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| | Photo-Based Art Emulating natural-media painting techniques | 
03-04-2005, 10:31 AM
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| | | Creative Interpretations: Old Barn (Grand Tetons) Hey Everybody,
I snapped this photo while visiting Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming this past summer. Hope you have fun with it!
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For my photoart version I....
created a duplicate layer.
adjust color balance.
ran through illustrator filter
ran BG layer through underpainting filter
adjusted opacity of illustrator layer and flattened.
made various selections and adjusted curves, levels, hue and sat. | 
03-04-2005, 04:35 PM
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| | Classic photo, cardmnal. I thought it begged for a conversion to BW.
Mine is based on my own version of the Yosemite Skies action available here: http://www.creativestoke.org.uk/action.html | 
03-04-2005, 05:10 PM
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| | | Very beautiful Quote: |
Originally Posted by DannyRaphael | I love Your version of Yosemite! | 
03-04-2005, 06:46 PM
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| | | Sunny Just simply tried to make the day look a little better than in the previous pic. Adjusted levels and added a few stock photo filters. Not much really.
T | 
03-04-2005, 09:46 PM
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| | | Some simple filter work in Elements2:
BG
A: copy BG. dodge the darkest shadows
B: copy A. Cutout. FilmGrain. PaletteKnife. Selected the light parts of the clouds and ran AddNoise + PaintDaubs-RoughDark
C: copy A. Bandpass 1 to 2.5. PosterEdges. (VividLight, 19%)
D: Levels Adj.
E: Hue/Sat Adj.
-Mark | 
03-04-2005, 11:17 PM
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| | | Pastel Colors + Original Yosemite Action | 
03-04-2005, 11:59 PM
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| | You all do great work.  I love those grayscale versions. makes me feel as though a cowboy will come riding up to the barn.
The most interesting thing about this photo is when I took it I was actually surrounded by a herd of bison.  | 
03-05-2005, 02:56 AM
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| | | my try I used a little buzz, then embossed it, and saturated the colors.
Bobbie | 
03-05-2005, 09:18 AM
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| | | I used a couple of actions to get this result:
Dave's New IR action version 2.1
Antique Stipple Engraving V2. atn 40 DPI Engraving
Cheers
Dave | 
03-05-2005, 11:52 AM
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| | Duv, I love it. The  stipling effect is wonderful!! | 
03-06-2005, 07:29 PM
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| | | Beautiful barn pic and great renditions. I was trying for a watercolor effect. | 
03-06-2005, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by raniday Beautiful barn pic and great renditions. I was trying for a watercolor effect. | I think it would look even more watercolored if you toned down (what looks like) a layer of Smart Blur/Edges Only.
The underlying colors look very "wet-on-wet." How did you achieve that look?
~Danny~ | 
03-07-2005, 02:55 AM
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| | | Very nice, everyone. Raniday, exceptional!
Mine is with layer mask -outer glow, color overlay. Also sketch layer-edges only, median layer with increased saturation. Diffuse - lighten only.
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03-07-2005, 11:27 AM
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| | Thanks Jaykita.
Hi, Danny. As for whether it would look more "watercolored" toned down is basically a matter of taste. I painted in real watercolors long before I got my first digital art software, and I tend to paint in vibrant, splashy colors.
I did a lot of layers, softening and changing blending modes, but as usual, at the end I pumped up the colors in hue/sat because most of the digital watercolors I see try to retain the native colors of the original photo, and to me, watercolor isn't about making a faithful reproduction but is about.........well, color.
You're right, there's some smart blur in there, also some crystalize.
catherine | 
03-07-2005, 01:10 PM
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| | Quote: |
Originally Posted by raniday Thanks Jaykita.
Hi, Danny. As for whether it would look more "watercolored" toned down is basically a matter of taste. I painted in real watercolors long before I got my first digital art software, and I tend to paint in vibrant, splashy colors.
I did a lot of layers, softening and changing blending modes, but as usual, at the end I pumped up the colors in hue/sat because most of the digital watercolors I see try to retain the native colors of the original photo, and to me, watercolor isn't about making a faithful reproduction but is about.........well, color.
You're right, there's some smart blur in there, also some crystalize.
catherine | No complaints about the colors or their application. They look fine to me.
It was the Smart Blur/Edges Only layer that I thought took away from the final product. To me the types of lines it renders can look out of place and not very naturally-drawn-looking on some images. Quote: |
I think it would look even more watercolored if you toned down (what looks like) a layer of Smart Blur/Edges Only.
| So, your technique for the colors was to literally paint them on multiple layers using only the brush tool? |
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