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Xero line art and invert.

Christine

Xero line art and invert.

Christine

Brilliant approach, C. That's really stretching the limits.

very nice interpretation, Christine! :bow: ...

i wouldn't even post mine here if i were not that bored... ;) ... i remember some simplifier, impressionist, fluorizer... um... etc. :hat:

Ok, where do I start ?

Ok, with the background i noticed the sand and had the idea to turn the scene into an underwater composition.

- Original layer
- Removed unwanted trees
- Added third party shipwreck, positioned it and selectively eraded ocean bottom - to give the appearance of it being sunk
- Abyss - Using a gradient of Foreground to transparent stroke from top to bottom so that the sand was the only thing that appeared, to give ocean floor look
- Surface - Gradient tool stroking form centre to top with two tone blue (forground to background), then adding the ripple filter and playing with sliders to acheive the desired effect of ocean surface
- Shark - Cut out third party shark (great White)
- Created the shark show by copying shark and flipping it vertically and then using distort, placing it on the ocean floor and dropping the opacity
- Shimmer Mask - Created new layer above, filled with black, add noise(gaussian), gaussian blurr slightly, filter/pixelate/crystalise, find edges, invert, and then ripple filter, used level and played with sliders in order to remove some speckles, set blend mode to screen to remove all black, distort to create shape and postion on ocean floor
- Artifacts - new layer, add noise (gaussian), gausian blurr slightly, levels to removed some white then select screen blend mode
- Sunlight - Made a selection using Polygonal selection tool, feather 20, filled with white, copied to new layer, reduced opacity, copied to new layer, reduced opacity again so you have 3 rays with varying opacity setting to create ambience.
- Colour correction to give realistic ocean appearance

Enjoy

Well mister i think i see your forte...You should go sell this artwork to places like Clintons, as a poster you would make millions!

Thats my way of telling you that is "Blumming Marvelous" said in my best Lancashire accent!

Wonderful Axle. And right on the mark. I noticed this picture's sky was too dark and too blue, the sand was too light and didn't have enough depth. You solved all of those problems and make it look real. Great going.

Janet

Lagacy - I can only aspire to the dizzy heights of published work, but alas it is just a hobby.

Janet - Thank you for your comments, i just wanted to do something a little different and the sand gave me the idea of the ocean floor. The original photo is not great quality, but that should not stop anyone being creative with it.

The original photo is not great quality, but that should not stop anyone being creative with it.

Unfortunately due to the 100KB atttched image limitation, not-so-good-quality pics to work with is not uncommon. That adds a dimension of challenge (if you can successfully manipulate a lousy pic, look what you can do with a good one with which to start) and as you say that shouldn't stop one -- and it sure didn't stop you.

Even though I KNEW yours was based on the original, the transformation was so great I had to open the original, anyway.

Jaw dropping... Kind of like the shark.

:bow:

OK. I Duped the BG. I always start with that; I should develop a shorthand.)
Then I changed the Image: Mode to LAB. (didn't flatten)
Selected Lightness Channel.
Created a new Channel from the selection.
Changed back Image: Mode to RGB. (didn't flatten)
Ran Impressionist: Pencil Sketch: Detailed Monochrome.
Deselected.
Ran Impressionist: Conte: Contrasty Rough.
Faded to Overlay and slightly lower Opacity.
Loaded the current layer as a selection:
-While layer is highlighted, click on dotted line circle icon in Channels pallete.
-This loads the layer as a selection. Then, to save the selection, just click on the dark rectangle with white circle icon.
Used the Lasso to remove all selection but the sand.
Ran Impressionist: Conte: Contrasty Rough again.
Faded to slightly lower Opacity.
Stuck a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer on top to take care of the out of control Blue.

Just playing around with various images.

Christine

Played with distort-spherize filter.

Lots of good interpretations.

For mine, used buzz, several color-enhancments, edge-enhancement, and edge-preserving smooth.

-Jeff

There is some very nice work posted using this picture. What good inspirations!!

This picture talked to me. Here is my manipulation for what it is worth.

Janet

Wow! Lots of variety. This one must be speaking to everyone. It just made me thirsty.

Hey Raniday - What a nice idea, would like to have seen it on a clearer image, but great effect.

