Registered: January 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 4,045 users gallery
I hate to admit it, but I massaged the image so much that I can not give you exact steps. I can tell you that I used Flaming Pear's pixel trash filter in grayscale mode to create of screen overlay layer that gives the image a more painted fill. I then colorized the image a bit using the plugin site's popart filter set to the following: R Intensity=24; G Intensity=18; B Intensity=6; Complexity=2; Color Shift=81; Softness=95; Brightness=129; Blending=177. This gives the image a burgandy like color. I then proceeded to add the texture (all oil/acrylics have texture). I used GIMP's GIMPressionist filter with the wavy brush for this step on a separate layer. After this operation, I used GIMP's bumpmap filter set to all defaults except the Invert bumpmap setting is checked. This gives the image the relief necessary for the oil feel. I then lowered the opacity to 85 and flattend all layer. Here is the result.
Registered: January 2004 Location: Mid-South Posts: 2,025
2/7/2005 11:27pm
Very impressive results. You have a great eye for a good painting.
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lkroll Senior Member
Registered: January 2005 Location: Alabama Posts: 4,045
2/8/2005 9:39am
I've been tweaking my process for a little while now (as far as oil/acrylic simulation is concerned). A more detailed process (can skip some of the filters that I mentioned in this example) can be found here: http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/179383
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