354 Archiving and enhancing a child’s art

- Hey Gang!…This is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques!…This week I'm going to show you how to archive and enhance…a traditional piece of artwork inside of Photoshop.…Specifically, we're going to take this…nine year-old's rendering of Van Gogh's "Starry Night."…Now it doesn't have to be something…that's created by a child.…It can be something you created just the other day.…But, what's great about this is it really…lends itself to improvement.…We're going to enhance the colors like crazy --…bump up the contrasts as well,…in order to create this sizzling piece of artwork,…printed here on coded stock,…but I can print it on anything.…

I can print multiple copies.…I can email it to friend.…I can post it on the web --…Why there's no end to the things that you can do…with an electronic image.…Now some of you might be thinking --…Gee whiz Deke are you totally out of ideas?…No!…This one's great!…Here -- let me show you exactly how it works!…Alright, here's Vincent Van Gogh's actual Starry Night,…just in case it's been a while since you last saw it.…