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Post by Tpgettys on May 25, 2016 22:41:43 GMT
I am in the throes of trying to come up with a new watercolor effect. Here is a result recently obtained; whadaya think? | Before | Afer | 
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Post by Major Major on May 25, 2016 22:47:47 GMT
Tom -
I think you nailed it in the image on the right!
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Post by cats4jan on May 25, 2016 23:14:11 GMT
I think it looks very realistic. Good job.
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Post by hmca on May 25, 2016 23:24:42 GMT
This looks terrific to me......worked beautifully on your flowers!
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Post by Sydney on May 26, 2016 0:33:33 GMT
Spot on - nice job!
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Post by Tpgettys on May 26, 2016 0:34:56 GMT
Thank you all for the supportive comments. Now I need to retrace my steps and see if it works with a different type of subject.
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Post by rapata on May 26, 2016 1:47:32 GMT
Please tell us how you did that, was it in Elements?
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2016 2:38:17 GMT
Looks really nice Tom, as Craig said "You nailed it"!
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Post by pete61 on May 26, 2016 14:46:41 GMT
Very well done, Tom. Just the right intensity of outlines combined with subtly muted colours.
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Post by Lillias on May 26, 2016 17:40:23 GMT
Looks great to me. Good work...
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Post by Tpgettys on May 26, 2016 22:31:09 GMT
Here are the steps I used:
1. Duplicate the background layer twice.
2. Turn the top layer into a line drawing:
a. Go to Blur | Smart Blur
b. Radius: 20 (bigger for more edges)
c. Threshold: 40 (bigger for fewer edges)
d. Quality: low
e. Mode: edge only
3. Invert the line drawing (ctrl-I) and change its blend mode to Soft Light.
4. Duplicate the line drawing layer and change its blend mode to Linear Burn.
5. Create a new Threshold adjustment layer, Threshold: 65
6. Select the background layer copy, 2nd from the bottom.
a. Select Dodge/Burn tool (keyboard shortcut ‘O’)
b. Pick a brush size not too small
c. Set the Exposure to 50%
d. Use the Dodge tool to lighten areas
e. Use the Burn tool to darken and deepen colors
If you venture a try let me know how it worked for you. BTW, my image was 300 px; the resolution may impact which Smart Blur settings work best.
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Post by kdcintx on May 27, 2016 16:47:11 GMT
Very nice, Tom. Thanks for providing the steps for your watercolor effect.
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Post by rapata on May 27, 2016 17:25:28 GMT
Thanks for sharing Tom, I will definitely try this technique
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Post by alexr on Jun 4, 2016 8:27:39 GMT
Tom Thanks for this, I gave it a go and am very pleased with the results: 
Arlington Cemetery watercolour by AlexR!, on Flickr A couple of points: I had a lot of gravestone edges so the duplicate line drawing layer (the linear burn one) came out very dark so I reduced its opacity to 50%. You didn't state a blend mode for the Threshold layer. After playing around I went with Linear Burn, but again it still came out very dark so I reduced this opacity to 20% which seemed to work nicely. |
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Post by Tpgettys on Jun 4, 2016 14:30:02 GMT
Thanks for trying it out; I really appreciate it! The dark edges really gives your image a "harsh reality" feel.
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