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Playing With Butterflies


AI — Blue Butterfly Picture-in-Picture with Fun Decor by Crystal A Murray (CC BY-NC-SA)

This is another one of those days I’m keeping things short because I’ve gotten myself either too busy or too distracted to take the writing time I’d like. But, the great thing about having a creative spirit, is that I can be creative in different ways.

For the image above, I took an old AI generated butterfly and used Photo Studio Pro to put it in a PIP (Picture-in-Picture) effect. I love playing with those. And as I played, I saw the words “no crop” and wondered what it meant. So cool… it was like adding an extra PIP layer.

Oh, but before the no crop move, I also went to the effects menu and added the sparkling hearts and stars.

I recommend this software, especially if you have Play Pass from Google where the app and all its effects are free. I would only give you one word of caution: It’s addictive. I find it far too easy to stay up way past my bedtime just playing with all the cool frames and effects. But if my readers enjoy my creations, it’s even more with it.

January 10, 2026 Posted by | AI Image Creations, Creative Image Editing, Creativity, Photo Studio Pro app | , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Simple Day, Simple Play


Kentucky Butterfly in a Picture in Picture Bubble

A visit with a friend, a quick tour of her back porch, and summertime; these are just some of the ingredients that were used in the making of this photo. What else was there, you ask?

Well, there was the butterfly of course. There were the purple flowers that attracted butterflies. Oh, and then having my cell phone at the right time.

I took plenty of pictures but, for now, this one seemed best to share. I loaded it into a couple of editing programs to get the colors brighter, the lens flare, and the nice glass frame, and then I cut the size to fit the posts. 

I’m amazed that these miniature computers we call “smartphones” can do so much. It wasn’t that long ago when a cellular phone was a huge clunky thing with a foot-long antenna. And for all its girth, all you could do with it was make a few phone calls. Now, I can take a photo, edit a photo, add creative designs to a photo, and even make a kaleidoscope out of a photo and then surround it with a fancy frame. Amazing huh?

Butterfly and Flower Kaleidoscope in a KVAD Summer Frame

I wonder what I’ll create for the next Fun and Flourishing Friday post.

 

August 12, 2016 Posted by | Nonfiction, Photography | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

   

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