Well I hope you'll like this one as much as I did.

First one lots of smoothing. a small adjust with Lucis (a new toy I got).
Second carried on with Impressionist, then duped changed mode to overlay, ran Bas Relief filter. changed opacity down to about 50% as was a little harsh. this was still too much so added a layer mask and added render difference clouds to soften the effect a little.

Looking forward to some real crackers here, enjoy.

Peter

Pencil Sketch and GertrudisPro

Fun image to work with, Peter. Thanks for getting us going.

Click here (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/attachments/photo-art-tutorials-techniques/41731-software-alien-skin-snap-art-rp-woman-india-djr2.jpg) to see my interpretation using Snap Art.

Nice image....interesting subject.

Steve

Photoshop and Painter. Wonderful colors in this image.
MargaretM

Thanks Peter another nice image
this is a bit of a cross between pwl and smudge ( not quite cspringers illustrated look but maybe one day ! ! ! ! )
decided to leave what i think is a hanky of some sort in her top as i to have been guilty of doing that :eek: :lol: :lol:

Palms

Nice renditions posted.

Danny - Very painterly and authentic look. Nice example. :classic:

danny,

along with lqqker, i concur. and i can see why you didnt post it on RetouchPRO directly. all those great paint strokes would have been lost or subdued.

Ditto from me Danny. Just how did you get all that detail into 97.76 kB.

Palms I think your right it is a hanky, I was too interested in the rest to even notice that one. (DOH)

another try from me very pretty girl

Palms

Pixel Trash set to Value; copied the original on Top layer and set it to Saturation (adjusted Opacity to taste). Opened it up in Photoshop and set to @Wetter2 (Paint Engine) and added canvas (well I also used gamut replacement to enhance the color/sat of the piece). :)

Here (http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2179/wumxkwfb42eh0.jpg)'s the full version. :)

Ditto from me Danny. Just how did you get all that detail into 97.76 kB.Nothing special... just ran it through Photoshop's File > Save for Web dialog and specified 99Kb in the Optimize > To File Size dialog.

The image is in fact posted at RetouchPRO in the "Snap Art" thread here (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/photo-art-tutorials-techniques/15906-software-alien-skin-snap-art.html).

Thanks to each of you for the kind words on my interpretation. I was pleasantly surprised at what I thought was a pretty decent looking oil painting effect based on Snap Art's "pastel" filter. LOL :)

This is a gorgeous photo. Do we get to credit the photographer and tell him/her how good it is?

I had fun experimenting with a boatload of techniques. I hope ya'll like the result as much as I've enjoy the results of others.

Janet

This is a gorgeous photo. Do we get to credit the photographer and tell him/her how good it is?
Janet, I'm pretty certain that this is from the "old" El Dorado site.

Peter - do you have a new link, or did you have this image stashed away?

Rô

Janet, I'm pretty certain that this is from the "old" El Dorado site.

Peter - do you have a new link, or did you have this image stashed away?

Rô


Ro you are exactly right. I downloaded quite a few before it disappeared. I only wish I had taken more.

Peter

Thought this one deserved a bit of AHB.
(... and I just love watching the little brush scribble away all by itself.)

Rô

Beautiful picture! Thanks for posting it.
I did this one with a faint layer of Lucisart, some smudging and color shifts.
Sylvia

Really nice photo, Peter.
Virtual Painter - Gothic+Pastel styles.

Lightly accent the subject, too much salt will ruin the soup...

first visit for a while so I thought i would have a try,
Lightened it with shadow illuminator, sketch filter, snap art and messed about with the layers and opacity.