[DannyRaphael]

Another pic from Crete. Never been there, but this looks very nice.

Photo by MarciJ.

Lunch, anyone?

~Danny~

[DannyRaphael]

Thought I'd experiment with BuzzPro and Microsoft Impressionist.

Attached is the final result. The next post has a snapshot of the Layers Palette.

Layer notes:

B. Use the Buzz preset Coloured Patches, but changed settings to 42 and 330.

D. I though the sand detail got wiped out a little too much, so I restored a little by copying the original background and restoring some detail via a Hide All Layer Mask.

E. Another MSFT Impressionist layer, but I changed the settings a bit to get larger, more defined strokes.

F. Selectively applied a Hue shift and Saturation boost to all areas except the sand and mountains

G. A little more boost to the tree leaves.

This is FUN!

~Danny~

[DannyRaphael]

The Layers Palette...

[catia]

Nice work Danny.

I thought this would look nice done up by the David Roley Hayes Cafe action.

Catia

[catia]

And here is a second one obtained with my difference/invert technique.



Catia

[platscha@cs.com]

Although I am overly found of anything hayes Islandish I have to say Danny, that is the closet to looking like a hand done painting i have ever seen. Great job as always.

[Cheryl H]

Danny-- I love the bold colors and the way the little bits of white show through--like where paint missed the canvas.

C--Hayes Island worked well on this image.

I started with some custom impressionist presets (my ink and thin watercolor action), then deleted the find edges layer the actions creates. Put a copy of the original on top and used the bold lines action from a new set I'm working on.

[Xaran]

Just 2 filters - Ink outlines and texture.

Christine

[catia]

Thanks for your comment Cheryl. Nice watercolor look to your version.

Christine, I like the ink outline result. The texture is a little heavy for me. I guess I am a light on the texture person. BTW, I have found that if I go to Edit - Fade after applying texture and fiddle with the fade control I can get an in between result that is sometimes better than the texture setting. You probably already know that. Sorry, just trying to be helpful.

Catia

[jch71566]

These are great!

Here's mine:

* buZZ simplifier 2
* Photoshop Watercolor
* Paint Shop Pro Edge-Preserving Smooth on sky & water
* Paint Shop Pro Hot Wax Coating @ 25%

Hope the new year finds everyone well!

-Jeff

[Trimoon]

I’m trying to learn how to control Virtual Painter.
Ci-restaurant-in-crete


This one I used some
BuZZ Pro: Simplifier (4058) and Blur More
Smudging to Soften Edges
and Texture
Ci-restaurant-in-crete 2

[ahutton]

I'm rather humbled by the beauty of the various renderings of this image!

I took the easy way out, rather than attempting to updo anyone. I did a VP collage with everything set to -5 except color which was -4 and focus which was +5.

Then I softened it, added a mild texture and used the PSP8 warp brush to turn the lines in the sky into gulls.

AmyHutton

[jaykita]

Such a beautiful, tranquil setting. But in the light of recent tragic events, one wonders if....
Anyway, here's my latest technique of using brushstrokes in ps7, coupled with vp airbrush and buzzpro.

[Neve]

JCH - Great result and well done.
Amy - I love this - bold and strong. Perfectly suited for this image.
Clever use of the warp tool I must say...!
Steve - Glorious result, the colours appear almost luminous!
Jaykita - Wonderful soft result - surely a "keeper" for future use.

[Neve]

Painter 8.1

Time: 1 hour

Cloned using Digital Water Colour/Dry Brush throughout

Blenders/New Simple Blender

Added some extra cloud using Dry Brush

Cloners/Soft Clone - used to bring back some
detail especially around tablecloth edges, chairs
and table condiments.

Dropped all layers then duplicated.
Gel mode. Lowered opacity.

Added a sandstone texture and frame in PSP8.1

I LOVE PAINTER ....absolutely the best money I ever spent.

"All I wanna do is have some fun,
I gotta feeling, I'm not the only one...."