Creative interpretations: Cabernet and a Glass

[DannyRaphael]

By special request, here's a thread where you can "do your own thing" with this popular starter image.

Cheers...
~Danny~

[kiska]

Thanks, O Wise One. BTW, I noticed Harry Ellerton is a friend. He messaged me a while back about the parrot. I was reluctant to reply, and did not, as I had never noticed him post before. I did provide him details he requested in the forum. Overly cautious old broad, I guess. Please pass along my apologies. Thanks

kiska

[Cheryl H]

Great pic!

Kiska--lovely rendition. I'm glad you got Danny to make this photo a challenge image.

I started with the same process I used on the yachts.

Duplicate background. Run buzz gloss stack (reduce all to 4 except set remove to 100). Increase brightness and contrast.
Select black and invert selection. Paint with history brush at 50% using a grunge brush. Bring back lots of detail on subject, not so much at edges.

Run impressionist (I've been playing with creating brushes--custom). Run fantastic machines paint engine--arctic and fade 65%.

Select inverse. Run virtual painter oil.

Create new layer. Flood fill with dark brown. Run texturizer. Create layer mask. Paint with grunge brush (low opacity) to reveal image below.

It looked a little dull/gray when I was done, so I tried Danny's "apply image" trick mentioned in the impressionist thread. Wow--what a great result! Danny, thanks so much for the tip (and everything else you do too )

[kiska]

Really nice. Looks like a toned painting. Had to stand up for us 'mackies'. We seem few and far between.

kiska

[Duv]

Both you guys are quickly moving to the head of the class. Well done here as well as other posts!

Intellihance Pro: Vivid Enhance
Diffuse
Impressionist: conte: textured color stick/25/100/122
Blade Pro
Hue/Sat Adjust Layer
PS Lighting Effects
Despeckle
Curves Adjustment Layer to increase contrast a bit.
Dodged Label

Cheers
Dave

[annadarling]

This is a lovely picture and all the renditions are very good. I especially like

Kiska's glass stem and base,
Cheryl's palette and delicacy, and
Duv's lighting on the sides of the glass.

Here is my effort - so many filters, too little time!
anna

[LQQKER]

Nice renditions by all.

Corrected color and curve adjustment.
Cropped.
FP's india ink.
Applied paint engine dry brush at two stages.
Embossed lightly.
Simplified.
Used craquelure lightly overall
Hue & Sat adjustment.
Color and contrast adjustment.

[Robt]

As I looked at al these amazing images, I remembered a tutorial that I bookmarked some time ago. Hope this input is appropriate.

http://www.slimarillion.com/winebot/winebot.html

Robert Collins

[DannyRaphael]

Hey, Robert:

As one who lives in North Bend, it's always nice to have welcome someone from the great Left Coast.

RE:

Originally Posted by Robt

...Hope this input is appropriate.

Sure is. For die-hard folks who like to create from scratch, this is a gem of a a tutorial. Thx for sharing the link.

~Danny~

[lvich]

Ok, here's my try at Danny's excellent image. Thanks for inviting me to participate, Danny!

buzz simp 2 at 25
dup layer
impressionist - chalk: bright strokes on

black - background changed to image
dup buzz layer and put on top
impressionist - chalk: soft detailed

pastels - background changed to image;

normal 76% opacity
dup buzz layer and put on top
impressionist - pencil sketch: detailed

colored; difference 64%
dup orig buzz layer and put on top
loaded buzz color patches; soft light 55%
dup orig buzz layer and put on top
buzz mono edges, brightness/contrast;

multiply 49%
added hue/sat and brightness/contrast

adjustment layers
applied lighting effects


Linda V.
http://www.dynamicdesign.biz/gallery
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalnuts/
http://www.pbase.com/lvich/pad_gallery

[DannyRaphael]

Hi Linda:

It's an honor to have you join us. (Linda is one of the moderators of the Digital Nuts gang. See link below her sig and pBase gallery: http://www.pbase.com/digitalnuts)

Sure didn't take you long to make good use of Impressionist. I really like the potential of that plugin -- and how you used it here.

Really appreciate the xlnt detail. That's helpful to those just getting into this sport!

~Danny~

[Duv]

I agree with Danny. Nice job Linda. Tried to follow your excellent steps but apparently I don't have Color Patches in my quiver.

Decided to enhance shadows.
Duplicate layer
Xero: Illustrator: 88/234
Impressionist: Ink: Colored Screen on Black: 30/100/150
High Pass Filter: 47 (I think)
Impressionist: Chalk Sketch: Colorful: 25/98/150
Saturation Sponge on Background

Cheers
Dave

[lvich]

Thanks to Danny and Dave! This impressionist filter is a lot of fun!

I forgot to mention that I also masked back some details. Dave, if you have BuzzPro, you should have the Color Patches stack. Just click on the load button and choose it from the list.

Linda V.
http://www.dynamicdesign.biz/gallery
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalnuts/
http://www.pbase.com/lvich/pad_gallery

[lvich]

Dave, I clicked the post button before telling you how much I liked your rendition of the picture! You have a brought a lot of nice color into the image! Nicely done.

Linda V.
http://www.dynamicdesign.biz/gallery
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalnuts/
http://www.pbase.com/lvich/pad_gallery

[ahutton]

I liked this image. I ran VP collage on one image and merged it to the original. Quick and sweet. (Actually I liked the collage version better alone)

AmyHutton