Photo-Based Art - - Creative interpretations: Tropical Plant - Page 2

Kraellin · #16 03-08-2006, 11:05 PM

lk,

where you are cheap, i am lazy. perl2exe for windows requires an installation of perl on your machine. looks like more complexity with the RAW too. and not quite sure i followed your explanation there for all the installs.

but your image certainly does look good.

craig

lkroll · #17 03-08-2006, 11:31 PM

Hey Craig,

When I downloaded the program, it installed complete (see attached capture). Didn't take much room. It's been a while since I downloaded this gem, but I don't recall having to download other components. It has the ability to compile perscript itself as I recall.

Kraellin · #18 03-09-2006, 08:26 AM

ok, i got perl2exe.
unzipped it to c:\perl2exe .
downloaded

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you can use the compiled program (from the perlscript) here

that part from your post.
unzipped that into the same directory as the perl2exe.
made a shortcut of the pseudo.bat file and put it on the desktop.

opened psp 10 and the CRW_0312.jpg picture of the flower.
saved as CRW_0312-grey.raw (put it in greyscale first)
copied that file to the desktop.
dragged and dropped the .raw file onto the .bat file.
a dos window opened, said something about where it was working on a temp and a blurb about the full version of perl2exe and closed
not knowing where the finished file would end up, i looked around and found a new file where the old one was. it was named CRW_0312-grey.raw.tmp

so, do i simply now re-name this .tmp file to get rid of the .tmp extension and load it or did i do something wrong here?

craig

Kraellin · #19 03-09-2006, 08:43 AM

ok, i removed the .tmp extension and renamed the file. that seemed to work. however, i think i've goofed somehow on converting the original .jpg into .raw or on loading the finished, transformed .raw into psp. attached is just one example of what i get when i load this file back into psp.

it's possible that i saved the original file into .raw rgb, interleaved instead of greyscale. i seem to recall something like that. you had said use 16 bit .raw and when i converted to grayscale, that of course is 8 bit. so, i made it grayscale first and then put it back to rgb with all gray tones. how the heck do you get 16 bit grayscale? i can only get 8 bit.

craig

lkroll · #20 03-09-2006, 10:43 AM

Yes, you delete your old 16-bit Raw file and rename the new file as .raw

I see you figured that part out. Now, when you open this raw, the dimensions have to be identical to the original; the number of channels, however, have to be set to 3 (RGB now, not greyscale). It's also 8-bit now, not 16-bit. Hope this helps Craig.

As a side note, the reason I named the resulting file {originalraw}.tmp was if I named the same as the file being operated on, the program crashed. I was too lazy to figure out why, so I did it this way. I then just delete the original raw file and rename the new one without the .tmp extention.

Steve Conway · #21 03-09-2006, 10:54 AM

Shades of the movie "The Body Snatchers!" Seed pods changing into people.

Nice manip, however. And thanks for your comments on mine.

Steve

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Originally Posted by Nanls

All very nice effects so far.. pretty watercolor steve

Here is something a little different.
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Swampy · #22 03-09-2006, 03:24 PM

Awwww... Nancy... Well done :-)

Craig... You crack me up!!! Excellent interpretation...

The "t.v. lines" is kinda neat. No matter how you got there.

Ikroll... I would never have thought there was that much "information" in the background to get all those shades of gray.

Fox54Black · #23 03-09-2006, 08:58 PM

Made this using Danny Raphael's impressionist smudge paint presets and using layers and masks. Way funner than actually painting it.

dkcoats · #24 03-09-2006, 09:04 PM

I figure if you're talking flowers, especially lilies, you're talkin' Brian Davis (http://www.briandavisart.com/.)

I'm not saying I got there. I'm just saying I gave it my best shot.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1.../peacelily.jpg

dc

lkroll · #25 03-09-2006, 09:31 PM

Layer adjustments, Cutout filter, Impressionist (Danny's djroil24 again), Plastic Wrap, added noise, angled stroke, blended back, and then ported the result into GIMP from additional enhancements including bumpmapping and Xero's Supersmooth blend. My same MO.

RL Design · #26 03-09-2006, 10:23 PM

Some very good work here, what a pleasure to work on...

This was done just playing in Photoshop 7

Kraellin · #27 03-10-2006, 12:07 AM

dee dee,

thank you

i'm afraid that's pretty much how i got started in all this, photo manip and clowning around with friend's photos and other web stuff. and i always enjoy contributing to someone's smile or laugh

we'll just blame/credit the t.v. lines on lkroll for now

craig

philbach · #28 03-10-2006, 05:10 AM

I used Studio Artist. A "Bleached Edges" Image Operation Preset.

Swampy · #29 03-10-2006, 07:11 AM

Fox... Very "arty" looking!

DC... The link didn't work for me, but I love you're simplistic rendition. That white really pops off the black

Ikroll... I'm intrigued by the shadows of the flower that your manipulation resulted in.

RL... love your lense flares. Interesting how you reduced the yellow in the bloom yet retained detail.

Phil...You've managed to add excitment and motion to an otherwise serene photo. Well done.

lkroll · #30 03-10-2006, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Kraellin

dee dee,

thank you

i'm afraid that's pretty much how i got started in all this, photo manip and clowning around with friend's photos and other web stuff. and i always enjoy contributing to someone's smile or laugh

we'll just blame/credit the t.v. lines on lkroll for now

craig

Yup, just blame Lyle (

). I use to get this too; again, just look at the response post above and the scan lines will disappear into a beautiful b/w.