Creative interpretations: Alley in Crete

[DannyRaphael]

This looked like an interesting subject for your unbounded creativity.

Photo courtesy of J. Misztal.

~Danny~

[Mike Finn]

...Evokes dreams of faraway places and all that stuff with just a hint of romance :-)

This is my first post here so errors and mistakes excepted, here's my interpretation. Done with Easy_Draw action and a sandstone texture at the end.

http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~ac.../Easy-Draw.jpg

MikeF

[Xaran]

That looks really good - could you explain a bit more about easy-draw I haven't come across this before.

Christine

[Xaran]

Ran this through several of photobrushes options and liked this one.

PB options used :-

Old Colourize.
Fine Watercolour
Aged Photo.

Christine

[DannyRaphael]

Easy-Draw is one of MANY Mike Finn created actions, many of which are available for no charge.

Personally I believe Mike creates the most creative, innovative photo-art actions on the planet. Really.

Check 'em out here:
http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~mikefinn/effie.html

~Danny~

[catia]

Rotated slightly, cloned out vertical wire, adjusted perspective and cropped. Ran through neat image to remove some of the artifacting. Ran Screen Mask Shadow Adjust action twice to bring out more of alley. Then ran Pixel Painter. Finished up with Sandstone texture.

Mike, always nice to see your interpretations. Very nice result. I had a bit of trouble getting this result down to 100K at reasonable quality. I probably should have used a link like you did.

Catia

[DannyRaphael]

Mike:

It's a honor to have you join us. Consider this a second home. You and your creations will always be welcome.

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Catia:

Very nice interpretation. Textures bring out the essence.

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Christine:

I've always liked Photobrush. It's "not the same effects as Photoshop" can be put to creative use, like you've done here.

~Danny~

[catia]

Thanks Danny. They also hide artifacts.

Catia

[Xaran]

for the comment and the link to Mike's site. I'm at work at the moment but will look at it properly when I get home. Always like to try new techniques and software.

As for PhotoBrush - if only it was a PS plugin - it's lack of layers is the biggest drawback to using it.

Christine

[Mike Finn]

...and Xaran for the kind words. It seems like a nice place around here.

Catia..... The 100k limit on posting sure had me fooled :-)



MikeF

[Cheryl H]

This was a fun image to work with.

Mike--looks like you have another winner on your hands. The results from your latest action are great!

Xaran--the aged look suits the photo well.

C--I see why you like that treatment--it suits most photos--this on included.

This is made of custom impressionist settings topped with a sketch layer based on smart blur edge only.

[Xaran]

Cheryl,

That looks so authentic you could almost feel the texture.

Christine (Xaran)

[Cheryl H]

Thanks Christine--I freely admit to being a texture junky.

[platscha@cs.com]

Mike as always you stun me with your results, this looks exactly like a sketch someone did sitting on a bench down the alley.
Cheryl your rendition is excellant, i love the painterly quality you achieved, would love to know your settings in impressionist.
Well done by all.

[Cheryl H]

Platscha--Thanks, I love the texture I can get out of the impressionist plug-in.

I'm pretty sure the thick dabs action was in the set up impressionist presets I sent you. I did use mosaic 1 instead of mosaic 1b when running the action.

If you just have the presets, the layers are (top to bottom--textured versions of all) mosaic1, crackled paint, mosaic 1, smart blur edge only sketch layer treated with filter--distort--glass.

[rlspencer1]

My rendition of the Crete alley, the following was performed:
1. Used CS Shadow remover for the alley to lighten
2. Transformed/perspective to straighten left lean of building
3. Ran thru PAM using a WaterColor scenario.
Thanks
Bob

[DannyRaphael]

Bob:

I especially like this interpretation. Very "watercolor-like." Well done.

~Danny~

[beachguy82]

I didn't write any steps down and I have no memory what so ever, but I had fun making it.

[jaykita]

Mike Finn was my inspiration tho' i didnt use any of his actions.
Hey, I just found the key to this goldmine and i'm not telling, uh huh, no way!
Not yet.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by jaykita

Mike Finn was my inspiration

Mike's been my "action hero" for a long time. I've learned more about action writing (in general) and various Photoshop techniques from his actions than anyone on the planet. Besides being exceptionally talented artistically and skilled at using Photoshop, he's a really nice guy.

[Neve]

A bit of this and that....!