I've a photo I'm trying to make appear as if as if I'm seen by someone peering OUT of the window to the garden. I've burnt the leaves behind me to darken them a wee bit to fit with the branch shadows. I'm thinking of the French-type windows being partly opened and have not got the proper scheme worked up as yet.

Are there any .psd window frames done up as download anywhere that I might have a look at, does anyone know of?

Or any other idea on hand?

Thanks!
Maureen

I think this is called a 'Barn-Door' effect.
The way i would do this is to draw the 'slats' say an inch apart and slightly at an angle for dynamism, You can draw this in Illustrator or Freehand, import it into Shop and apply a slight gaussian blur to achive the shaddowy effect, then give the layer an efect like Multiply, Screen or Overlay depending on which looks best with your image. Then adust the Transparency until your happy. Look forward to seeing the result!
Love the leaves by the way!

I think this is called a 'Barn-Door' effect.
The way i would do this is to draw the 'slats' say an inch apart and slightly at an angle for dynamism, You can draw this in Illustrator or Freehand, import it into Shop and apply a slight gaussian blur to achive the shaddowy effect, then give the layer an efect like Multiply, Screen or Overlay depending on which looks best with your image. Then adust the Transparency until your happy. Look forward to seeing the result!
Love the leaves by the way!


That's an idea, Danny, thanks! I'll have a go at it and will post what turns up from my efforts!

Maureen

maureen,

i dont see any in Paint Shop Pro. dont know about Photoshop. i did a google search and you might be surprised how many folks call french doors, french windows. so, i have to ask the obvious; do you mean french doors or french windows?

also, i'd highly recommend doing a google image serach on 'french windows'. you can either borrow images (bearing in mind copywrites) for actual use or copy some of the designs in making them yourself.

and, i wasnt quite sure what you wanted to do exactly. your image you posted is only of the head. if someone were looking out a window at you, wouldnt that image be further away and have more of the body in the frame? or did you want to have it as if you were close up to the windows, maybe peering over the bottom frame of the window?

Craig

maureen,

now i know there's all sorts of things wrong with the image i'm posting here, but i just wanted to know if this is at least sort of what you're looking for?

Craig

maureen,

now i know there's all sorts of things wrong with the image i'm posting here, but i just wanted to know if this is at least sort of what you're looking for?

Craig

You know, Craig, you just gave me an excellent idea! What I think I'll do is do up a window, put my image into it and build a wee bit of an interior wall round it, then add the rear of a head as if peering out. It will basically be a close shot of two people seeing each other through the panes.

I cropped the image and didn't save the original, at least not that I can find. I'll enlarge the garden effect a bit and leave my chin closer to the bottom frame as you've done and see what I can turn up.

Thanks for the brilliant thought!

Maureen :happy:

You know, Craig, you just gave me an excellent idea! well good. excellent :)

umm, but to my original question, was that (my image) sort of what you were originally talking about?

Craig

well good. excellent :)

umm, but to my original question, was that (my image) sort of what you were originally talking about?

Craig

In a major way, it was, Craig. However now that I look at it, I see that I have to make the scheme a wee bit more tight in.

I made a French Window in PI and I'm working the piece into a scheme that I think will work. If it does, I'll show you. :happy:

Maureen

maureen,

now i know there's all sorts of things wrong with the image i'm posting here, but i just wanted to know if this is at least sort of what you're looking for?

Craig

BTW, Craig, there's absolutely nothing wrong with your workup here. It's brilliant! I just see now, that you've put it in front of me, that I need to zero in closer.

Maureen :wavey:

ok, what is 'PI'? photoshop illustrator?

In a major way, it was, good :)

and thank you :) i found a window set on google images and used that. i erased out the outer frame and shutters and the images in the window panes and used that for the bottom top layer. found another scene seen from inside a house through windows and cut that out and put that on as the bottom layer and put your image sandwiched inbetwee on the middle layer. i erased a bit around the top of your head where it was squared up and smudged the edges a bit.

it actually took longer to find the proper window in google than it did to do the work of putting things together :) i didnt bother checking for shadows and lighting and levels and so on and didnt bother to clean it up much either as i just wanted to see if this was the sort of thing you wanted. i could have also drawn in a bit of reflective quality to the panes that were no longer there to simulate them still being there. and then there's all the .jpg artifacts and .... ;)

we're our own worse critics, arent we.

Craig

ok, what is 'PI'? photoshop illustrator?

good :)

and thank you :) i found a window set on google images and used that. i erased out the outer frame and shutters and the images in the window panes and used that for the bottom top layer. found another scene seen from inside a house through windows and cut that out and put that on as the bottom layer and put your image sandwiched inbetwee on the middle layer. i erased a bit around the top of your head where it was squared up and smudged the edges a bit.

it actually took longer to find the proper window in google than it did to do the work of putting things together :) i didnt bother checking for shadows and lighting and levels and so on and didnt bother to clean it up much either as i just wanted to see if this was the sort of thing you wanted. i could have also drawn in a bit of reflective quality to the panes that were no longer there to simulate them still being there. and then there's all the .jpg artifacts and .... ;)

we're our own worse critics, arent we.

