Creative Interpretations: Boats Aground

[DannyRaphael]

Photo by C. Beauche. Kind of a different approach to photographing boats, I thought.

Ship ahoy!

~Danny~

[DannyRaphael]

My interpretation: http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/att...chmentid=10797

Based on the technique Jeff described here:
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/sho...&threadid=7197

[Cheryl H]

Danny--that's an interesting effect. I'm not so sure about the sky, but it looks great on the rest of the image.

Working on a new mix. Make 2 dups of the background.

On the bottom layer.

Create this stack in buzz
simplifier 1--100
brightness and contrast around 20 each
simplifier 2--remove 50

on the same layer, impressionist detailed rough texture (custom setting) followed by fantastic machine's paint engine--curved brush. Fade curved brush to 65%

On the upper layer, in buzz, load the sketch 1 stack. Reduce the remove to around 100 and set the brightness and contrast sliders to around 20. I usually also do image--adjustments--brightness and contrast around 20 each after buzz runs. Set the blending mode to overlay and reduce opacity slightly. Optional--run distort--glass around 1 and 4

[rlspencer1]

Cheryl H:
That is really great it looks wonderful so pleasant and relaxing.
Great job.
Bob

[jch71566]

Danny, glad you could use my tip.

Cheryl, I like your use of Buzz in combination with Impr.
......
I was debating on whether to post this or not, and now I can't even remember what I did

Oh well....

-Jeff

[ahutton]

I took the image and ran it through Picture Man's Hand Drawing, Then did another copy of the original and did a Buzz simplifier #2.

Then I used PSP8's image-arithmetic, and averaged the two images for this result. I like it.

AmyHutton

[catia]

Danny, for some reason, I get an error on yours.

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Nice work everyone.

I cropped and used the blur tool to blur the foreground and background. Cranked up the brightness about +50 and contrast -10. Applied cutout (8,3,3) and Smart Blur (2,20,low,normal). Adjusted hue and saturation to taste and added a canvas texture.

[DannyRaphael]

I'm still experimenting with custom Impressionist styles, based on the Pencil Sketch: Detailed Monochrome style.

Several layers were generated using different settings, and blended using layer masks and layer blend modes.

[Fluffbutt]

This is the same piccy I worked on in the thread for Imp. user sets, I posted a cropped images there (cos I stuffed the big one by saviing over it LOL!).

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/sho...?t=8328&page=2

[Rob S.]

Danny, I really like what you did. I was going for a similar look, but it kept coming out muddy, like a poorly exposed neg. Here's what i ended up doing.
Dropped a new layer filled with white and dialed down to 20%
Hit diffuse (anistropic)
Hit accent edges
Hit Diffuse (normal)

[Fluffbutt]

My attempt. It's linked to another thread where I've posted the set file to do it with.

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/att...chmentid=13333

Sorry - I linked the picture, but not the set file.

Main forum here
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/sho...0599#post70599
set file near bottom.

[rlspencer1]

Danny:
Thank you for a nice sea side scene to work on.
Bob

[Duv]

Duplicated the background. Darkened with 3 x Multiply. Applied 3 levels of Stylize: Diffuse: Anisotropic
Brush Strokes: Angled Strokes: 18/39/3
Render: Lighting Effects: Omni -25

Cheers
Dave

[palms]

Yet another great find from the past, This bares quite a lot similarity to a print i bought last year that i had to have a go

Palms

[Alcar]

Another watercolor on this outstanding photo. Everything done in PaintEngine.
Alan

[DannyRaphael]

Of late I have been messing with converting color images to grayscale and thought this one had possibilities. I applied Levels and a Channel Mixer adjustment layer set to monochrome to get this effect.

Thanks, Palms, for bringing this one back to the top.

[Janet Petty]

Danny, this has a feel of infrared about it. I like it very much. Good job.

Janet

[oltenius]

Here is my watercolor attempt on this nice pic.
Dan

[BethMarian]

So this is my first crack at these forum thingies, not sure of rules of engagement, if explainations are required, so I'll be brief if you'll be kind.

I pumped up the colour using the channel mixer, blending in overlay or multiply modes, not sure which now, reduced opacity slightly. Then did a little diffuse glow with gaussian blurs and such like. I was planning to leave it there but it started to remind me of the paintings my mother did when I was a child, so I used Dave's Simplifier Action, and played around with the blend modes in the luminosity layer and the simplifier layer, to just give it the feeling of a painting.

Critique and feed back most welcome...

[Alcar]

Re-painted my watercolor with different settings in paintengine.
Alan

[Steve Conway]

Hope this wasn't the result of one of our recent storms.

Steve

[Steve Conway]

Storm approaching...safe in port.

Steve

[palms]

so glad i did find this one again , I like it when some of the older posts come back "to life" it shows how techniques and approaches change, sometimes in a short space of time
Danny very interesting will have to keep a eye out for some more conversions
Alcar nice watercolours, dont think i have ever used paint engine
Dan your watercolour is cool as well, is there a texture there ? if so what one is it ?
BethMarian welcome to retouch great post i see you use one of my favorite actions (dave's simplifier ) look forward to seeing some more from you ( and we are nearly all friendly, well till your second post just kidding)
steve great as usual, i really like the second one picture that is not the weather
Palms

[lkroll]

I know, I know; I hope to get over my lazy mood soon.

[oltenius]

Originally Posted by palms1

Dan your watercolour is cool as well, is there a texture there ? if so what one...
Palms

Palms1, thanks!
Yes, is a small sandstone texture over this pic.

Great creations all of you!
Dan

[Alcar]

Llroll, your "Floating Acrylic" looks great. How did you do it?
Alan

[lkroll]

Originally Posted by Alcar

Llroll, your "Floating Acrylic" looks great. How did you do it?
Alan

Very simple (hence my post subject line name). I use Autotrace with the following script: AUTOTRACE -corner-threshold 75 -despeckle-level 16 -despeckle-tightness 1 -output-format ai -output-file c:\temp\d.ai -report-progress %1

I use Mayuradraw to convert the vector to bitmap

Then, in GIMP, I use a Warp Sharp Script-fu to fuse the acrylic pieces a little closer, and then I run bumpmap to give some dimensionality to them.

Finally, I select the white area and to an invert selection and then run Xach Effect Drop Shadow Script-fu deleting the light layer. I adjust the shadow layer to taste and flatten. All of 2 minutes actual work (maybe a little longer, but this method's become quite rote to me).

[Kraellin]

not really sure i can explain this technique. it begins by messing up the image quite a lot and then slowly bringing it back with various tools like airbrush, push, clone and some others. there's a high pass sharpen in there somewhere, some very low density smudging and some very high. lots of different size brushes. it's sort of a huge, gross smudge that's brought back to a finer one.

craig

[lkroll]

Result looks good; that's all that matters.

[Kraellin]

lk, if i can learn to pronounce that, i will

thanks

craig