For Jane Long, Photoshop was nothing more than a casual hobby until she stumbled across a treasure trove of vintage war photography on Flickr Commons.
Long decided to re-imagine the somber photographs as vibrant, whimsical scenes.
Vintage War Photographs Re-Imagined as Whimsical Scenes
via Flickr
The images above look like some sort of elaborate Photoshop joke, but these baseball cards featuring famous photographers are a real thing!
Back in the 1970s, photographer Mike Mandel took portraits of his favorite photographers and turned them into baseball cards, complete with quotes that summed up their personalities.
These Vintage Baseball Cards of Famous Photographers are Too Good
via The New Yorker
Sometimes you don’t need Photoshop or fancy editing software to create stunning visual effects.
Using nothing but the human form and precise angles, photographer
Arno Rafael Minkkinen creates these clever black and white compositions.
Clever Compositions Juxtapose Nature and the Human Body
via Zeutch
Making GIFs used to be tedious business that required Photoshop and a ton of patience, but now there’s plenty of tools that let you create them straight from your browser.
Some are better than others though, and Giphy’s online tool is the champ. It even lets you create GIFs of Youtube videos by simply pasting the link!
Giphy’s Online Gif Maker Blows Away the Competition
via Laughing Squid
With some Photoshop mastery at hand, photographer Chino Otsuka created this fascinating series featuring images of her adult self alongside photos from her past.
The digital collages of sorts feature the grown up artist interacting with her younger self in locations across the globe.
Artist Splices Images of Her Adult Self in Childhood Photos
You may think you’re fancy making GIFs in Photoshop, but legendary street artist INSA may have just one-upped you.
Armed with a team of volunteers and a pair of satellites, INSA created a GIF that can only be seen from space.
The World’s Largest GIF Created With a Pair of Satellites
via Creative Review
