Creative Effects Challenge No. 223 Painterly/Hayes Island Effect
Mar 16, 2024 21:47:13 GMT
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Post by tonyw on Mar 16, 2024 21:47:13 GMT
I'm rather fond of painterly/sketchy type effects and the effect does seem to be quite commonly seen these days. Back in 2015 we did the Hayes Island Effect but I ran into this video by Davrodigital that updates his original Hayes Island effect using Photoshop Elements and I thought we could give it try.
The first 8 minutes are the ones I will concentrate on - the remaining 7 minutes add a vignette/frame and touch up some areas.
I would suggest downsizing your starter image if it's large (I went for around 1500 to 2000 pixels for the maximum side) as it makes it easier to work on and see the effect when viewing the actual pixels on your screen. I also won't suggest settings for the filters used as those depend on the image and its size. The video spends a lot of time tweaking settings. I must admit I didn't!
It also uses the Graphic Novel filter which is only available in Photoshop Elements. If you are using Photoshop then you are missing this rather nice filter but substitute any other filter or combination that gives a sketch effect (for example Find Edges and desaturate as used in the original Hayes Island Effect). The other filter used is Cutout which is in both PS versions.
Here are the basic steps:
1. Open the image and duplicate twice.
2. With the top layer selected apply the Graphic Novel Filter (Filter-Sketch-Graphic Novel) or another filter that produces a pencil sketch effect. Change the Blend Mode to Soft Light.
3. Select the lower image copy layer and apply the Cutout filter (Filter-Artistic-Cutout).
4. Add a hue/saturation adjustment layer and adjust to taste.
5. Optionally add a new layer and fill layer with 50% gray. Filter-Texture-Texturizer and pick a texture. Set the blend mode to Soft Light.
From then on you are on your own to make further adjustments, add a frame etc.
Here are the layers I finished up with along with an example of the result of applying the effect which can vary a lot depending on the starter image and the settings used. Have fun experimenting!
Tony
The first 8 minutes are the ones I will concentrate on - the remaining 7 minutes add a vignette/frame and touch up some areas.
I would suggest downsizing your starter image if it's large (I went for around 1500 to 2000 pixels for the maximum side) as it makes it easier to work on and see the effect when viewing the actual pixels on your screen. I also won't suggest settings for the filters used as those depend on the image and its size. The video spends a lot of time tweaking settings. I must admit I didn't!
It also uses the Graphic Novel filter which is only available in Photoshop Elements. If you are using Photoshop then you are missing this rather nice filter but substitute any other filter or combination that gives a sketch effect (for example Find Edges and desaturate as used in the original Hayes Island Effect). The other filter used is Cutout which is in both PS versions.
Here are the basic steps:
1. Open the image and duplicate twice.
2. With the top layer selected apply the Graphic Novel Filter (Filter-Sketch-Graphic Novel) or another filter that produces a pencil sketch effect. Change the Blend Mode to Soft Light.
3. Select the lower image copy layer and apply the Cutout filter (Filter-Artistic-Cutout).
4. Add a hue/saturation adjustment layer and adjust to taste.
5. Optionally add a new layer and fill layer with 50% gray. Filter-Texture-Texturizer and pick a texture. Set the blend mode to Soft Light.
From then on you are on your own to make further adjustments, add a frame etc.
Here are the layers I finished up with along with an example of the result of applying the effect which can vary a lot depending on the starter image and the settings used. Have fun experimenting!
Tony
