Freelance Digital Image Manipulation and Enhancement. Cape Town

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Digital Retouching & Manipulation Studio Franco. Eastbourne and Cape Town

Digital Image Manipulation, Digital Compositing, Retouching & Re-Mastering of Classic Paintings

Got an old photo you want revived? Want to compose an image out of several elements?

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At Studio Franco Design - I specialize in image enhancement, color correction, photo montage, photo compositing and photo retouching.

I include 'Examples of Everything', because of the varied requests I have received.

As well as visual puns.
Such as "Etaoin Shrdlu". Etaoin Shrdlu is the approximate order of frequency of the 12 most commonly used letters in the English language. A combination of letters set by running a finger down the first, and then the second left-hand vertical banks of six keys of a Linotype machine, to produce a temporary marking slug, not intended to appear in the final printing.

Photo-Manipulation

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Manipulated photographs.

Wine Event Promotion

Elements = 2: Photo of Wife #1 deep-etched and dropped into hand-drawn background
Wine Event promotion art

Donna Darkwolf plays My Heart on Her Burning Violin, on Sirius

Elements = 4: Photo - Donna on beach with violin
Fire on violin. Landing ship. Background
Personal indulgence: Donna on Sirius.

The Red Queen's Knight Moves

A mystical Red Queen moves her robotic knight thru' the chess maze to commit an assassintion.
Elements = Countless. Photo of my wifes hand
Composite of "found" image components

Promo Poster: Paint It Black

Elements = 1: Personal photography.
Digital manipulation to enhance 'the Black's'.
Promo-art for photo exhibition.
Client: Donna Darkwolf Vos

Contemplative Angel

An Angel takes a break from musical practice
Elements = Enlarged photograph of Shiny Wfe posing with cello
Digitally manipulated with inclusion of wings.
Client: Donna Darkwolf. Magazine article.

Photo-Manipulation

Posed photograph converted to digital illustration
Elements = Many
Showing the Original and final Rendered Art.
Personal Indulgence

The Witch in The Book

Elements = 2: Photo of Donna in her red flamenco dress. Book.
Client: Donna Darkwolf. Magazine Article

Afternoon Tea with Lady Donna

Elements = 1: Colour Photo of wife
Manipulated to a painterly effect.
Private Portrait

Schizafrenica

Elements = 2: Two photos of girl friend posing on different ends of couch - montaged together
Magazine Ad

Silver Beyond Alone

Elements = 1: Alternative version of original
air-brushed artwork
Personal project

Red Room - Photo Manipulation

Elements = 3: 3 x Colour Photos of girlfriend
Three shots from my locked-off camera combined into one 'time-lapse' still.
Magazine Article

Witch in the Lemon Garden

Elements = 2: Photo of Donna Dark wolf on the patio in our garden. Photo of someones garden in Amalfi. With Mise-en-Abysme technique.
Photo-illustration for Donnas Book

Arch Priestess - Donna Darkwolf

Elements = 2: Color Photo of my wife. Background.
Donna had been interviewed by a Wiccan/Pagan publication that want a photo of her to accompany the interview. She told them she would supply the Art. Meaning - I would supply the Art. Of course.

Conversion - Photo to Painting Style

Elements = 1: Photo of: My wife. Image effects manipulation to achieve a painted look
Client: Donna Darkwolf

Naked Window Washer

Elements = 1: Colorized black 'n white photo of her to hang up in our house
Because I can!

Marketing Campaign Poster

Elements = 3: My illustrated crocodile. Shadow. Photo of Ponto d'Ouro Beach.
"85 Million Years of Experience - One Goal!"
Self-Promo

Green Envy

Elements = 1: Colour Photo of girlfriend
Converted to Black & White, and colour manipulated.
Magazine Article

Reflections of My Life

Elements = 6: Photo-montage. Photos of: My wife. Two chalices. Goldfish. Reflection of wife. Reflection of goldfish.
Self-promo for Portfolio

Africa Geographic Magazine Ad

Elements = 3: Charging lion photo
Computer monitor and keyboard photo
African wilderness photo
Magazine Ad

Fried Africa - Political Commentary

Read a Dictionary of Politics of Africa's Alphabet Zoop
Elements = 3: Photos of two fried eggs
Outline map of Africa
Magazine Article

No Overtaking - For a Reason

Elements = 6: Woman suntanning at the roads edge of a cliff . . .

Big Pixel Studio

Elements = 2: Shot of apple
Manipulation of apple skin to "box" shape.
Company Logo

Ecco - Conduttore!

Elements = 5: Black 'n white photo of me as a conductor, colorized. Baton changed for arrow. Flames added to score. Burning background. Frazetta woman entering shot.
Farewell card for the girl-friend who took the photo

Reflections of My Life

Elements = 6: Photo-montage. Photos of: My wife. Two chalices. Goldfish. Reflection of wife. Reflection of goldfish.
Self-promo for Portfolio

See Examples of Photo Montage + Digital Image Composition + Digital Art

Image Combination - Business Presentation Enhancement:  Need to fit something into a photograph that cannot be re-shot? Fit in the person who was missing from the photo-op? Mock up a photo-realistic presentation of something that currently exists - with its proposed changes?

Image Creation - Personal Fantasy:  Using a combination of YOUR photographic subjects and images obtained from am image library.

Art Work Out-of-The-Blue:  Imagine it! Create it! 100% composed of photographic elements. NOT A.I. generated. >>SEE