[DannyRaphael]

Hi Bob...

Great pix; thanks for sharing them.

Dusted off an old Photoshop action, a modification of Mike Finn's watercolor freebee. (google: Mike Finn actions)

Probably a little less detail would have been better, but I liked the general result.

[Swampy]

Awesome, Danny!

[Bob Mc]

Danny,
Nice effect and thank you for reminding us of Mike Finn and his great actions.

Haven't heard from Mike for a while but his site is still there.

http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~mikefinn/action.html

Mike's action that I always thought was cool yet wild is Popartist and along with that action is one called Popartist Adjustment.

Here's that effect(s) on one of the shopping pictures. It/they really bring out the bright vivid colors.

The first pic uses popartist alone; the second add the popartist adjustment action as well.

Hope that you can easily see the color differences between the two

Regards
Bob

[palms1]

Bob reading about popartist again reminded me of a technique that was about a while ago (not mine)
run popartist, go to history and click on the anisotropic layer then run the action velvia ( from atncentral ) use usm if wanted ( i suppose it is like the illustrated actions about now ) works well on landscapes etc

Palms

[Bob Mc]

Thanks Palms

That gives a nice effect too

Regards
Bob

[lkroll]

Well; did do some addition preprocessing and postprocessing too. Here's the complete rendering.

[Peter S]

Such a busy picture and I don't think I've made it any simpler.

Peter

[Alcar]

I know this is an old thread now, but I found this image so compelling that I had to try a watercolor on it. Alan

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Alcar

I know this is an old thread now, but I found this image so compelling that I had to try a watercolor on it. Alan

All of these have "no expiration date," so I'm glad you woke it up Alan.

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Inspired by Alan's great interpretation I decided to experiment with some of the nifty "custom brushes" from the CD that accompanies Jeremy Sutton's Painter X Creativity book (Jeremy's Mishmash, Wood, Den's Funky Chunky). After restoring some of the detail I added a little surface texture, too.

[Alcar]

Danny, you've made a wonderful painting. I love the colors and the textures.
Alan

[Swampy]

Fantastic, Danny. Very painterly and colorful!