Photo Editing, Valentine’s Day, and Acetic Acid

Something fun, something I don’t understand, and something I would readily put on Fish and Chips.

So, over the past year or so, I've been wallowing in the pit of despair that is, living without Photoshop.  I had access to it when I took Photography in high school, but ever since, I haven't really had the best luck with photo editing.  Well, the other day I was down in a computer lab in my dorm for some reason, and I was checkin' out all the software those fully loaded computers had.  Do my delight, Photoshop CS5 was on there.  But then I found something very similar.  Its a free program, with all the useful photoshop features, like the handy-dandy clone stamp tool, called Paint.NET.  So, I got that on my computer, and have been having fun with it ever since.

First, I competed in Rick Mercer's "Photo Challenge".  I'll see if I win next week.  Doubt it, as its my first try. But hey, yay for optimism, right?

In the original, he was sans-chicken

Then, I had a better idea.  Valentine's Day was just a couple days away.  I thought, wouldn't it be awesome to trick my super awesome girlfriend with my crazy awesome skillz?  Well I thought so.  So, I got to work on planning my fake trip to Utah.  First, I just snagged one of the Windows backgrounds, and a dorky picture of myself off Facebook and stuck them together.  With a little tweaking, this is what happened.

Dork, to the MAX

Looks pretty Utah-esque, right?

Then, I got a little more creative.

The Vegas Airport

Her room, not creepy, right?

Her parking lot

Welcome to Utah sign, thanks, Google Maps!

SUU sign... obviously

Needless to say, I had fun.  And before you start hating, no, that wasn't her real present.  I actually got her a few flowers. :)

As for acetic acid... well I just got back from a chemistry lab, so my hands smell quite a bit like it.  Mmmm... vinegar.