Painting looking images

[support1]

Hi,
Does anyone know how to achieve soft effect of a painting? I see it often in advertising/editorial pictures. Take a look at the attached images,
Thanks
Paul

[Cyber Cat]

i would guess - LucisArt

[support1]

Many thanks for the info Cyber Cat :-)...I think that may be it

[crazyfly1]

Looks like Dragonizer action to me. Find it here
http://www.pbase.com/photofixer/draganizer_action

[support1]

Looks like they have suspended their services...is there any similar software? Perhaps from more serious company?

[support1]

Originally Posted by support1

Looks like they have suspended their services...is there any similar software? Perhaps from more serious company?

I referred to Lucis. Draganize action looks simply great!

[support1]

Originally Posted by crazyfly1

Looks like Dragonizer action to me. Find it here
http://www.pbase.com/photofixer/draganizer_action

Thanks :-)

[crazyfly1]

Your welcome.
When you work with the action notice that there are actually two. One for large and one for small images.

[sidhebeauty]

Ok so, without using something like lucisart or draganizer this can be done manually in photshop, though it will take a bit more time and creativity.

Step 1: duplicate image layer, change layer style to screen and apply Noise>median with a low radius. This creates a soft glowing highlight. Mask the layer and paint only the highlight areas using very little brush hardness for soft edges.

Step 2. Duplicate original layer again and change layer style to multiply. You may need to mess with the saturation of this layer as sometimes multiply over saturates a little. Mask this layer as well and apply to the natural shadows as above. This works especially well to play up wrinkles.

Step 3. If you want a little further drama, merge the layers in a new layer and add the high pass filter (I would advise starting with a lower radius and working your way up) change the layer to soft light mode. Make sure you don't go overboard with the high pass radius or youl get a funky halo effect ... unless you like that.

Hope this helps.

[Cyber Cat]

im aware that something is deff. really wrong with developers of lucisart.
found, in our forum here, this thread
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/sof...as-arisen.html
take a look it may be helpfull.

[plugsnpixels]

Nothing is wrong over in LucisArt land! The developer is merely inbetween versions now, with the updated Lucis Pro 6 about to be released (mid-August). The older LucisArt had fallen behind in terms of Photoshop and OS compatibility, and it was discontinued in early May to clear the decks so preparations could be made for the new version's release.

I began the "contender" thread to show that a couple of similar-to-LucisArt effects were possible with Adjust for a lot less, but it's by no means a replacement for actual Lucis technology.