The eye was made by using a 'glass button' effect - although it is probably the weakest part of the image. The software was Photoshop Elements 6.

More aide memoires of the brush sets on the Photoshop Creative CD with issue 89

This was a case of 'What can I make of this boring shot?" Something slightly less boring - but with only 9 views it probably isn't any improvement! if you are reading this, you have just upped the viewing figure by one. Thanks