Photo-Art Resources - - Impressionist plugin: Examples using your own pictures - Page 6

DannyRaphael · #76 01-30-2006, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by stuart

Danny,
Thank you so much for the reply. I am in my office now so that I cannot post
a pic. However, I have linked to one that you posted ( a man walking into a building.) In this case, it is white "flecks" , almost like snow. Other filters in the plug in give black flecks, like soot.
My guess is that the creator thought it was artistic. I will try the 2 filters you have mentioned. However, many of the otherwise fine filters in the plug -in are,
in my opinion, difficult to use due to this problem.
Can you remove the white flecks from your posted pic by changing the settings ?
Stuart

Here is the link

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/att...chmentid=12412

Pic worth 1K words sometimes. Ya done good.

I'd say DC pretty much nailed it...

If the "Coverage" setting is < 100%, Impressionist will leave random areas of an image "untouched" by the selected effect, just as a traditional artist might not paint every square inch of a canvas. So this is a feature, not a bug!

The option selected in the Background dropdown menu tells Impressionist what to do with these unrendered areas. If Foreground or Background, or Custom Color is in effect and your image editing program's FG/BG color at the moment is black, that would account for black flecks. A Custom Color setting of black would get the same results.

As DC suggested a Background setting of "Image" might be what you're looking for -or- try setting the Coverage to 100%.

~Danny~

stuart · #77 01-30-2006, 09:56 PM

Thank you all for the reply. Using "Image Color" solves the problem. The plugin is now tremendously useful.

Stuart

ydelle · #78 07-05-2006, 07:24 AM

This is a new pic I have been working on and I need some feed back. You can be honest. I don't know if it is too busy or not some people like it and some don't (they don't tell me why).
This was done with three layers original on botton steve's watercolor middle and al's water 3 on the top with lightening ans sm on all three layers.

Janet Petty · #79 07-05-2006, 07:41 AM

I love the colors and the technique/style you have achieved. IMHO, the picture lacks a center of focus or a flow that directs the eye thus giving it a busy type feel.

Don't quit. And share the technique. It works really well.

Janet

palms1 · #80 07-05-2006, 07:47 AM

Ydelle i both like it and don't like it and i would be hard pushed to explain why i dont like it but Janet has hit the nail on the head.

Palms

Diane · #81 07-05-2006, 09:22 AM

I would like to try al's watercolor set but can't find it. Can someone post it or post the url for it? thanks in advance.
Diane

DannyRaphael · #82 07-05-2006, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diane

I would like to try al's watercolor set but can't find it. Can someone post it or post the url for it? thanks in advance.
Diane

Hi Diane:
You will find the ones I believe you're looking for attached to the last post (as of the moment) of this thread:

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/photo-art-resources/8328-impressionist-plugin-custom-styles-member-posted.html

~Danny~

ydelle · #83 07-05-2006, 06:17 PM

I have worked on this so long that I can't find the center of focus in it. I don't know what to cut out of the picture since it was a photograph of mine taken last year and i have worked on it off and on for months.
If any one can help I would be greatful

Janet Petty · #84 07-05-2006, 06:25 PM

Not much for helping find a focal point I know. But I liked this crop more than some of the others I played with. Does this help?

Janet

ydelle · #85 07-05-2006, 10:41 PM

Thank you Janet - I just don't know it is hard for me to loose anything but I must.
Can anyone else come up with another idea the more the better -It helps an artist grow with the help from people who do such good work as the ones in this group.

Kraellin · #86 07-05-2006, 11:32 PM

the problem with the crabapple image is indeed one of focus. everything done to it seems to have the effect of reducing focus. the blur/smear, the ghosting and so on all lead to less focus. this has the overall effect of making the image too busy.

the solution is to cut back on the effect. i did a quick example here and it's by no means meant to represent the best possible rendition; it's just an example. and at the end i ran a light high pass sharpen just for good measure.

there's lots of potential there and i'd love to see the original photo.

craig

ydelle · #87 07-06-2006, 06:34 PM

I will try the highpass if I find a good one -which did you use? Your rendition was great, thank you. I came up with this crop because I worked so hard on the leaf I had to keep some of it in. Let me know what you all think. I always put about a 1-2 inch border around my work.
ydelle

ydelle · #88 07-06-2006, 09:07 PM

I found the high pass in photoshop7 -here is my new version.

Kraellin · #89 07-06-2006, 10:54 PM

ydelle,

thank you

i dont use photoshop, so the high pass sharpen is from paint shop pro 10.

i see you chose the small block. there were two basic blocks in your image, the long, vertical, rectangular one on the left side and the square one in the upper right. it's still pretty busy, all those pinks running into each other, but certainly better. if you could isolate just one main flower where the petals on it didnt run into any of the others, i think this might help.

craig

ydelle · #90 07-08-2006, 01:06 PM

I came up with two paintings instead of one -thank you.
the rectangle on is my second I have to see what it looks like printed because it looks fuzzy but it could be my eyes at this point.