Author: catacosmosis

  • Mextures Formulas #1

    Mextures Formulas #1

    The long awaited Mextures formula postings begin with this post. I often share (try always to, if I create one) a Mextures formula with my work on Instagram or Facebook but there were a lot of messages coming in and comments randomly on my posts asking me to compile them. I’m not sure how I’m going to do that, as far as organization, but we will start here with some of the more recent formulas and go from there. Perhaps later I can group them into two or three clumps and do a page where I share, like black and white formulas, super textured formulas, simple formulas, and so forth…but, for now, we’ll just do these recent ones:

     

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    Formula Name: Winter Evening

    Formula Code: CBFYHAP

     

     

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    Formula Name: Winter Woods

    Formula Code: IPTMVAL

     

     

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    Formula Name: Lost in Translation

    Formula Code: PJIGBKN

     

     

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    Formula Name: Freedom

    Formula Code: VMUIHIB

     

     

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    Formula Name: Stagnation

    Formula Code: XFBXRYI

     

     

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    Formula Name: Grungy Spring

    Formula Code: LZIUSQJ

     

     

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    Formula Name: Varley Variation

    Formula Code: UKEDTCI

     

     

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    Formula Name: Solitude in Spring

    Formula Code: ZFTNUKC

     

     

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    Formula Name: Keats

    Formula Code: MDYJZCN

     

     

    I hope you enjoy these formulas – remember that blend modes of layers and layers themselves may require tweaking depending on the light/style/tone of your image and they will not necessarily look exactly the same on your images as they do in the provided versions.

    If you have any questions about Mextures or using formulas, feel free to ask them in comments or via e-mail or social media/messaging.

  • VSCO Spring-y Preset

    VSCO Spring-y Preset

    I’ve become obsessed with succulents as of late, as well as pastel-ish, faded VSCO looks, so here’s this succulent photo I played with in VSCO and decided to save earlier in the week:


    And, here are the rest of the Unsplash samples edited using this preset:






    If you like/use VSCO I hope you’ll enjoy this preset. Have a beautiful weekend, friends.

  • VSCO Preset: Mountain Blues

    VSCO Preset: Mountain Blues

    This edit is inspired by Jesse Martineau’s love of mountains. I love mountains, too… Mountains again, Gandalf!

    It’s been a very long time since I’ve seen snow covered mountains so I’ve taken a cue from one of my favorite editing artists @boco_blondie and chosen this fabulous image from the Unsplash free-use gallery. At the time of this posting, the Unsplash gallery search was unavailable. I will update this post with the OP info as soon as possible.

    The only edits I did with this image were in VSCO, and it is a very simple preset. I just loved the result so I thought I’d share. Lately I am really into faded images and images with a sort of rustic feel to them. I hope you enjoy this one. Due to how dark this image was to begin with, this preset will likely be a lot lighter of an effect on a lighter image, so you may need to fade more, skip bumping shadows or decrease them to get a darker fade on a lighter image. And, of course, there plenty of other tools in VSCO to help you achieve a darker look with a lighter image – my suggestions are just where I would begin.

    All the love,

    C.