Craig


You did a grand job of it, Craig! :hairbow: We're our own worst critics? Yup. :rolleyes:

Maureen ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v436/maureeno5/4.jpg

I decided to go with a lightkeepr's theme and have the image appear as a view from inside the lighthouse window.

I hope I posted properly. I made one window opened inward and the other closed and put a ship's wheel at the wall there.

ok, what is 'PI'? photoshop illustrator?

good :)

and thank you :) i found a window set on google images and used that. i erased out the outer frame and shutters and the images in the window panes and used that for the bottom top layer. found another scene seen from inside a house through windows and cut that out and put that on as the bottom layer and put your image sandwiched inbetwee on the middle layer. i erased a bit around the top of your head where it was squared up and smudged the edges a bit.

it actually took longer to find the proper window in google than it did to do the work of putting things together :) i didnt bother checking for shadows and lighting and levels and so on and didnt bother to clean it up much either as i just wanted to see if this was the sort of thing you wanted. i could have also drawn in a bit of reflective quality to the panes that were no longer there to simulate them still being there. and then there's all the .jpg artifacts and .... ;)

we're our own worse critics, arent we.

Craig


Craig, the PI is PhotoImpact. I use that programme the most as it's stuffed with shortcuts and I learnt most of my grafx from that and Paint Shop Pro 7. Photoshop 6 is what I'm learning now as if no one knew THAT, eh?.... :wink:

I took online courses (6 weeks) and sat exams after (online, as well) but chose not to receive the certificate.

Maureen :wink:

Perfectly formed and now perfectly framed Maureen.
Nicely done and very inventive. My only criticism is that maybe the window should be a little bigger. The scale looks a little wrong.

Ken

Perfectly formed and now perfectly framed Maureen.
Nicely done and very inventive. My only criticism is that maybe the window should be a little bigger. The scale looks a little wrong.

Ken

Yeah, Ken, you're spot on with the framing bit. If I attempt to perfect the scheme, I'll crop at the top of the window to make it appear it's taller and that may resolve the scaling issue. I hope....

Thanks! :wink:
Maureen

You did a grand job of it, Craig! thank you :)

ah, photoimpact. ok.

re your lighthouse pic, i like the overall composition and colors. and the guy with his head partially turned is good. one of my observations is also with scale, but not the window. the guy is closer to us than the pic of you, but your head looks larger than his. i'd scale that part down.

the other thing is, what are those blueish streaks? fog? inside the lighthouse? they seem a bit out of place.

i like the ship's wheel. an oil hurricane lantern would have worked also.

well on your way to a very nice piece, though :)

Craig

Oh, even though I built the French window pane in PhotoImpact, I saved it as a .psd if anyone would like to have it. Since I originally built it in a green colour, you may only be able to use levels to darken it. I don't think the colour or texture can be changed.

Maureen :wink:

thank you :)

ah, photoimpact. ok.

re your lighthouse pic, i like the overall composition and colors. and the guy with his head partially turned is good. one of my observations is also with scale, but not the window. the guy is closer to us than the pic of you, but your head looks larger than his. i'd scale that part down.

the other thing is, what are those blueish streaks? fog? inside the lighthouse? they seem a bit out of place.

i like the ship's wheel. an oil hurricane lantern would have worked also.

well on your way to a very nice piece, though :)

Craig


You're right, Craig, about the hurricaine lantern, it would have doen well there.

My scaling is off, and I'm giving thought ot perfecting this effect, but not TOO much thought today! There are so many things I can do with this effect and just the fact that I can perrom it part-way, is enough for me right this minute.

I'll need more patience and time. :dizzy: The greyish streaks? Yes, that's fog. Perhaps an opposing window is open in that lighthouse letting all that fog in??? :rolleyes:

The idea has potential, though! You are welcome to the French window panel if you'd like to play round with a project you have going. I saved it as a .psd.

Maureen :hairbow:

maureen,

ya done good :)

and thank you for the offer.

Craig

maureen,

ya done good :)

and thank you for the offer.

Craig

Thank you, Craig! I've still a way to go before I've got the idea on track, though. :wink:
Maureen

Interesting image Maureen, to give you some further thoughts I've attached one I did of my granddaughter - used 3 photos to create the image. Back View, Front View and the window (a backdrop from Owens Originals).

Christine

Interesting image Maureen, to give you some further thoughts I've attached one I did of my granddaughter - used 3 photos to create the image. Back View, Front View and the window (a backdrop from Owens Originals).

Christine

That's brilliant, Xaran!!!

Maureen :wink: