rapata
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Post by rapata on Apr 26, 2016 17:25:23 GMT
After many months of inactivity I finally have some time to play around in the digital darkroom. I am trying to convert a lovely picture of my friends home into a part photo - part sketch image to give to her when she visits this weekend. I have been following a tutorial for the conversion and am happy with the results except for the left part of the picture. In the original there are trees which are almost silhouetted and when converting into the sketch they come out too dark. I have tried all sorts of adjustment layers to lighten them up but just can't seem to get it right. Is there a way to lighten up just the trees? Here is the original and my sketch attempt   |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2016 17:41:16 GMT
Hi Pauline,
I see that you have LR3, I use LR5, so not sure if it would be the same, but I would use the brush adjustment in LR to Dodge (Lighten) the trees before then moving the photo on to convert to your final look. I always found that works for me.
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Post by Tpgettys on Apr 26, 2016 18:18:05 GMT
Also, it looks like the tree is so dark that a selection using the magic wand tool should be pretty easy. By doing that you won't have to worry about the dodge tool affecting the sky.
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Post by shaun on Apr 26, 2016 19:44:39 GMT
How about using a fresh hold adjustment layer. Use that layer to make a selection of just the trees, press control j with that selection in place which puts trees on own layer. Then lighten them how you wish. I like the look of your tutorial that you followed can you post a link. Hope you can follow my idea, there are others better able to help on here.
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Post by rapata on Apr 26, 2016 20:02:40 GMT
Thank you Simone, Tom and Shaun.... three different approaches, all of which do the job.... I am learning that there are many ways to achieve a desired result using different tools. I will try them all and see which I like best. Shaun, the tutorial I followed is " Make a Part Photo Part Sketch Picture in Photoshop" by MagicalFruitTuts MagicalFruitTuts www.youtube.com/watch?v=NISZibkL20gI followed all the steps, including the added texture but may change a few things in my final version. A word of warning, they are addictive so don't attempt unless you have lots of free time! |
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Post by Sepiana on Apr 26, 2016 20:19:43 GMT
Pauline,
I am following on Simone's steps and suggesting Dodging but in Elements. I am not sure I would make a selection of the trees first. It is not going to be an easy job for the Magic Wand tool (varied color hues). Also, making a selection may introduce another problem (halos, fringes, etc.). Unless you are willing to spend extra time fine-tuning your selection edges, I would stick with Dodging. However, instead of using the Dodge tool, you could try this alternative.
1. Go to Layer>New>Layer.
2. In the dialog box that pops up, change the Mode to "Overlay" and turn on "Fill with Overlay-Neutral Color (50% Gray)".
NOTE: The "Fill with . . ." option won't be available until you change the Mode to "Overlay".
3. Activate the Brush tool (B). Select a soft brush and set the Opacity to 30%. Set the foreground color to white.
NOTE: The advantage of using a lower Opacity is that it will allow you to build up the dodging effect. You can paint by using multiple strokes over the same area. Or, if the resulting effect is too strong, you can tone it down by further reducing the Opacity.
Because you will be doing the dodging on a separate layer, you will have more editing flexibility. You can also adjust the layer's Opacity if the results are still too strong. And, if you don't like the results at all? Just delete this layer and start over.
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