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06-21-2006, 02:27 PM
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| Simply flowers... Here is a photo i took earlier today of Aquilegia...known as columbine too...i think... Its quite simple but i thought you all would like to play..... Patricia....  More flowers came out on Thursday.... Last edited by patriciakay; 06-22-2006 at 03:54 PM. Reason: adding a picture..  |
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06-21-2006, 02:42 PM
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| This one i did in Photoshop CS2 with the water color art history brush and then a watercolor smudge brush....I brightened it up with levels... Patricia....  |
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06-21-2006, 04:01 PM
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| First one in a long time. I first used PSP and ran noise filter, then enhance edges. Then I did a VP triangles set at all subtle, then Impressionist. Finally I removed some more noise. The second one is a sort of watercolor effect using PSP and xero lineart drawing with no outlining. Amy Last edited by ahutton; 06-21-2006 at 04:20 PM. |
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06-21-2006, 04:13 PM
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| Hi Amy.. Lovely painting...I like the vp triangles....but could you please tell me where i can find them??? Imressionist worked well too... Patricia... |
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06-21-2006, 05:38 PM
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| Amy the water color painting is really lovely...delicate... Patricia... |
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#7
06-21-2006, 06:41 PM
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| patricia, what a beautiful flower. after many color adjustments and a couple of filters, i attempted my first "smudge" piece -- i can see where this can be a very addictive process -- i had to stop myself  .thanks for the beautiful image to work on. Last edited by johnnieB; 06-23-2006 at 04:05 PM. |
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#8
06-21-2006, 07:33 PM
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| Brought out the subject a little...punched up the color a little...softened it a little. Then I added a dumb little dull black frame. Steve |
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#9
06-22-2006, 05:24 AM
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| simply flowers Nice photo's again Patricia are they from your garden ? like your watercolour Amy great effect with triangles and nice watercolour johnnieb yes smudging is addictive and great effect for your first steve great colours wished i could of got them here's my two attempts a smudge and a sketch effect Palms p.s. is it a british thing but the common name for columbine's here is Granny's bonnet |
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06-22-2006, 05:39 AM
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| Had to have a go at this one. Lovely flowers. Took the original into Adobe Illustrator CS2 and did a live trace and posterized down to 13 colors. Brought the result back into Photoshop and rasterized the vector (Smart Object). Did just a touch of smudge on some of the petals to reduce glaring posterization areas. New background, frame and signature. |
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#11
06-22-2006, 05:42 AM
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| Hmmm? thougt i would try another one before lunch using the ahb this time, I was just going to send this to the bin when i had another look and thought mmm i quite like this so added a edge layer and hay presto one messy looking ahb that i like enough to know i will be spending most the afternoon trying to copy again ( should be doing housework ) Palms |
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06-22-2006, 08:32 AM
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You all know that I get challenged with the simulation side (even though it can take longer then just doing it by hand; lol). |
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06-22-2006, 01:49 PM
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| Great pics you are all producing.... JohnnieB.....Love the color of you first smudge piece...welcome to the smudge addiction... Steve....Your flower color is lovely and bright and i think the black frame finishes it of a treat!!!! Palms.....The flowers are from my garden...i really like them and have them in a few colors...Grannys bonnets...yes i remember from when i was a child.... Three lovely ones from you.....like em all but my fave is the AHB one...I love it and am hoping you can give me a tute for it???  Swampy...Really beautiful...co ordinating colors, the frame and the texture... will have to have a go your way and see what happens!!! Manta1900....Thanks for the exposure correction...saw how dark it was this morning.... Oltenius....Love how you have done your picture, the colorful shadow effect is great and the framing too....will try and sort my file size problem out as soon as possible... Patricia.....  |
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06-22-2006, 08:59 PM
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| Patricia, these flowers are so very lovely. I don't think I have ever seen purplish/blue columbines (and isn't one a daffodil?) before. They make quite a beautiful statement. Thanks for sharing them. And thanks to all who have contributed. This thread is producing some amazingly beautiful work. Janet |
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06-22-2006, 10:56 PM
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| no filter forge this time. this is a bit of a smudge. i used a sarshair smudge on several layers, duplicated the layers and blurred the dupes, some more than once. there were some blends in there and a copy merge and a very heavy digital camera noise removal. on top of all that i added a contrast/lighten adjustment layer and another copy merge/paste as new layer. on the new layer i did an illumination. i might have missed something in there. there were 20 layers. craig |
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06-23-2006, 02:09 AM
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| I am happy you all like my photos and glad i decided to post the second one.. Janet.....I love this flower...its so delicate even in the darker colors.....there are many colors and varieties...I have a plum colored one..so different from the ones posted ....its like a pom pom...Two more still to flower and i think one is a pale yellow....will get a little gallery together and post the link here...no daffs Janet...havent had any in my garden for three weeks now...we are about a month behind with flowering owing to sub zero temperatures in winter...believe me i am surprised every year when all my plants pop out of the frozen earth!!!! Your painting is really lovely and i like the blue mottled background....  Craig....Ah the magic of filter forge....you are doing amazing things with it...Frozen ice is my fave of those two...will check it out later in the day...But your smudge is really beautiful and mystical...cant stop looking at it...Mr Craig.....you are one talented guy...  JohnnieB...I can see you are getting well into smudging and i really like your picture...think you are doing great...Who needs sleep anyway...when you can smudge the night away???? Lyle....where is yours??????? Patricia..... |
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#25
06-23-2006, 10:06 AM
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| Heck! I thought my frame might be pretty puny fior them nice flowers.  Thanks Patricia. Steve Quote:
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06-24-2006, 02:40 AM
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| Steve.... I think simple black frames are sooooo useful and sometimes all a picture needs to finish it off... JohnnieB...Think we all need a bit of encouragement at times....Love your second version of the columbines...smudged beautifully with a perfect frame... Here are a couple of links to flowers i have posted before.....you might like to smudge them too.... http://retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13224 http://retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13250 http://retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13285 Oltenius....Oh thankyou for the flowers....Your picture and framing are really lovely....it glows... Patricia.... |
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