Creating Art with Photobucket! Welcome to the 32nd Metamorphosis Monday!

Several folks who read the very first post I created for BNOTP, when I re-posted it last week for BNOTP's Blogoversary Day, inquired about something I mentioned in that post regarding an easy way to give your photos the look of a painting. I know many of you already know about the enhancements you may make to the photos you upload to Photobucket, but if you don't, hope you enjoy the following little tutorial and some of my Before and Afters!

Originally posted August 19th, 2008
Have you often wondered how you could turn your photos into little works of art. Great news, you don't have to purchase any expensive software...everything you need is available at Photobucket (HERE) for free....don't you love that word, FREE!

All you need to do, in order to give your photos the "painting" look, is to use an effect called "aging" on Photobucket's site. Take a look at some before and after pics below:


Perennial Garden, Before

After

Family Room, Before

After

Upstairs Family, Before

After

Beachy Tablescape, Before:

After

Blue & White Tablescape, Before

After

Ok, ready to give it a shot? Here's how you do it:

Go to Photobucket . Join or register...then make sure you are logged in.

Upload a photo you have currently saved on your computer. (Click "Upload images and videos" to upload.)

Once your photo is uploaded, don't forget to scroll down and click on "save.

"Now for the good part...

Click on the word "edit" which is just above your uploaded photo.

Then select the "effects" tab you will see above.

Next click on the "more" arrow, showing at either end of the menu bar above.

You will see an effect called "Fresco"...that's the one you want.

Click on "Fresco" and there ya go...instant art!  You're smiling right now, aren't you? Don't forget to click on "save a copy" so that your new art is saved.

Update:  There's also an effect called "painting."  Try that one, too.  Try them all.  Have fun!

Photobucket calls this process "aging" and you are even given the option of deciding how much to "age" your photo. For grins and giggles, I tried a really super aged look, it wasn't pretty. I recommend the medium setting that is the automatic default when you select Fresco.

Now you may RIGHT click on your photo and select "save picture as" in order to save it to your computer. Be sure and note where you save it on your computer, so you can easily find it later.

Once you have converted several of you pics into art, you can go to the Photo Store of Wal-mart or almost any drugstore online, download your pics to them and have them printed and ready for pick up within the hour. Or maybe you have a photo printer in your home. I don't remember who now, but I remember reading where a blogger printed out pics of several of her rooms in her home, had them framed and then hung them to enjoy. They looked great!

While playing around on Photobucket, I had a little fun (hee, hee, hee)

Shady Bunny

If you do some fun things with your photos on Photobucket, be sure to share them with us on a future Met Monday. Looking forward to seeing your Before and Afters!



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