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Post by Tpgettys on May 21, 2016 5:27:49 GMT
It's Saturday and time for a new Creative Effects Challenge!This one shows you how to Create a Lensbaby Effect in 6 easy steps. As you will see, Lensbaby refers to a set of lenses you can buy to attach to your SLR or DSLR camera. They are manual focus and designed especially to produce random and creative effects, where the image has a strong center of focus with a softer, sometimes distorted outer edge. This tutorial reminds me of the Lomo Effect we did almost a year ago; I hope you enjoy this one just as well! Here we have an example of the technique applied to Dave, the conductor, resulting in an image that is much more dynamic and engaging than the original (click for larger view)  I am really looking forward to seeing your creations using this very cool technique! |
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Post by tourerjim on May 21, 2016 7:23:49 GMT
Nice find, I've experiment with this idea in the past but never seem to find the right image, after reading your link has given me an idea of image to use.  |
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Post by Moto on May 21, 2016 9:30:54 GMT
 Man from Pixabay Colors: Copy, invert, hue blending mode.  |
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Post by Lillias on May 21, 2016 12:18:35 GMT
Pic from morguefile. Finding the right image is difficult...  |
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Post by tourerjim on May 21, 2016 15:18:34 GMT
Sorry couldn't resist, hope it's allowed to have more than one.! I'm addicted to this & have done a few images & wanted to show this one.  |
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Post by Tpgettys on May 21, 2016 15:24:31 GMT
tourerjim , yes! You are certainly welcome to post more than one of your creations. There is a real sense of motion in your train image, and it looks like you erased the effect over the train tracks, which adds an interesting dimension to this effect.
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Post by Tpgettys on May 21, 2016 15:30:45 GMT
Moto , nicely done! Your image subject has a strong 3D look to it. Lillias , you certainly picked a very nice image! It looks like you used the spin instead of the zoom blur method with the radial blur, what that intentional?
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Post by hmca on May 21, 2016 15:43:46 GMT
Moto.....I really like how yours came out!
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Post by tourerjim on May 21, 2016 15:58:07 GMT
tourerjim , yes! You are certainly welcome to post more than one of your creations. There is a real sense of motion in your train image, and it looks like you erased the effect over the train tracks, which adds an interesting dimension to this effect. Had a feeling someone would notice  found using the marquee tool the results were not as good as using 300 soft edge brush. |
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Post by Lillias on May 21, 2016 16:40:55 GMT
BillieJean , you certainly picked a very nice image! It looks like you used the spin instead of the zoom blur method with the radial blur, what that intentional? No it wasn't intentional. I meant to upload one done exactly as per the tutorial but I had also been doing a bit of experimenting and must have got mixed up by the time it came to upload the finished result...lol One thing I've found out – when saved as a psd file your Layers may be preserved but your History sure isn't…unless anybody knows of a way of doing it that I don't!!! |
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Post by hmca on May 21, 2016 16:56:49 GMT
Thanks Tom.....I got a bit confused with the tut but here's my attempt.....perhaps I'll get around to trying another one...  |
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Post by Lillias on May 21, 2016 16:57:14 GMT
This pic is from imagebase. Got the right Zoom this time...  |
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Post by Tpgettys on May 21, 2016 17:42:08 GMT
Nice one Lillias! It reminds me of a dream sequence from a movie. |
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Post by Tpgettys on May 21, 2016 17:45:16 GMT
hmca, I got confused by it too. The first time I missed the second radial blur, which I think is what is the most unique aspect of this effect.
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Post by ritage on May 21, 2016 19:06:06 GMT
Tom, I'm so glad you brought this back. It is such an effective way to enhance an image and I had almost forgotten about it. These all turned out great. I added an extra Radial Blur layer below the other two with only the selected front rider protected to avoid showing part of the spectators in the clear. Image from Pixabay  |
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found using the marquee tool the results were not as good as using 300 soft edge brush. 
