[Fluffbutt]

Found this on Morguefile - I empathise, this to me is the reality of life...

Anyway, lets see your interpretations; Mine is the reversed picture, cropped (1st pic).

I made a rough greyscale mask set (4) of background, backmiddle, foremiddle, foreground), then ran Impressionist on #1, #3, #4 with PE on #2. Then blended the four layers together.

Tips:

Try with masks from RGB channels, or LAB channels (VERY good!).

One thing I really like about Imp. is that it will work happily on single channel images (mask layers, for eg!!!!) - PE can't - so, try setting a lightness mask, then run Imp. on the mask itself, then use that mask to isolate the picture for a different Imp. setting. Weirdly brilliant results.

[DannyRaphael]

Great pic, Fluff. Thx for posting a fun one to work with.

The flip and crop make all the difference in the world.

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I used a method very similiar to the one I used on the Space Needle pic (click HERE).

As much as I wanted to crop it, I couldn't bring myself to do it. There were such pretty colors everywhere I wanted to crop!

~Danny~

[ahutton]

I went for solitude and isolation. Started with two images (I like to do that because it is easier than with layers to make each of the singular effects you want perfect before merging them.)

Image 1: VP Watercolor on NISNI (normal...intense...) with Canvas texture... Softened slightly
Image 2: Impressionist Paint SMudges, brush size at 50

Merge on Average, not Darken. Play around with contrast and saturation a bit.

AmyHutton@aol.com

[Duv]

Nice renditions everyone! It's a great pic to work with..lots of atmosphere.

I isolated the figure and ran a radial gradient to darken the edges. Saturated the sky with Sponge, then ran Impressionist: Ink:Soft Opaque: Image: 25/98/116.

Cheers
Dave

[Cheryl H]

Fluff--this was a great photo to work with. I think the wonderful submissions illustrate that very well.

I tried my usual cymk mask routine, but wound up with a big blob where there waves were near the head, so I tried adding an extra step at the front--I'm pretty happy with this.

1. lucis art exposure to bring out detail
2. convert to cymk and duplicate black channel
3. convert back to rgb and load black channel as a selection.
4. impressionist--watercolor--damp transulucent wash (set background to from image)
5. paint engine (bad chalk?) faded
6. invert selection--vp watercolor
7. added a gradient fill layer in soft light
8. added a pattern fill layer in soft light
9. added a "canvas glaze" in color dodge

canvas glaze is inspired by a combination of one of Trimoon's tutorial's (they are truly awesome) and something I read in one of my art books about canvases being filled with dark color before starting painting.

1. create an empty fill layer
2. choose 2 colors from image (I use dark)
3. render clouds
4. run through impressionist and paint engine (I use the same settings as used in the image from laziness)
5. run texturizer (I love trimoon's canvas 2)
6. add a layer mask and paint black to reveal image--adjust blending mode

[DannyRaphael]

Wow, you guys and gals are getting good -- make that really good. The pics posted in this thread are among THE BEST (as in, most interesting / most creatively rendered) I've seen since I began moderating this forum two years ago. Really.

We may be small in number, but there's definitely no shortage in talent.

I'm honored to be among you. Keep up the great work.
~Danny~

[kiska]

No way can i tell you what I did. Many filters, apply image, weak brush strokes,rotate image. Then i inverted the original for #2, more filters etc.
#2 is the first one
kiska

[Fluffbutt]

Cheryl, that's a really nice finish - it brings out the lovely lonely depressive nature of the image. I love it..

[Duv]

I liked this pic so much, I thought I'd do one more. Just a simple BuzzPro:Bright/contrast followed by Buzzpro:Simplifier 3.

Cheers
Dave

[Duv]

Good Lord. This is my third crack at this one. I must like the pic.

Cropped to place person at one third.
Apply Image: Multiple: Faded Back
Levels Adjustment layer
Selective Color: Pumped up the colors in the sky.
Xero: Soft Mood

Cheers
Dave

[jaykita]

Loneliness is a terrible thing. Nobody should have to face it.
It isnt so lonely anymore...at least in this image. Color change made with photopaint.

[roger_ele]

Too much playing and cloning to really explain it - but if anyone asks a specific question, I will do my best.

I went for solitude with company ... A fun alone

Roger

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by roger_ele

Too much playing and cloning to really explain it - but if anyone asks a specific question, I will do my best.

I went for solitude with company ... A fun alone

Roger

Roger:

This is a wonderful interpretaation. You should play and clone much more often, so please do!

~Danny~

[byRo]

Originally Posted by Fluffbutt

Mine is the reversed picture, cropped.

You did a great job there. It started out as a lovely photo, but came across much more interesting.

Cropped and reversed (Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - did I say that right, been here so long sometimes I forget whether I'm speaking English or Portuguese).
Did my little pencil sketch action, dialled up some wierd blending options, put back in a bit of color from the original.
The pencil strokes ended up looking like rain. I left it that way...

So now he's lonely and sopping wet! Poor guy.

[JustChecking]

[ozzy mode]don't ask me, i don't know... [/ozzy mode]