PHOTO ART: Mini-Challenge #18 - Cabin and Fall Leaves

[gland]

I couldn't get the file size small enough so I'll post this link.

Fall Colors

[gland]

Phyllis, How It Happened is just hilarious. Good job.

[DannyRaphael]

You guys are killing me. Here I try to establish a serious forum where everybody is expected to conform to RULES and you turn it into a JOKE FARM! Have you no shame!???

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OK... You know I'm KIDDING, right? I'm delighted to see the creativity and playful banter.

DS:
You can go overboard here anytime you like. Just don't forget to get back into the boat.

Phyllis:
Vincent would be pleased. Now you should try something way off the wall using Painter 7!

Gary:
Very, very nice rendition. Colors are awesome, especially the sky.

Tony:
A very different approach from previous entries; I admire your experimenting.

[pstewart]

Gary, I love the play of sunlight in your rendition...makes a rather flat scene look like a real day in fall! Yes, this effect would sadly be lost in a smaller image.

Danny, you know I am terrified of Painter! Don't make me open it...no! Please don't make me open Painter!!! Aaaiiiieeeeeee!

Phyllis

[Wanda Schwind]

Another humble entry. Thought I better upload while I can before I encounter more computer problems Everyone has done just wonderful with this beautiful photo. It's so interesting to see the numerous artistic interpretations. I could sit all day just viewing what other artists do. One can learn a lot doing that Thanks!

Wanda

[pstewart]

Wanda, your painting is beautiful! I love the realistic toned down colors, and you made the cabin look more real than in the original. The style is perfect for this scene. What program did you use?

Phyllis

[Wanda Schwind]

Phyllis, thanks so much. I used PhotoShop 7 variations, applied cyan. I then ran median set at 1. This made it easier to paint. I then opened in Painter Classic. Used pallet knife, and just add water brushes to paint it. I fluctuated opacities and brush sizes. The last thing I did was to apply paper texture, raw silk, scale 47%, amount 23 or 25%. I thought this gave it a real canvas look. I personally thought the cyan gave it a Smokey Mountains sort of look. They look smokey, and the mountains have a bluish cast to them. When I saw them they did anyhow Thanks again Phyllis, YOU are one of my inspirations

Wanda

[siodhach]

Cabin

Duplicate

Select Cabin and put it in it’s own layer.

Filter > Artistic > Poster Edges, Edge Thickness - 2, Edge Intensity - 1, Posterization -
2.
Select Cabin Layer. Filter > Artistic > Rough Pastels, Stroke Length - 6, Stroke Details - 1, Texture - Canvas, Scaling 93%,Relief - 30.

Select Cabin Layer … Filter > Render > Lighting Effects, Style - Soft Spotlight, Light Type - Spotlight.

Select Curves Adjustment Layer to adjust Contrast.

Flatten

Don

[ahutton]

I finally broke down and got Buzz simplifier. I used simplifier 2 on this image, then played with the setting of paint engine's bruch strokes, which I like a lot, added a light canvas texture, and something else I can't remember.

AmyHutton

[lkroll]

Impressionist mainly with bumpmap help and canvas texture via GIMP.

[Steve Conway]

Buzz, USM, Brush Strokes.

Steve

[ydelle]

great job everyone! I hear so much about Buzz2 in all the forums please tell me what it really does for the art work. I have been using Dave's simplifier or are there other ways of doing what Buzz does without buying another program?
ydelle

[Steve Conway]

Pricey, but a fantastic plugin. I keep learning more of what it will do each time I use it.

No, at least I have not found any simplifier that will do what Buzz does. And I tried before I had Buzz.

Steve

Originally Posted by ydelle

great job everyone! I hear so much about Buzz2 in all the forums please tell me what it really does for the art work. I have been using Dave's simplifier or are there other ways of doing what Buzz does without buying another program?
ydelle

[cazubi]

Ikroll and Steve: Great work.

I used Studio Artist cloners to lay out most of the paint, and PS to refine and texture.

Cathy

[cazubi]

I have heard so much about BuZZ that I downloaded the trial version...I was hooked. I just purchased it and can't wait to use it.

Cathy