In olden days editing any photograph was something next to impossibility. This was looked upon as a cumbersome and complicated exercise. Making the picture bright was an ordeal. However the revolutionary developments that are taking place in the field of Photography and digital art have opened up a world of creative possibilities. With the advent of computer technology and several state-of-art digital software images editing and manipulation are being considered as some of the most sought after art forms in digital photography. One such photo editing technique is the art of creating a picture by putting together several pieces of completely new and different pictures. This photo editing technology is the ideal way to customize a new gift for your loved ones. Here one large stunning image is created out of several smaller images that are called cells. An effective combination of shapes, textures and colours of the larger image needs to be brought out to make the big picture a perfect one. This process is bears a close resemblance to one that is called pointillism where small individual points of colour or value are made use of to fool the eye into looking at a full image instead of the small points. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m not very much of a photographer, but you would never guess that by looking at all the bordered images hanging on my walls or the snapshots ordered in my photo albums. Every individual one of them appears perfect, with first-class lighting and color balance throughout. Plus, there’s not a trace of redeye displaying on any of my people or pet portraits. How do I come up with such stunning results without knowing a thing about picture taking? I begin with a great photographic camera and finish with great photo manipulating software. Read the rest of this entry »