Cuban Car

[sylvia1065]

Well done, Palms
Sylvia

[GerryB]

Palms, I really like your #1 above. How did you do it?

[palms]

Thank you Sylvia and Gerry

i used buzz and the palette knife stack but took out the embossing ( dont know why i took it out, just tried it with it left in and cant see much difference )

made a sketch layer and set to softlight flattened

then used one of my own settings in topaz adjust

followed by a warming curves adjustment layer that i have as well

i expect that topaz simplify could be used instead of buzz or lucis instead of adjust,

hope this helps you Gerry

Palms

[GerryB]

Thanks for the info, Palms. I have a Mac so I looked up Buzz.X and cannot find a place to download it. I'd like to get a demo to try it out first so I'll keep looking. If you know of a site where I can get it, I'd appreciate you letting me know.

[sylvia1065]

Gerry,
You can't get Buzz anymore, they're out of business. Try Topaz Simplify as an (excellent !!) alternative.
http://www.topazlabs.com/simplify/
Sylvia

[GerryB]

Thanks, Sylvia.

[0lBaldy]

You can still get BuZZ Pro V3.0 @ Trimoon’s Blog:
http://asnailpace.com/blog/buzz-pro-v30/

BUT,.. it is for PC only! or maybe on a Mac if running PS in "Rosetta" mode

[sylvia1065]

That's good to know. I had no idea it was legal to put it on one's site. Thanks for the update, OlBaldy
Sylvia

[Veralisa]

What a "find" this photo is.
Didn't do too much, changed car color to red (matches Bike), and just used CS2 filter gallery, let's see, grain, accented edges and one more...? Sorry, I forgot.

Very enjoyable.

[amica999]

Palms, agreed on your no. 1 That one rocks
Veralisa, very nice

[Veralisa]

Thanks amica999; yours was outstanding...monochrome & buzzed, no?

[amica999]

Originally Posted by Veralisa

Thanks amica999; yours was outstanding...monochrome & buzzed, no?

Thank you, Veralisa, did that one soo long ago, certainly not monochrome and no Buzz, as it was not available back than...If I remember well it was based on a sketch (DO check out Palms Sketch action: http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/blo...ch-action.html, Thanks again, Palms, comes in so handy), put the original layer on top and set blend mode to color, lower opacity and - not sure about that anymore maybe a selective color adj. (I had to look at it ) I used a dose of fractalius http://www.redfieldplugins.com/filterFractalius.htm ..an appreciated gem if not used extensively

I really appreciate your kind words...but outstanding: No! A trial_and_error_game, some look good...many don't. Still learning: BUT I post anyway

[0lBaldy]

Had fun with this one, Thanks Amica

[amica999]

Cool one, OB, looks as if you can touch the branches. Love the harmonic colors

[Joeven]

Boy I'm getting rusty at this stuff.


Joe

[Dron58]

My DAP watercolor version

[FranS]

This is a Topaz, Impressionist filter version.

Fran

[Boneappetit]

This is an old thread, but couldn't resist to give a go at this cool car... Excellent shot... !

[amica999]

Wow, nice to see this thread re-activated after so long...:-)
Lovely work every one :-)

[Crapaud]

What a great pic to work on - love it!!!

And some really nice photo-art folks.

[pat---]

Thanks for the picture! I tone mapped it in Photomatix and then used a variety of clone brushes in Painter12. - Pat

[CJ Swartz]

Pat - interesting method(s) ! Made a soft background for the car.

I used a variety of Topaz strategies plus masks

[Photomaster]

Great picture to work with!

Large version HERE

[pat---]

Originally Posted by CJ Swartz

Pat - interesting method(s) ! Made a soft background for the car.

I used a variety of Topaz strategies plus masks

Thank you! I'm just learning painter and figuring out the brushes. I used the soft clone brush first, then a layer with the fine spray clone brush and finally the car on the top layer with the wet oil clone brush.

I like the springtime feel of your picture.

[CJ Swartz]

Originally Posted by pat---

Thank you! I'm just learning painter and figuring out the brushes. I used the soft clone brush first, then a layer with the fine spray clone brush and finally the car on the top layer with the wet oil clone brush.

I like the springtime feel of your picture.

It's a great image to work with, and I wish you success at learning painter. I just play with Photoshop, but lack the drive and talent to do real digital art. Hope you find Painter to be a way to use your creativity!