For your creative enjoyment...

Image source: Google images

"Hut 1, hut 2..." :)

Two or three layers of Studio Artist paint.

Ran the image into Autotrace (AUTOTRACE -corner-threshold 75 -despeckle-level 16 -despeckle-tightness 1 -output-format ai -output-file c:\temp\d.ai -report-progress %1) and ported the resulting illustrator file into PS. I then did some additional simplifying using Impressionist Conte Faithful and Paint Engine @Wetter2 presets. I then ported the whole thing in GIMP and rand DCSpecial's 1969 filter set to Saturation (adjusted Opacity down a little) and flattened done. I know I could have done the whole thing in PS, but I like GIMPs precise control of Jpeg quality for the file saving process. :)

lkroll, that is a different look for you. I'm glad you are branching out some. I like. I like.

Kiska, awesome as always. You have more talent in your little War Eagle fingers than I'll ever have. Good thing I can learn from you. :)

Janet

lkroll, that is a different look for you. I'm glad you are branching out some. I like. I like.

Kiska, awesome as always. You have more talent in your little War Eagle fingers than I'll ever have. Good thing I can learn from you. :)

Janet

Believe it or not, I started out with Vector simplification before I discovered all those wonderful filters (Paint Engine, Impressionist to name a few). I figured I would try to mix this into the equation and am quite happy with the result. Still a lot of interaction; you know that I try to get the computer to do all the work; still failing though. :)

I didn't know that Kiska was a War Eagle. I graduated Auburn (EE) in 1992. War Eagle to all. :)

Quite Numerous steps here unfortunately I seem to have closed the psd without saving, so cannot follow through with description

Seemed to have Deep Paint written all over it.
Done with the (modified) water-colour brush and embossing.
Added sharpening effects in PS.

Rô

Rotated the canvas to give it more, um, oomph or something.
Couple layers of Impressionist. Don't remember what settings I wound up with.

dc

Awright Ikroll!!!! WAR EAGLE!!!!!!! Janet is one of those ArKANSAS porkers, but a nice 'un.

Thanks Janet!

A Studio Artist attempt :wavey:

Couple layers of Impressionist. Don't remember what settings I wound up with. dcThat's unforunate. This is one of the better Impressionist rendered effects that I've seen in quite a while.

If you could attempt to recreate the effect and note/post the details, I'm sure I won't be the only one who is appreciative.

The rotation and edge treatment work well, too.

~Danny~

Happy New Year to All

I just LOVE football! Thanks for the great photo, Danny!

PhotoShop CS

Masked out the player (Quick Mask Mode), rotated slightly and repositioned to center him better. Duplicated the masked layer and moved the lower copy to the left and applied some motion blur. Duplicated the blur layer and moved slightly left again and set blend mode to Multiply.

Added a background layer under the above three layers and cloned back some background and did a gausian blur on the clone.

That's unforunate. This is one of the better Impressionist rendered effects that I've seen in quite a while.

If you could attempt to recreate the effect and note/post the details, I'm sure I won't be the only one who is appreciative.

The rotation and edge treatment work well, too.

~Danny~

Danny, thanks for the compliment. I mean, gosh. That's high praise coming from you.
I've done my best to recreate what I did.

The bottom layer was Impressionist>Paint>Angled strokes
I used a rounder, sketchier brush rather than the zig-zag thing the default version uses and probably twiddled a couple other things too but alas those changes are lost to the ages. The first attachment shows what the result looked like.

Above that I used a preset I'd saved from an earlier effort. I've attached that preset along with the result. I set the opacity of the top layer to 42%.

I had to clone out some undesirable scallopy-looking parts of the underlying layer, mostly on his right arm at the edge of the jersey sleeve.

The edge treatment was dictated by the rotation of the canvas--it was either that or recreate a whole lot of the background (which wouldn't have been all that hard) plus some of the guy's hand (which would).

Glad you liked it.

david

Nice pic, but orange and blue on the uniform would have made it perfect. 8-)

Steve

Danny, thanks for the compliment. I mean, gosh. That's high praise coming from you.
I've done my best to recreate what I did.

The bottom layer was Impressionist>Paint>Angled strokes
I used a rounder, sketchier brush rather than the zig-zag thing the default version uses and probably twiddled a couple other things too but alas those changes are lost to the ages. The first attachment shows what the result looked like.

