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Hmmm, @Pixey you know maybe I did to just get one or two plugins. So does that kinda overwrite all others if I use the installer @BoltBait? I just didn't want too many installed to slow down the start-up. I have now told the installer to just install everything

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Hmm, the plugins that I use the most & have done for a very long time are gone. In particular Bevel Selection. Oh woe is me. I really don't know how that happened. Anyone else?

It is a very lovely piece. Don't sell yourself short. We all have strengths in different areas & different styles too. Featherwind is beautiful & a very fitting name. Bravo!

Congratulations to all! A great theme to play with and the entries were all fabulous. A very versatile plugin too.

It looks like you would need to put each image on a new layer. There are a few plugins that might help such as soften portrait & maybe a few others like feather. Probably you would need to do some alpha masking which is something I have never done successfully. Take a look at the photomanip tutorials, see if you can find anything in those that might be useful.

Congratulations to all! So many outstanding entries.

@ANONYMISS & @Djisvesif the two of you go back to the very first page you will see the discussion of the rules & how they came to be. If you don't like the rules, don't enter the competition. Nit-picking is not going to help you win the competition but shows mean-spiritedness.

What a lovely outcome! Heart chains! Very clever. Now you can use the principles for other images too. Well done!

OMG! You cheeky thing! Yes, disqualified Definitely repost in the comedy thread or your own gallery. Fancy putting anchovies in that list I think it would be fun to have a post about what people would put on their toast. I see there is cheese & carrots, a few with jam or marmalade, tomato but nobody put vegemite! I thought it was the mouldy old toast that was the issue. Now we can all play nicely again ⚽

Peeps, @ardneh's entry complies with the rules of the comp. Personally, I thought it was clever & funny. Really? Anyone who has ever had kids will know the joys of finding expired food in unexpected places. Maybe that is why we know have CDs & not VCRs? On the subject of unpublished plugins...if you have the ability to write one cool. Not everyone can use the published plugins effectively - like me So no unfair advantage as far as I can see. That being said, if you really like a plugin that someone has created, why not ask them to publish it? Some plugins so have a limited use so maybe the author feels that publishing it is of no real benefit? Some really lovely pieces of toast here & not a single one is burnt

Oh fabulous! If only people could have a restart. I'd be up for that!

I just love those eyebrows! I think you did a marvellous job. There are a lot of elements in this image, each one just so nice. Well done!

Oooh how nice are these! Totally have to agree with @Red ochre! Those are my faves too. Love seeing your new works.

Oooh what a lovely image. Lots of depth & the colours are rather soothing too.

@Pixeysaid it so well! Good job!

Another very useful tip that I learnt way back, was to put as much as you can on a separate layer, name layers (esp. initially) & keep a PDN file of your work as well as a flattened image file. Really great when you want to use a part of the image again later.

The way I get crisper images is to increase the size by 400% So if my final image is to be 500 x 200 I make the original image 2000 x 800 & then when I am done I decrease to 25%. AA Assistant is great but when using 4x the size Gaussian Blur can also work for you.

Oh good on you for making a gallery. You can also add your SOTW here if you want. The Merry Christmas one is so real that I am sure if I put my hand on a letter, it will leave my handprint on it. Lovely works!