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Post by hmca on Nov 13, 2024 1:59:06 GMT
Great job with the meditating guy from last week! These horses caught my attention.....interested to see your plans for them.  Image by Susann Mielke from Pixabay |
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Post by Lillias on Nov 13, 2024 15:57:31 GMT
Nice image. Thought I might try to give it an old painterly look! Brought in an image from Pexels, resized it, placed it, and then masked it to show only the parts that I wanted. I applied a slight blur to that. I also applied a photo filter adjustment layer to unify the colours somewhat. I applied a fotoglow effect by Anna Aspnes Designs and placed it under the horse on the right. I used two different texture overlay effects both from Shadowhouse Creations. The first one is from the Oil Painting Texture Set blended using the overlay blend mode and masked some of that off from the centre of the image. The second texture is from the Raised Effect Textures. Again used the overlay blend mode this time at 50% opacity. I had to duplicate that one to get the look I wanted. It’s a face off to see who is going to be the new lead Stallion of the pack of wild horses.  |
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Post by hmca on Nov 13, 2024 16:46:57 GMT
Beautiful work, Lillias. The background horses look like they were part of the original image and are proportionately sized......something I always struggle with. Your added textures were well chosen for this old painterly look.
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Post by Lillias on Nov 13, 2024 17:43:56 GMT
Thank you Helen. I really enjoyed putting this composition together. Glad you like it.
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Post by hmca on Nov 14, 2024 3:04:36 GMT
I selected the horses and wanted to create a metal etching look. I started by using a black and white adjustment layer with maximum white, and then added a bronze solid color adjustment layer to get a coppery look. I placed Fly Paper Ovid Banished texture layer beneath the horses and merged the layers. I then used a pastel smudge filter in Topaz Impression to better blend the horses with the background texture. In photoshop I duplicated the Impression image and added a bas relief filter using multiply blend mode.  |
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Post by Lillias on Nov 14, 2024 10:34:54 GMT
I like the metal etching look. I can imagine this framed and on the wall. It reminds me of a metal wall hanging my parents used to have years ago. The subject matter was different but the look was very much like this.
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Post by Jim on Nov 14, 2024 11:20:45 GMT
"Bookends" Resized and C&P the horses onto the bookcase (by Deeezy) and then the books (by Pixabay) onto those. Masked and cloned a bit to remove original backgrounds. Added poster edges filter to entire image.
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Post by fotofrank on Nov 14, 2024 14:33:45 GMT
Created in Topaz Studio finished in NIK analog effects  |
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Post by hmca on Nov 14, 2024 15:41:04 GMT
Such a creative edit, Jim ! Love the overall look. Interesting combination of filters, fotofrank . Has an impasto look. |
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Post by Sepiana on Nov 14, 2024 17:08:45 GMT
- Applied my own texture (Swirl Wood, Multiply blending mode, 100% Opacity). - Applied Topaz Adjust AI (Blue Matte Film).  |
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Post by hmca on Nov 14, 2024 21:44:48 GMT
Sepiana, the swirl texture was a good choice to enhance the sense of movement inherent in the starter image.
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Post by tonyw on Nov 14, 2024 22:36:39 GMT
Haven't OOBed in a while and it didn't quite come out as planned but I needed the practice!  Tony |
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Post by hmca on Nov 14, 2024 23:59:15 GMT
Looks good to me, tonyw! I had looked for a OOB tut for the current CE Challenge and couldn't find one. I probably need to look again. |
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Post by hmca on Nov 15, 2024 0:05:14 GMT
I tried another one today as well. Created the texture for the "tapestry" using a picture of a rug. Background was from StockSolo. I used a clipping mask to add my edit to the wall hanging in the picture I chose. Used both solid color adjustment layers and hue saturation adjustments to change the colors of the couch and lamp in the background picture.  |
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Post by tonyw on Nov 15, 2024 0:20:45 GMT
Looks good to me, tonyw ! I had looked for a OOB tut for the current CE Challenge and couldn't find one. I probably need to look again. Try #93 . I only found it after I’d finished and was surprised to see who submitted it  . Not sure I did it the same way but I’ll claim it as a twofer  Tony |
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. Not sure I did it the same way but I’ll claim it as a twofer 