Lovers in Paris

[sylvia1065]

Hi,
I thought you might enjoy this picture I took last month...
Have fun
Sylvia

[lkroll]

Hey Sylvia; went for a vector simplication for this primative interpretation. Click here for the full rendition; attached is a crop.

[Veralisa]

Lyle, smart. Wouldn't have thought the people would have as much detail as they do. Very nice

[sylvia1065]

Very interesting result, Lyle. What program/plug-in did you use?
I used Impressionsit for mine.
Sylvia

[lkroll]

Thanks for the comments Veronica/Sylvia. I used Autotrace for the vector simplication Sylvia (that's after a few Contrast enhancments and G'MIC Pen play to the original that is). I then ported the vector result (SVG file) into GIMP for some additional work cleanup (for transparancy removal mainly). Cool thing about vectors are they are scaleable; hence the bigger result (the details you commented about Veronica).

[MiningArt]

I used the method outlined by Lyle.
Large version:
http://miningart.zonerama.com/RTP/lp-MA2

The second version was made from my first. Turned into a 2 bit image, assigned sRGB, used texture-blend for interest, made a focal point, gradient fill for duo-tone effect.

[Veralisa]

John & Lyle, Your work is great. I like the simplified vector-look. But it just seems so, so, techie to me. I did a vector illustration once, but it was the kind where you submitted the image and it was done on their site. So, I didn't really "do" anything. But I'll keep my mind open.

Sylvia, I also have Impressionist filter but have never, no way gotten the beautiful result that you did.

So, let's see, that was a really wonderful shot, Sylvia. I tried to get a bit more colorful than usual. I had an evening in Paris kind of thing going on in my mind; I love it when the setting sun turns everything golden as it goes down. So - ran Kyoto Color once for the sky color and then again for the lower half. Masked the bottom out of one, voila, Evening in Paris. Kind of reminded me of an old postcard, Kodachrome, look,no?

[geepee52]

Nice shot Sylvia.A bit of Topaz Adjust and Topaz Clean plus a few other things I lost track of.

Thanks
Grant

[sylvia1065]

I do like this picture too...
It's funny, whenever I go on that bridge, there's always a bunch of people listening to or playing music, having a picnic, drinking wine, etc.
It's a really friendly bridge
Sylvia

[palms]

judging by the scenery i can see why people hang about on the bridge

Palms

[sylvia1065]

Nice one, Palms
Sylvia

[Steve Conway]

What a nice image of Ile de la Cite! Or is it Saint Louis or Cygnes? Can't see Notre Dame, so I can't tell.

"Lovers in Paris"

Steve C.

[sylvia1065]

You're right, Steve, it is the Ile de la Cité. Notre Dame de Paris is on that same island but on the other side, behind the buildings.

You can read more about it on this site:
http://www.parislogue.com/places-in-...e-la-cite.html

Sylvia

[gholmes1936]

Did mine last night and can't remember how I did it. OOps, I recall using Neat Image, then Alien skin Snap Art 2, plus a texture that I had downloaded a long time ago in Photoshop.

Doesn't do Paris justice. I love this city, well France in it's entirety.