Hi to all of you "retouch-Masters",
I have a nice shot of a chinese Restaurant located in Berlin which actually cries for an art-retouch. Give it a try at will...

Greetings from Berlin

This is my "NOOB-Try"..:-)

I know that you are going to take´my breath with your tries, but I didn't want to leave with empty hands...:-)

amica, nice pic. i like your texture on most of the image. it's just the sky where it stands out as being a pattern and i'm just not used to patterns as being the texture. i like the overall; it's just that texture in the sky that distracts me. but, i suppose that's a personal taste thing.

First I straightened it, then did my little watercolor process. How's the food there, amica999?

Amica that is a very impressive restaurant,Unfortunately it is a bit to far for take aways :grin:
Two interpretations here a ahb and a super bright one ! ! ( sorry though no watercolour )


Palms

Amica... terriffic photo. Had fun with this play.

Hey! Let's have lunch!

Nice looking place.

Steve C.

Thanks for playing..I knew you would do..all of you..taking my breath away. Nice works and I can't tell which one I like best...they all look absolutely unique.

@Kraellin, you are absolutely right, the texture takes up too much place. Will try to improve.
@LonK, I knew it was a bit of a crooky shot, but you proved as I expected: not much of a prob for you cracks :-) The food there is good, but I know places where it is better, although they lack the atmosphere given here.
@Palms, I like your technique. Any chance of a mini tutorial?
@Swampy, thank you. Nice work. like what you did to the edges..:-)
@Steve, come on over..:-) sweet looking:-)

Nice picture

Started off thinking about a watercolor but as usual went in several different directions. Did a slight Buzz and then my thinking was that a watercolor effect would mute some of the colors - so I ramped up the colors - but then went down the chalky sketchy road.

The left image is a process I've been messing with and the right effect is done with Little Ink Pot's Chalkaholic plug-in. Both done in Paint Shop Pro 9 because I like to use their Quick Photo Fix process

Regards

Bob Mc

Ok - I just couldn't resist it

While I'm tryng to learn Swampy's watercolor technique and Palm's Art History Brush technique - which are both terrific - but I'm slow and I need to go repair a broken sprinkler very soon now... so, I just submit these two and get to my chores

Slight Buzz and Pencil Pixel's wc action on the left - and Neimen action on the right

Regards

Bob Mc

[QUOTE=amica999;165736]@Palms, I like your technique. Any chance of a mini tutorial?

Maybe Amica, but which one the first or the second ? :)


Palms

Some very nice interpretations. Thank you Amica for sharing this very nice photo.

My interpretation is based on Photoshop action "ART-Oils by Ted LaCascio" available among the actions here: http://www.geocities.com/kafuensis/

Hi all, included the link in case you want to see more of it: http://www.himmels-pagode.de/
@Palms, the first one :-)
@Bob & Danny: beautiful

That is quite a site ( i even understood a very few words of German )
and what a cheat, It is a new build i thought it would be of some age, oh well cant win them all

Here is a link for you for the ahb ( 1st one )

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/photo-art-resources/18653-tutorial-art-history-brush-ahb-palms-method-photoshop.html

Palms

Hi Palms, yes it's a re-build. Below you can have a look at the original.
http://www.insidebeijing.de/tiantan.htm. Thanks for the tur link. Will rush off right away..:-)