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@Alexolotlechugathank you for your kind words. I hope you enjoy your time here & I look forward to seeing your aesthetic

Is it maybe the Stylize > Floyd-Steinberg Dithering plugin you are looking for? It is part of @BoltBait's Plugins for 5.0+

You do alright, @Scooter. It has been less than a handful of times that I have actually won a SOTW. I enter because it is a challenge to meet the brief. I started out doing almost all of the tutes known to man! Then there are some tutes I just cannot follow 🙄 TIP: I always start out with 4x what I want the finish size to be, then reduce it by 25%. Hides a lot of sins.

Source image from Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/photos/elephant-eye-close-up-africa-1863079/ Text is Creative Text Pro using Enliven text with Dark Brass, then used Inner Shadow. I used transparent radial gradient for the elephant eye. I tried many different techniques & plugins but in the end, I decided to keep it simple.

Ooooh how cool were all of the images! Thank you to all those who entered & thank you @lynxster4for marvellous hosting duties again. I hope we can get more entries in this comp.

I'd be lucky to remember what I did @Scooterbut thank you for your kind words. I really should write down what I do. Kills the creative process though. I just do what feels right...Maybe I can replicate what I did & write a tute but don't hold your breath Feel free to use the image.

@lynxster4Serenity was Creative Text Pro Plugin using one of the preset textures (honestly cannot remember which one). I think I played with the colour tint, duplicated the text twice,added drop shadow to the middle layer, blurred the third layer, then used Jitter at maximum on it & added a layer of radial gradient in orange & yellow & then used the transparent gradient to get rid of the excess. Font is the same I use for my sig - Fiolex Girls. Thank you & @ReMakefor the likes too! I hope to be more active on here in the future. Poor health & job demands just sucked the life out of me. I have a new job teaching at a high school - distance education & I get to work with my hubby. Very close to home as well. Looking forward to a brighter 2023!

A few new ones to enjoy on page one. Loving the text plugins! SOTW Entry FB Banner for my son. MY FB Banner OOTF Entry Our Classroom - Wall of Text Plugin Serenity - Creative Text Pro Plugin

How good is this plugin! Thank you so much @Robot Graffiti!

Lovely images! Merry Christmas and congratulations!

Merry Christmas to you and yours! Great image!

@Pixey thank you. I think you you often too. Yes, that is only a small image that I made as a banner for one of my FB pages. I am about to head out now. Wishing you a fabulous holiday time too.

Aw, thank you so much. I am glad that you use them. It makes me happy to know that others like my images & that it brings a bit of happiness to others. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas & a safe & happy New Year to you & your family. I will be offline for almost 3 weeks, spending time with my son.

After being away for such a long time, I have finally had some time to play again. I nearly forgot how to use the program & how to upload the images! New job teaching at a high school, something I said I would never do but it is distance education. I hope to have time to be reasonably active on here again esp in term breaks. Some of the images were created to adorn the walls of my workspace. The Eagle (poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, image from Pixabay) Summer (leaf sources from somewhere years ago) Shell Palm (palm frond from Pixabay) Popping out Pansies (pansy image from Pixabay) By the Light of the Gilded Moon (photomanip using images from Pixabay)

Well done, all!

You know that I have been a long time-member of the forum & one of the best pieces of advice is to do as many of the tutorials as you can. Save it was a working file - .PDN & then SAVE AS a .PNG That way if you create something that you really like or you find you want to edit the work, you can. Preserve as many layers as possible. Jump in & give the competitions a go as Pixey said. Even old-timers are not guaranteed to win 😉 The other thing you could do is create a gallery where we can give you advice & encouragement. Oh & welcome too!

I thought we had a lot more members than what is showing up...

Very Andy Warhol. Nice new sig too!

A very clever image with lots of shine & colour. Well done!

Oh @Pixeywhat a great apple! Has it really been that long? Wow! Your images are always amazing.

Woohoo! Congratulations to @lynxster4 @DrewDale & @Pixey Lovely entries!

All PDN

And we are so pleased to have you back. I know you will rest