This year we've been so busy we haven't even attempted to do our own Xmas card but a neighbor asked if we could do something special for her and so I took a few pics of her dogs and Linda then weaved her PS magic. Wanted to share it with everyone along with our Holiday Wishes.

Here's the front of Ruth's card with her doggie family.



And the inside message.



Happy Holidays everyone.

Jim

Very cute! What a menagerie

Hey Jim,

Very nice. You guys did a great job putting it all together in PS. Would you care to talk about how you put it together for a bit? Honestly, this is an area that I really would like to improve upon myself. For some reason, the Korgy looks a bit soft on my monitor.

James

It isn't rocket science but it does take an artistic eye. BTW, I checked the Corgi and it's sharp both in the original and in the posted image so not quite sure what's happening there.

Linda finds all these great digital props and then you just rotate and size them so they'll be in the proper position on the dogs' heads and put them into position and erase anything that shouldn't be seen. Takes time and good visual sense but the hardest part is finding the digital props. Linda has vast libraries at her disposal . Literally!

Now that's simplifying things a bit since she works in 7 or 8 layers but that's basically the process. She created a dragon for our advertising campaign for Drake, our Great Dane client, and the dragon gets new clothes and other stuff in every ad. Frankly, I think Linda is getting a bit "artsy fartsy" about this stuff . But it's fun!

Jim

Julie,
the lady who owns these guys does Cairn Rescue and the pure Cairns and the mixed came from that work. The guy on the left with his tongue out is from a puppy mill in the mid-West and he has no teeth at all and could barely walk when she got him. Today, he's happy, eats just fine (if a bit messily) and walks 1/2 mile with the crew every day.

The Corgi, Patrick, is another Rescue she got from friends in MD and she's actually doing Agility with him. Patrick loves Sundance and the two of them together are a hoot! You could say that Patrick really looks up to Sundance;).

Jim

I don't know who to compliment, you or Linda. Nice cards, pretty pups.

What a fun card, GREAT job!!!!

Hey Jim,

I think that the problem I am seeing has to do with web-sizing. It makes things look a bit soft. I was seeing it in a few of my images that I posted.

James