[amica999]

Hi to all of you "retouch-Masters",
I have a nice shot of a chinese Restaurant located in Berlin which actually cries for an art-retouch. Give it a try at will...

Greetings from Berlin

[amica999]

This is my "NOOB-Try"..:-)

I know that you are going to take´my breath with your tries, but I didn't want to leave with empty hands...:-)

[Kraellin]

amica, nice pic. i like your texture on most of the image. it's just the sky where it stands out as being a pattern and i'm just not used to patterns as being the texture. i like the overall; it's just that texture in the sky that distracts me. but, i suppose that's a personal taste thing.

[LonK]

First I straightened it, then did my little watercolor process. How's the food there, amica999?

[palms1]

Amica that is a very impressive restaurant,Unfortunately it is a bit to far for take aways
Two interpretations here a ahb and a super bright one ! ! ( sorry though no watercolour )


Palms

[Swampy]

Amica... terriffic photo. Had fun with this play.

[Steve Conway]

Hey! Let's have lunch!

Nice looking place.

Steve C.

[amica999]

Thanks for playing..I knew you would do..all of you..taking my breath away. Nice works and I can't tell which one I like best...they all look absolutely unique.

@Kraellin, you are absolutely right, the texture takes up too much place. Will try to improve.
@LonK, I knew it was a bit of a crooky shot, but you proved as I expected: not much of a prob for you cracks :-) The food there is good, but I know places where it is better, although they lack the atmosphere given here.
@Palms, I like your technique. Any chance of a mini tutorial?
@Swampy, thank you. Nice work. like what you did to the edges..:-)
@Steve, come on over..:-) sweet looking:-)

[Bob Mc]

Nice picture

Started off thinking about a watercolor but as usual went in several different directions. Did a slight Buzz and then my thinking was that a watercolor effect would mute some of the colors - so I ramped up the colors - but then went down the chalky sketchy road.

The left image is a process I've been messing with and the right effect is done with Little Ink Pot's Chalkaholic plug-in. Both done in Paint Shop Pro 9 because I like to use their Quick Photo Fix process

Regards

Bob Mc

[Bob Mc]

Ok - I just couldn't resist it

While I'm tryng to learn Swampy's watercolor technique and Palm's Art History Brush technique - which are both terrific - but I'm slow and I need to go repair a broken sprinkler very soon now... so, I just submit these two and get to my chores

Slight Buzz and Pencil Pixel's wc action on the left - and Neimen action on the right

Regards

Bob Mc

[palms1]

[quote=amica999;165736]@Palms, I like your technique. Any chance of a mini tutorial?

Maybe Amica, but which one the first or the second ?


Palms

[DannyRaphael]

Some very nice interpretations. Thank you Amica for sharing this very nice photo.

My interpretation is based on Photoshop action "ART-Oils by Ted LaCascio" available among the actions here: http://www.geocities.com/kafuensis/

[amica999]

Hi all, included the link in case you want to see more of it: http://www.himmels-pagode.de/
@Palms, the first one :-)
@Bob & Danny: beautiful

[palms1]

That is quite a site ( i even understood a very few words of German )
and what a cheat, It is a new build i thought it would be of some age, oh well cant win them all

Here is a link for you for the ahb ( 1st one )

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...photoshop.html

Palms

[amica999]

Hi Palms, yes it's a re-build. Below you can have a look at the original.
http://www.insidebeijing.de/tiantan.htm. Thanks for the tur link. Will rush off right away..:-)