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The following represents the final layer stack, but does not reflect a lot of the interim layer mask and cloning work. The point of all this is to illustrate how the output of Insta-sketch can be combined with other effects.
Layers Palette (top to bottom)
K. Output of Insta-sketch Watercolor (blend = color)
J. Copy of original background. (Luminosity). Used layer mask to selectively restore some detail around eyes, mouth.
I. G + Unsharp mask
H. G + Diffuse > Anisotropic
G. Merge E, F
F. Clone out noise
E. Merge of A, B, C & D
D. Levels (to lose some of the midtone noise)
C. Find Edges + Desaturate (Darken); detail selectively applied with Layer Mask
B. Levels (to lose some of the midtone noise)
A. Output of Insta-sketch Pencil
Background
You probably know that sometimes actions work great on parts of an image, but not on others. Ditto with filters. Layer D reflects "the best of" the Insta-sketch pencil layer and the layer rendered by Photoshop's Find Edges filter. Levels was used on each to "get rid of a lot of the noise." You do this by moving the black and white (end) sliders towards each other. It's a trial and error process.
Anyway, this was a different approach and was fun.
~Danny~
[Jeff. I WILL get to the Impressionist TRY-IT. Just ain't got there yet!]
Tried something new in making a selection. I used my favorite - Fuzz Ball - brush in QuickMask mode to make the edge selection. Ergo the spiky edges around the girls. Switched to a large round brush to quickly paint in the faces (inside the edges).
Couple of runs of Dry Brush on a duplicate of the girls. Masked back in the eyes with a low opacity spatter brush so as not to distroy the dry brush effect. Merged down.
Under the girls, I added a white layer and below that a soft green layer. Mask on the white layer and used a Leaf brush to reveal the green below around the outside edges of the girls.
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