Creative interpretations: Fishing Village

[DannyRaphael]

I believe this was taken in France.

Have fun.

~Danny~

[Mal Firth]

Decided to go for a chalk drawing look with my new Impressionist plug-in.

Increased file size to 84cm wide (2381px)

Copy Background Layer
Impressionist > Heavy Embossed
Layer Mode: Normal

Copy background Layer again and move to top of stack
Impressionist > Chalk Sketch: Half Finished
Layer Mode: Multiply

New layer
Alt + Merge Visible
Layer Mode: Normal
Image > Adjustments > Shadows/Hightlights
Shadows: 50%
Highlights: 0%
Reduced Hue&Sat to -20 (reduced the red an extra -10)

[kiska]

Lots of filters and blurs. PS only.
kiska

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Mal Firth

Decided to go for a chalk drawing look with my new Impressionist plug-in.

Increased file size to 84cm wide (2381px)

Copy Background Layer
Impressionist > Heavy Embossed
Layer Mode: Normal

Copy background Layer again and move to top of stack
Impressionist > Chalk Sketch: Half Finished
Layer Mode: Multiply

New layer
Alt + Merge Visible
Layer Mode: Normal
Image > Adjustments > Shadows/Hightlights
Shadows: 50%
Highlights: 0%
Reduced Hue&Sat to -20 (reduced the red an extra -10)

Looks like you are a duck taking to water with Impressionist, Mal. Well done artistically and terrific detail.

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kiska:

You've been on a creative roll, lately. Glad to see you're having so much fun!

~Danny~

[Mal Firth]

Must be having a rush of enthusiasm Here's a pen and ink wash, most of the steps can be found at http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=10263013. Main difference is I didn't use Colorize on the Hue&Sat layer, and on the final merged layer I decreased the opacity to 65% to let a little more of the color from the layer below come through.

[JustChecking]

very nice stuff, Mal and kiska!!!


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3 layers (copies of background)

bottom - Impressionist->Watercolor->Splatter 33,100,140
middle - Impressionist->Pencil Sketch->Detailed Mono 66,100,90, blend-multiply
top - Gaussian blur 5.0, blend-Overlay

[kiska]

I really like that, Just Checking. Especially the crop!
kiska

[JustChecking]

Originally Posted by kiska

I really like that, Just Checking. Especially the crop!
kiska

wow... thanks a lot!

[Duv]

What a great image with strong colors and lines.

Duplicated background
Duplicated image: threshold 128: copy and paste into Original.
Move threshold layer below Duplicate Background. Double click on Duplicate Background layer to bring up Blend Options. In Blend If move inside shadow arrow for This Layer to the extreme right.
Ran Watercolor action then went to History palette and deleted bottom half of the steps.
Ended up with some interesting "round" windows.

Cheers
Dave

[JustChecking]

Originally Posted by Duv

...Ended up with some interesting "round" windows.

that ended up pretty neat! maybe you should turn the sky into some orange color, that would look pretty "munch-istic"

[Punch]

Interesting interpretations so far.

I've been playing with Flora's tutorial on "blend if". I had not thought to use any of those things on this image at first but since it was on my mind... what the heck.

Duped the layer and desaturated then played with the "blend if" sliders in all colors and gray 'til I liked the look. Then ran:

Filter> artistic> fresco

It looked pretty good so I started playing with opacities. Used restrained oval selection tool and deleted the interior. Duped bg again below that and ran:

Filter> distort> spherize [about 20%]

Worked on a layer above the punched out one with white airbrush to simulate a little reflection from the sun.

Selected sphere again and went to cutout layer... added layer mask. This takes out the previous fresco effect. Airbrushed with white with various opacities in spots I wanted the effect to come back.

MAUDLIN COMMENT// I have learned so much from all you people. Everyone around has a spirit of fun and adventure. The sharing of techniques to those of us just learning is like no place I have seen before. //END MAUDLIN COMMENT

Thanks

...Kent

[CJ Swartz]

Wonderful image -- makes me want to be there!

Variety of renditions -- lovely effects, creative ideas -- Mal, Kiska, JustChecking, Duv, Punch -- it's fun to see each person's emphasis. Punch -- like your use of Spherize.


Lighting effects, color layers, adding channels for different effects -- didn't keep track - just had fun playing till I got something I liked...

[ahutton]

CJ, I like how the pink came out in your image. Soft and gentle.

I went quick and dirty. Buzz, VP watercolor, then VP oil, with PSP8 lighting effect. Trying to capture an after the rain feeling.

Amy Hutton

[Trimoon]

PhotoShop and Impressionist that's all I know... 1:30 am

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[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by kiska

I really like that, Just Checking. Especially the crop!
kiska

BIG ditto here, JC. I, too, like that combination -- a LOT.

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This combination is based on a suggestion from Harry Ellerton, who once again inspires me:

* Layer 1 (top): Stroke Frame
* 2: (Soft light) Filled with 50% gray and applied a custom texture via the texturizer filter
* 3: Hue/Sat adustment layer. Sat = 45
* 4: (Darken, 50%) Copy of Background + Blur > Smart Blur > Edges only (30, 100. Low). Added a hide all layer mask and airbrushed white here and there to bring in line detail.
* 5: Merged layers 6, 7 and applied Unsharp Mask (150, 1.0) to give it some personality.
* 6: (Darken) Copy of Background + Impressionist > Charcoal > Default (Background = Image)
* 7: (Normal) Copy of Background + Artistic > Dry Brush (8. 4, 1)
* Background

~Danny~

[Manjumena]

Nice work everyone

[jaykita]

ok this is my contribution

[Xaran]

Created this using the technique from Russel Brown's Tips and Techniques, found here.

