Mark S. Johnson Photography

Today is art day on the Photoshop Workbench. For the next several minutes, try to remember how good it felt to be a child in an elementary art class…freely experimenting with the colorful materials around you. Breath deeply and imagine the scent of Elmer’s glue and crayons. Picture yourself holding scissors and carefully trimming away the pointed corners of a drawing that you can’t wait to show to your mom. As you trim, notice how the slender artwork curls in your hands and casts an arched shadow on the table below.

Gradually allow yourself to ease back into reality. You’re sitting at a computer starring at a photograph. The thought of art class lingers in your mind. How can you possibly round the corners of a picture without scissors? Is it possible to create the illusion of a curled shadow in Photoshop? There are so many questions and only one class period. Thank goodness for the Workbench!