VickiD
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Post by VickiD on Mar 5, 2023 17:31:15 GMT
Thought I would try this on a different subject matter... Image from Pixabay... Lillias, wow! You just added another weapon in my arsenal to process abandoned places! I'm not sure I would have thought to do this. Thank you.  Hi Vicki I tried a different approach, I started with ACR; shadows and highlights; D&B; lightened eyes and finally Nik filters. The original is from Pexels. Pete, however you achieved the look, it really worked! Well done! |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 5, 2023 18:12:17 GMT
Thanks for this VickiD . Quite fun. Miss Clive-does-not-follow-directions-well Simpson (Grade 8) would be proud of me. I had no idea what I was doing, but got through your excellent directions in one try. (PSE 2023) Gaucho, Rio Puelo, Chile, March 21, 2009. Do real gauchos have button-down collars?    |
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Post by tonyw on Mar 5, 2023 21:58:05 GMT
The judge from a recent local theatre production. Certainly gave him a more severe look.  Thanks for the excellent tutorial. Tony |
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Post by tonyw on Mar 5, 2023 23:03:10 GMT
Another one - done slightly differently - Scrooge looking more scrooge-like!  Tony |
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Post by blackmutt on Mar 6, 2023 1:28:05 GMT
Thanks Vicki. He was concentrating on the building of a woven casket kind of thing for a tree. A Native American tradition of some sort.
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Post by Tpgettys on Mar 6, 2023 1:36:18 GMT
Gave it another try... Original from Pixabay
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Post by Sepiana on Mar 6, 2023 3:21:07 GMT
- Applied Topaz ReStyle (Play Time). - Applied the High Pass filter. - Applied a gradient by Blake Rudis (Purple to Blue, Soft Light blending mode, 50% Opacity). - Image from Pixabay.  |
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Post by PeteB on Mar 6, 2023 15:23:00 GMT
Another try. This time I used a tutorial I had saved in 2011. Original from Upsplash   |
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VickiD
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Post by VickiD on Mar 6, 2023 23:40:04 GMT
Thanks for this VickiD . Quite fun. Miss Clive-does-not-follow-directions-well Simpson (Grade 8) would be proud of me. I had no idea what I was doing, but got through your excellent directions in one try. (PSE 2023) Gaucho, Rio Puelo, Chile, March 21, 2009. Do real gauchos have button-down collars? Clive, what a great starter image and your result is very authentic, makes him look more rugged...and, yes, obviously gauchos wore button-down collars, at least back in 2009! The judge from a recent local theatre production. Certainly gave him a more severe look. Tony, I wouldn't want to have that judge (after your alterations) at my trial! He does look quite severe! Another one - done slightly differently - Scrooge looking more scrooge-like! Tony, Scrooge does look more Scroogish after you finished with him! Great job! Thanks Vicki. He was concentrating on the building of a woven casket kind of thing for a tree. A Native American tradition of some sort. Judy, I'm sorry but your photo isn't showing at all...Hiccup on the upload? Gave it another try... Original from Pixabay
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Tom, great job on his face and the background you added fits his expression perfectly! - Applied Topaz ReStyle (Play Time). - Applied the High Pass filter.
- Applied a gradient by Blake Rudis (Purple to Blue, Soft Light blending mode, 50% Opacity).
- Image from Pixabay. Nicely done, as always, Sepiana! The finished image is so much more dramatic! Another try. This time I used a tutorial I had saved in 2011. Original from Upsplash Interesting...the final product looks a lot like the Dragan Effect, only less saturated. Pete, care to share your source for the process you used? |
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Post by PeteB on Mar 7, 2023 2:48:03 GMT
Another try. This time I used a tutorial I had saved in 2011. Original from Upsplash Interesting...the final product looks a lot like the Dragan Effect, only less saturated. Pete, care to share your source for the process you used? Hi Vicki I used a video tutorial that is no longer available. It had over 20 steps ... but in my search for that video I came across this tutorial which has less than ten steps. Check it out www.photokiakotos.com/the-photographers-blog/dragan-effect BTW, there are two videos found here. One is an interview of scientist/photographer Dragan. The second is the tutorial |
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Post by Tpgettys on Mar 7, 2023 4:34:33 GMT
OK, for this one I am really stuck trying to choose from a host of compelling images using Impresso Pro by Jixipix. I include but one of them below.
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Post by kdcintx on Mar 7, 2023 5:14:46 GMT
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VickiD
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Post by VickiD on Mar 7, 2023 6:20:41 GMT
Hi Vicki I used a video tutorial that is no longer available. It had over 20 steps ... but in my search for that video I came across this tutorial which has less than ten steps. Check it out www.photokiakotos.com/the-photographers-blog/dragan-effect BTW, there are two videos found here. One is an interview of scientist/photographer Dragan. The second is the tutorial Pete, that's amazing. I had read a bio of his when I was researching the tutorial and realized that he's just brilliant! A scientist, a musician, a photographer, and a movie producer. He's so young to have accomplished so much! Anyway, thanks for sharing. I love that this one uses smart objects/filters because I frequently feel that I should have done things differently after progressing in a series of steps and this allows me to go back and tweak it. This is super interesting! |
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Post by VickiD on Mar 7, 2023 6:22:50 GMT
OK, for this one I am really stuck trying to choose from a host of compelling images using Impresso Pro by Jixipix. I include but one of them below. Tom, you keep torturing youself by making multiple versions. LOL I'm going to break one of my rules and tell you that I like the middle one best! Great job on both that you shared. |
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Post by VickiD on Mar 7, 2023 6:27:09 GMT
kdcintx , Excellent! I read somewhere (actually at Pete's link), that this style was for older men, and I know that a younger woman without wrinkles wouldn't appreciate it, but this one is excellent. I also like the fact that you didn't get very heavy-handed with the grunginess of the process. You showed restraint with this.
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