Above that I used a preset I'd saved from an earlier effort. I've attached that preset along with the result. I set the opacity of the top layer to 42%.

I had to clone out some undesirable scallopy-looking parts of the underlying layer, mostly on his right arm at the edge of the jersey sleeve.

The edge treatment was dictated by the rotation of the canvas--it was either that or recreate a whole lot of the background (which wouldn't have been all that hard) plus some of the guy's hand (which would).

Glad you liked it.

davidThanks a lot for the reconstruction, info and preset, David. That helps a lot.

You done good. :)

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Steve: That's a pretty far departure from Buzz, which you've been favoring lately. The "oil painting look" really stands out. I wouldn't mind reading about your details, too. :)

There are many Photoshop filters that I never use because (to me) they just ruin an image. Artistic > Fresco was one of them. The results were always too dark.

Then it hit me: After applying Fresco, why not follow up with Edit > Fade and choose a blend modes that would keep the arty look, but subdue some of the darkening?

So I experimented by trying Edit > Fade (Screen, Lighten and Overlay -- depending on ) after Fresco... Guess what? I saw possibilities and started playing around further. Then I tried applying Angled Strokes to a Fresco-ed layer, which gave it the look of pencil hatching.

Anyway it would take a month to describe how I did my version of our football guy, so I wrote an action to recreate the basic, but unfinished, effect if anyone feels like experimenting.

Results will vary from image to image, but with the flexibility afforded by multiple layers and layer masks, there are a lot of possibilities.

~Danny~

Thanks Danny.

I painted the image using various art media tools, duped the layer over the painted one and added virtual painter played with the blends and when I came up with one I liked, "normal" I think, I reduced the opacity to 55 percent.

Steve

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Steve: That's a pretty far departure from Buzz, which you've been favoring lately. The "oil painting look" really stands out. I wouldn't mind reading about your details, too. :)

danny,

nice crosshatch sketch (i think that's what to call it). reminds me of an artist i knew years ago who did pencils.

interesting how an often neglected tool can suddenly take on life, isnt it :)

craig

Steve... you wanted a Gator player?

Here ya go...

Used Danny's sketched version, added a layer below and set the sketch for Blend mode of screen. I also set the Blending OPTIONS on the sketch layer for 0/18 and 93/235 for the layer below.

Painted orange and blue on the layer below.

GO NOLES!
:bigthmb:

I love it! Nice job. And from a Seminole fan too. I'm impressed.

Now why didn't I think of that? And the "F" on the helmet came in handy too. 8-)

Steve


Steve... you wanted a Gator player?

Here ya go...

Used Danny's sketched version, added a layer below and set the sketch for Blend mode of screen. I also set the Blending OPTIONS on the sketch layer for 0/18 and 93/235 for the layer below.

Painted orange and blue on the layer below.

GO NOLES!
:bigthmb:

Steve

I'm brain dead after the Orange Bowl last night! WHAT A GAME!! It will be an ESPN instant "Classic" fer sure!

I am sure you are not the only one a bit exhausted after that one. And last night's Rose Bowl has got to go down as one of the best match-ups ever!

Steve

Steve

I'm brain dead after the Orange Bowl last night! WHAT A GAME!! It will be an ESPN instant "Classic" fer sure!

"Janet is one of those ArKANSAS porkers, but a nice 'un."

HaHa. Actually I'm an Aggie...But not from Texas either. Gotcha.

Janet

Well.......well........you live in Ark so, ERGO, you're a PORKER.

Kiska, how'd ya know my kitchen is filled with pigs? :)

Janet

FOOTBALL! GO NOLES!

I downloaded the iTunes Orange Bowl highlights and did a screen capture of Lorenzo Booker on his run to the end zone. Added text and borders and the OB logo.

I just HAD to get an FSU Seminole in this thread. LOL

Hi, been off for quite a while, got overwhelmed with the holidays and health issues . . . I didn't even open Photoshop for almost a month!

This one didn't go quite where I intended ( that never happens to anyone else, right? :wink: ), I started out wanting to do a sketch. But this sort of happened; it started with painting with a pattern brush (ala Wow), and ended with some smudging, layers and blending, and the kitchen sink.

I like the technique, but don't really feel that it suits this image. But I wanted to post it anyway to get some feedback.

TIA,

dee dee,

you junkie, you! who'da ever figured ;)

craig

I like the technique, but don't really feel that it suits this image. But I wanted to post it anyway to get some feedback.