Janet - Nice idea, but i am having problem seeing the images you have faded in the background. I understand your theme and maybe thats the way you wanted it, but would have liked to have seen the designs a little clearer ( could be my monitor though)

I agree Axle, with the comment that they are a bit difficult to see. I made a mistake when I posted by thinking I could put the screenshot and the picture together. That made the compression too much. I would have been better off doing each separately. I can't repost the image because I deleted it. Sorry folks. My computer is approaching FULL so I do't keep much of anything these days.

Great idea Raniday. Very creative.

Janet

Hi Axle. I usually post the link to the photo where it's easier to view. Here it is for this one.
http://www.pbase.com/catbounds/image/38560635
I was aiming for a watercolor and ink look, done mostly w/ the smudge tool in layers, blending mode changes, line drawing, and texture on a photo borrowed from Morguefile.
cat

Hi Axle. I usually post the link to the photo where it's easier to view. Here it is for this one.
http://www.pbase.com/catbounds/image/38560635
I was aiming for a watercolor and ink look, done mostly w/ the smudge tool in layers, blending mode changes, line drawing, and texture on a photo borrowed from Morguefile.
cat

I woud have opted for a margarita, but that would have eliminated the liquid transparancy. :)

In any event this is simply TERRIFIC! I applaud your vision and execution. :bow:

No problem posting pBase links to view a larger version in addition to forum attachments like you did for this interpretation. Sometimes that's the only way to see important detail like this.

~Danny~

Thanks,Danny.
Make mine a frozen Margarita. Enough of 'em, and maybe we could start to see desert reflections in the glass. Worth a shot anyway. :nod:

Usually the thumbnail is fine by itself, but this one did need more pixels. I'm still learning..........hope I always will be.
catherine

It fascinates and impresses me to see the different renditions submitted for some of these images, and you all have continued to impress me with these submissions!

Janet, your interpretation led me to depict the current threat to the desert in which I live -- the ever-growing need for housing coupled with the desire to find cheaper land on which to build...

Adjusted saturation and color to look more like Arizona, then added a photo of some construction and masked/cloned to try to make it look a bit more realistic.

Wonderful CJ, your interpretation really makes a profound statement. How true you are. Your picture leads me to wonder if they are as short on water there as they are other places that have "blossomed" in the desert?

Thanks for the comments,

Janet

catherine:

I'm with you on a couple fronts:
* "I'm still learning..........hope I always will be." Definitely.
* "Make mine a frozen Margarita... Worth a shot [of good tequila] anyway." Here, here.

:bow:

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CJ:

Hey, that's a very cool composite. You did a great job matching up the images proportionally. The "tracks in the sand"-work was especially well done.

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This is one is based on a Jim DiVitale method for achieving an Ansel Adams-like, written up in The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby.

The frame was rendered by an action available at Johny Akerlund site where you will find some great black and white and toning effects:
http://www.jakerlund.net/

~Danny~

I was facinated by the method TPaul described in this post (click HERE (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showpost.php?p=79091&postcount=15)), so I decided to try it on this one.

I liked it so much that I (literally) applied the steps three times in succession, then finished off by flattening the image and applying the #djrOil24 custom Impressionist preset (available HERE (http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showpost.php?p=69893&postcount=6)), which was faded to about 60%.

~Danny~

Danny, that sure is a gem of an image, in particular the clouds, they have a genuine painted look and the colour contrasts are stunning :bigthmb:

Danny, that sure is a gem of an image, in particular the clouds, they have a genuine painted look and the colour contrasts are stunning :bigthmb:

I credit T's method plus some additional saturation. It pretty much created itself.

Thanks for your kind words.

Well i duplicated, flipped, reduce opacity, used eyecandy 4000 on the motion trail and the rest i cannot remember...

Looking at it though i think i need to get out more lol!

Legacy~

I love what you did to this !!

Thank You!

Here's one just for fun. I've been playing around, trying to imitate Polaroid manipulation. Sort of "other worldly":)
http://www.pbase.com/image/39134914

I just felt this picture was screaming for this,:)

Peter

:grin: :grin: Good one Peter, I think you have a different list than me cause i cant find any good ones lately :mad:

Palms

:grin: :grin: Good one Peter, I think you have a different list than me cause i cant find any good ones lately :mad:

Palms

No No No. Same list I'm just tooooo nosy. :bandit:

Peter

Great one. I'd forgotten about the roadrunner and wiley coyote.

Janet

Gradient play with bumpmapping again. Below's a link to the complete high quality rendering (attached is a low quality crop). :)

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2098/desert5qf4.jpg