Flickr Photo Stats

I picked one of my photos at random, one that is reasonably popular, and had a look at the recent stats. I should do it more often!

I learned, from the last 2 days' referrals, that it is being used as a homepage image for searchslate.com and A6.com search engines, screenshot below.



It is also featured on this list of rainbow textured photos on a design blog.

I should check my photo stats more often!

Rainbow Swirl

In my post, Popular Funk, I showed how I had made a funky abstract rainbow image out of a shot of a bag.

Using the same starting image I also created a fun, dizzying swirl. I like how you can still see the texture of the bag on the outside edges of the image.

Enjoy!

Create a Rainbow in Photoshop

A fun effect here, creating a larger-than-life rainbow on your photos or images.



The tutorial is here and is written for Photoshop CS but I used it with CS3 and there were only minor differences.

I found using the tab stops in the gradient editor a bit tricky, I didn't really know what I was doing, but other than that it's a nice tutorial to work from. Creating a good rainbow shape with the radial gradient tool can take a few goes, but ctrl-z is a lifesaver in this instance!

It's a nice effect and, though slightly tricky, worth a go.