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Old 08-20-2006, 09:27 PM
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Tulips from Down Under

Went to a small town floral festival on Saturday - of mostly tulips and daffodils - and thought you'd like to play...!
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Old 08-20-2006, 10:13 PM
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Sorry for the quality.

Had to save at 35% quality to meet RP's size requirements. Here's the high quality version.
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Old 08-20-2006, 10:56 PM
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Here is my Old Post Card script for PSP X I ran on it.
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Old 08-21-2006, 07:56 AM
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Hello Pauline...

Lovely photo...thanks for sharing....Lucky you summer to look forward to...ours is almost over and it will be dark and snowy for months....

Lyle...Great pic ...the high res is beautiful...

t2mouse...Love the old postcard effect....will have to see if i can find it on the net...welcome to RetouchPro...hope you enjoy all it has to offer....

I have done two...I cropped one and did Flaming pears aetherize,and Xeros Nostalgia...frame an action in Photoshop CS2...
The second one i did Ilustrator from Xero and frame again done in Photoshop CS2 with an action...

Patricia...
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Old 08-21-2006, 07:57 AM
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An example of what happens when you run out of inspiration for artifing flower images.

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Old 08-21-2006, 08:58 AM
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Cropped and painted with SA acrylics.
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Old 08-21-2006, 10:32 AM
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Done with PS CS2, combination of Angled stokes and smart blur.

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Old 08-21-2006, 11:30 AM
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Midnight Tulips

What a lovely pic as we 'down under' look forward to our summer!

I overlayed a greyscale rendition of the tulips at 20%-ish opacity, then outlines filter .. played with colours and contrast a bit.

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Old 08-21-2006, 01:16 PM
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nice picture

i've got filter forge working again on my new computer and even got it updated with the new version and even have made a new filter using the new 'frame' component. here's a result:

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Old 08-21-2006, 06:46 PM
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You've all done these tulips proud!!!
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Old 08-21-2006, 07:40 PM
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Patricia Kay... I really like your #1. Very pretty!

I've always wanted to do a "Box Blur"...

Duplicated original layer, did a box blur to smear colors around. Blend Mode Luminosity.

Duplicate original again, moved to top of the layer stack, did a Smart Blur ->Edge Only for the sketchy effect. Set this layer's blend mode to Soft Light

Merged all, added texture, took a snap shot, then painted back with low opacity dry history brush.

Neve... great picture. I was surprised to see what looked like cabage palms in the background. Something you don't expect to see in context with tulips!
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Old 08-21-2006, 09:03 PM
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leanan`si, night blooming tulips? must be an aussie thing but i like it

dee dee, what is 'box blur'? is this a blur type in ps or something you did and call it that?

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Old 08-21-2006, 10:10 PM
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Tim's vintage scripts

Here's one more at you... This is my Quick Vintage # 15 script, this was done with PSP X, notice the vinyage edging of the white border. It different than anything you'll find on the net, I figured out how to do that.
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Old 08-22-2006, 07:25 AM
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Craig.

Box Blur, is a PhotoShop filter. You may have something similar in PSP. It basically blurs the color around, much like a gausian blur, but more "smeary" even at low settings. It can produce some nice backgrounds using the colors from a photo. Almost like a render clouds, but with all the colors in the photo not just the ones currently in your foreground/background color well.

The sample below is a box blur of the origina Tulip photo.
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leanan`si, night blooming tulips? must be an aussie thing but i like it

dee dee, what is 'box blur'? is this a blur type in ps or something you did and call it that?

craig

Absolutely awesome atm, I have jonquils and daffodils and tulips in my kitchenette, open the back door and the aroma of the promise of spring fills the air....the jonquils (sort of a mini daffodil) are very heady in scent, absolutely wonderful
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Old 08-22-2006, 05:56 PM
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Swampy thanks for the comment....I really like yours and will take note of how you did it.....delicate is the word i am looking for and i like that!

Kiska....fabulous pics you do in SA....sometimes wish i could stick with one or two programs but curiosity gets the best of me and i have to try yet another one!

Steve...Liked your lack of inspiration pic....turned out just fine.

Lean si.....Dark and dramatic....I like the look.

t2mouse....Nice one again....you are really good with your scripts in PSP...

Craig...Glad your computer is up and running again...its been really quiet in this forum...love the frame....it sets the tulips off really well...

Nearly forgot...just done a quickie with Lucis art sculpture and framed with an action in Photoshop CS2

Patricia....
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Old 08-23-2006, 12:54 AM
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Didn't have time to do anything other than a BW version - it's sacrilege getting rid of all that glorious colour!

I hadn't given it any thought Swampy to be honest with you about how incongruous it must seem - palms and tulips. I notice another photographer has snapped the tulips and that very same palm in the top pic at this website:-

http://www.mysouthwest.com.au/Events...?event_id=2466

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Old 08-23-2006, 02:25 AM
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Thanks Pareicia! Sometimes I wish I would 'venture out'.
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Old 08-28-2006, 10:46 AM
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Such great vibrant colors. This version used Gertrudis Pro.
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Old 08-28-2006, 12:59 PM
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Lovely colourful photo with a reminder that i have to go and buy my bulbs as i will need to start planting next month !

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Old 08-28-2006, 05:09 PM
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dee dee,

thanks for the explanation of box blur. not sure psp has that.

patricia,

thanks it's been quite a headache with this new computer but settling down now a bit more.

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