Creative Effects Challenge No. 33 - Quick Watercolour Effect
Aug 13, 2016 17:05:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2016 17:05:16 GMT
It's Saturday and time for a new CE Challenge. This time it is a very quick way to create a watercolour effect. I saw this on the back page of the Digital Photo magazine, and I must say, it is super quick!
I started with this photo, which I cropped slightly to get rid of some of the sky before applying the effect.
Step 1
Open your photo in Photoshop Elements and duplicate the Background Layer twice by pressing Ctrl+J. Now click on the top layer to activate it and go to Filter-Stylize-Find Edges. This will create some coloured outlines, but we need them to be monochrome, so hit Ctrl+Shift+U. You should now have a black and white sketch in front of you. Open the Levels box by pressing Ctrl+L and move the sliders under the Histogram to get more of a sketch effect. Play around a little until you have something that you are happy with. Click ok and then change the Blend Mode from Normal to Multiply.
Step 2
Now click on the middle Layer to active it and go to Filter-Blur-Gaussian Blur. Increase the Radius slider until the blur spills over the outlines of the sketch. Press Ctrl+U, which will bring up the Hue/Saturation palette and increase the Saturation to get some punchy colours and increase the Lightness a little. Again, play around until you are happy with the effect.
There, that's it - you are done.
I started with this photo, which I cropped slightly to get rid of some of the sky before applying the effect.
Step 1
Open your photo in Photoshop Elements and duplicate the Background Layer twice by pressing Ctrl+J. Now click on the top layer to activate it and go to Filter-Stylize-Find Edges. This will create some coloured outlines, but we need them to be monochrome, so hit Ctrl+Shift+U. You should now have a black and white sketch in front of you. Open the Levels box by pressing Ctrl+L and move the sliders under the Histogram to get more of a sketch effect. Play around a little until you have something that you are happy with. Click ok and then change the Blend Mode from Normal to Multiply.
Step 2
Now click on the middle Layer to active it and go to Filter-Blur-Gaussian Blur. Increase the Radius slider until the blur spills over the outlines of the sketch. Press Ctrl+U, which will bring up the Hue/Saturation palette and increase the Saturation to get some punchy colours and increase the Lightness a little. Again, play around until you are happy with the effect.
There, that's it - you are done.
