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Post by Tpgettys on Feb 18, 2023 17:21:38 GMT
Before we get started on this challenge, I am very pleased to announce that VickiD has joined the team of Creative Effects Challenge hosts - Welcome Vicki! Her first Creative Effects Challenge will be on March 4. I am quite looking forward to seeing what she will be sharing with us!
For this Creative Effects Challenge I used a video tutorial on how to create a realistic wood frame and matte for your picture: Realistic Wood Frame effect. It was created by the always entertaining Davrodigital. While tutorials for similar results appear on our forum elsewhere, this one uses subtle effects to make it especially realistic, as well as useful techniques and tips that I appreciated learning (creating the wood texture from first principals, mitering the frame sides, applying an adjustment layer to adjust just one layer by making it a clipping mask, various keyboard shortcuts, etc). Here is my result: (click for full-size view) I look forward to seeing your creations!
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Post by hmca on Feb 18, 2023 19:18:06 GMT
Your example is beautiful, Tom! I especially liked the way he used the square brush to cut the corners! Check it out, cats4jan . Sadly, tuts that call for bevels and drop shadows always do me in. But I always feel that sharing my less than hoped for results might encourage those members who feel hesitant to share their work. Will try this again.  |
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Post by Tpgettys on Feb 18, 2023 19:41:11 GMT
Thanks for giving a go Helen, and sorry to hear about the bevel & drop shadow barrier. I presume you are using Photoshop and not Elements, so is the issue that PS does those effects very differently from Elements?
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Post by Lillias on Feb 18, 2023 21:40:50 GMT
I especially liked the way he used the square brush to cut the corners! I like that too. Beautiful image Helen. Clicked on to enlarge it can really be seen to best advantage. |
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Post by Lillias on Feb 18, 2023 21:42:38 GMT
I used an image from Pixabay. Thanks for the challenge Tom. I think my shadows may need a bit of adjusting.
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Post by hmca on Feb 18, 2023 22:03:07 GMT
Looks good to me, Lillias. And not to be defeated by this I tried a work around adding a black copy of both the mat and the frame and placed them beneath the respective layers; blurred to taste and reduced the opacity. In an attempt to add a bevel along the frame I created thin strips of the "wood" placed over the frame using the color burn blend mode at a reduced opacity. 
I presume you are using Photoshop and not Elements, so is the issue that PS does those effects very differently from Elements? Yes....sorry forgot to respond to this |
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Post by fotofrank on Feb 18, 2023 23:27:38 GMT
Thanks for this Tom. My Attempt in Photoshop.  |
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Post by Tpgettys on Feb 18, 2023 23:45:36 GMT
That's quite nice Frank! I really like the 'cut' on your matte; I wish I had made mine larger. It looks like you used the pulled pixel technique for the frame, yes?
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Post by fotofrank on Feb 19, 2023 0:07:40 GMT
Thanks Tom, I used the smudge tool.
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Post by cats4jan on Feb 19, 2023 3:30:52 GMT
I really like that method of creating wood grain. I had learned that years ago, but...
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Post by kdcintx on Feb 19, 2023 3:47:21 GMT
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Post by Tpgettys on Feb 19, 2023 4:15:50 GMT
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Post by tonyw on Feb 19, 2023 21:31:59 GMT
Here's my try - it was done in Photoshop so did have to fiddle with the layer style options to get a reasonable look. PSE does make layer styles simpler to use.  Tony |
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Post by Tpgettys on Feb 19, 2023 21:46:13 GMT
PSE does make layer styles simpler to use.
I would never have guessed that. Nicely done though! The wood grain, bevel and drop shadows all look great.
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Post by Sepiana on Feb 20, 2023 17:48:37 GMT
It looks like you used the pulled pixel technique for the frame, yes? I used the smudge tool. Frank, I never thought of using the Smudge tool to create this frame effect. I really like the results. I need to give this technique a try. |
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