I could not get the JS script to download properly but wrote a small one to do the rotation of the image which produces this effect. Rotates 22.5 degrees 120+ times.

Christine

[Duv]

Sometimes I like to run a single action or filter multiple times. Here I ran a Gothic Glow action 4 times.
Then I saw Christine's excellent B/W and had to overlay in Luminosity at 50%. Hope you don't mind Christine.

Cheers
Dave

[Neve]

Terrrific photo to work with and have enjoyed viewing all the quality submissions, well done everyone

In PSP8.01
Auto contrast etc - duped this layer
2nd layer.....
Buzzed slightly
AIM/USM filter
Paint Alchemy/Oil Tip/Oil Canvas Detail
Blend mode - Overlay 100%
Lost colour from sky so selected and
increased hue/sat, decreased lightness.
Paintbrushed some green back into the ocean
and grass on cliffs.
PSP - USM slightly
Merged all and added a texture.


Have a good day!

[byRo]

Greetings from Staithes

Weather is here , wish you were beautiful .........

Everybody has done such lovely work on ths photo.
Seemed I had to do something completely different!
Just thought is was going to be easier .
After I cut up and pasted the images and the frame, had to go back and give each bit a different color cast so they looked like they were different pictures.

[jaykita]

First a watercolor effect with median, sketch, enhanced saturation etc. Thereafter final effect was achieved by modifying an impressionist paint filter.

[Cheryl H]

This was a fun thread to read through--there was a lot of variety and all of it was great. I didn't think I'd be able to pick a favorite until I got to Neve's--something about it really appealed to me. Ro--that was really creative. It was a great effect for this image.

I started with my impressionist short strokes action (ch twiggy on the lower layer and ch scratchy strokes at 65 and darken on the upper layer).
Then duplicate the original and put on top. On this layer I ran a modified buzz gloss stack (reduced all to 6-8 except remove at around 100). Then ran impressionist (ch vague sketchy with reduced brush size). Set that layer to linear burn at 65.

[Neve]

Byro - I like your rendition heaps! Jaykita - great result, bold and colourful, plenty red, white and blue which seems appropriate CherH - terrific result - I was intrigued by "Buzz GLOSS Stack" and wondering what that is...I have Buzz Simplifier?!

Cheers

[Cheryl H]

Thanks Neve. The gloss layer stack is in buzz pro. You click the button that says load stack and choose "gloss layer." Inside buzz it's (with my mods) gaussiam blur at 6, simplfier one with remove at 100, edges mono, spread black at 6, and gaussain blur again at 6. I usually add brightness and contrast at 40 each inside buzz, then do a brightness and contrast adjustment in PS at around 20 each.

[Neve]

CherylH - Many thanks for all the information. Maybe I should treat myself to BuzzPro?! Off to check it out................

Cheers

[SWEngineer]

Another amazing thread from the not to distant past. Really stellar work here folks! I'll give a special to AHutton for creativity above & beyond with the sunburst effect. Just spectacular.

I used this as an excuse to play with Painter some more. WetOils10 cloner, 1st cropping the image. It's hard to write a "how I did it" for Painter, so I'll try this description + thumbnails:

1st pass: Tracingpaper ON. Using the default brush, made strokes over the main image elements. Longer strokes for large areas, very small ones for things like windows, trying not to overlap strokes. I used a much larger brush (~30) for the sky.

2nd pass: Tracingpaper OFF. Again using the default brush, added more strokes to fill in the gaps from the 1st pass. Used some extra strokes on the hill to get some sense of 3D.

Final pass: Changed brush size to 3. Made small strokes to add detail, delineate objects / regions, fill in final gaps, etc. Added some more strokes to further build 3D effect in the mountains and add some texture to greenery in spots. Switched Tracingpaper on & off a lot to find where detail was lacking or where I'd smeared some detail out accidently. Opened in Elements2 where I increased contrast with Levels and added a texture layer (sandstone) and a signature.

-Mark

[Neve]

Marvellous Mark, you nailed that detail perfectly in the final image. Did you enjoy doing this....? You'll be addicted in no time. Glad you're on board to learn Painter along with Janet and I.

[Axleuk]

^ and me !!!! ( dont forget me Neve, i'm learning too )

Mark, that is helluva nice job there, and if i had not seen the original i would have swore that was painted freeform.

You really should concentrate on nailing that technique....the results are stunning !

[SWEngineer]

Thanks Neve and Axel. I really enjoy Painter. It makes for a great fantasy that I'm actually painting. The software gets 99% of the credit for generating all the detail, however. I just have to learn which brush(es) to use and how to tame the tablet stylus. To "nail" this technique as you recommend, Axel, I plan to concentrate on just learning the WetOils10 cloner I used here. (A wonderful brush, I think.) Once I get proficient at laying down brushstrokes and learning the software more as I practice, I'll branch out to other brush families. We'll see if I have the patience to do this or not.

Great to have you all "growing up" with me on Painter. Hope to see some more of your Painter work soon.

-Mark