TIA,

I agree that your technique is very good. You are right about the look not suiting the image. Football players don't want to be portrayed in pastel tones. :cool: I took the liberty of bumping the levels in PS to enrich the colors. Any young man would be proud to display this image.

Nice renditions by all.
I am trying to show this player running at blinding speed ! Rough Watercolor.

Chance

Okay, I was having an "Andy Warhol" moment! Moments over, lol!
~Nancy~

I don't understand the game, but great to watch.

Peter

Tried to make it look like a football card ! ! !

Palms

Tried to make it look like a football card ! ! !

Palms


Got any swaps?

Nice one.

Peter

I don't understand the game, but great to watch.You're in luck (I think). An American NFL (National Football League) game is scheduled for London around September, 2007. There will no doubt be a lot of hoopla over it. Traffic will be really messed up.

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I was in "try it" mode. Couldn't decide which one to upload, so I merged them into a single image:
* Top row: Unmodifed
* Andromeda > Screens
* Nik Color eFex Pop art
* Bottom row: Photoshop Smart Blur Edge Only (blurred) + chrome-like Layer Style applied after knocking out the white
* The Plugin Site > Pop art (this plugin used to be free) + Andromeda Screens
* Alien Skin Snap Art

~Danny~

You're in luck (I think). An American NFL (National Football League) game is scheduled for London around September, 2007. There will no doubt be a lot of hoopla over it. Traffic will be really messed up.

Well thanks for that news Danny, :heul: I have to do a LOT of driving in and around London. Maybe some holiday is in order, OH I could watch it on the box instead of watching the traffic outside the grounds. :dizzy:

Peter

I down loaded Painter X this weekend and have been playing with it. I think I could like it, but it is definitely an expensive investment. Anyone have an idea what the new PSP CS3 will cost when it comes out?

I down loaded Painter X this weekend and have been playing with it. I think I could like it, but it is definitely an expensive investment. Anyone have an idea what the new PSP CS3 will cost when it comes out?I've read CS3 (full, not upgrade) is going to come out in two editions. Check Amazon, Bestbuy, sites like that for current prices. I'd speculate the price of CS3 will probably be around 10% higher than current prices for CS2.

The past few releases PS upgrades have run in the $139-$199 range. CS3 upgrade will most likely be near the top of that range.

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...back to the thread topic, did you use Painter X trial on this interpretation? That's a very unique look. If so, what can you tell us about the brushes or features you used?

I tried a couple of actions I've written recently to see how they would work on this image.

First a colored pencil sketch:

http://jjd.pbase.com/image/74873505

And a chalk sketch:

http://www.pbase.com/fitz9016/image/74873593

Dave

I tried a couple of actions I've written recently to see how they would work on this image.

First a colored pencil sketch:

http://jjd.pbase.com/image/74873505

And a chalk sketch:

http://www.pbase.com/fitz9016/image/74873593

DaveI esp. like the chalk-sketch version. The paper/texture really makes it.

I down loaded the trial version of Painter 10. You can use it for 30 days to decide if you can used it. When I was on line I found these videos on the corel site: http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1170190221936

I viewed it one to get a better understanding of the features and how to use the software. One nice feature is auto painting: windows > auto painting.
A dialog box will show. From there you can choose and brush ( I used a smear brush) and you can choose a stroke. You hit a go button and the program basically paints the photo for you with the brush strokes you chose. (when you open your photo you must also choose quick clone - again watch the videos). In the auto painting dialog box there is also a restoration button what will allow you to go back to the photo and bush over areas where you want detail...I brushed the face, ball, arms etc. Like photo-shop there are so many possibilities and so much to learn...but it is fun!

Skydog,

Could you please post the result you got from Painter X? I'm also thinking about buying that product and I'd like to see what it can do.

Dave

http://www.etherielle.com/page/page/3246502.htm

Check the football player (red uniform) in the center of this page. How does one achieve this smooth look. Not the area around the player but the player himself..the uniform, helmet, etc. It does look painted. Is this achieve through smuge or air brush? Any guidance would be appreciated.

The first image was buzzed in Photoshop then used Acrylic brushes in Painter 9. The windows-auto painting feature in Painter X sounds interesting. 9 has a similar feature under Esoterica - auto clone.
The 2nd image was buzzed slightly then applied stylize-anistropic filter quite a few times; then some smudging and more noise removal. Don't know if this helps the smoothing question.
MargaretM