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Post by whippet on Aug 17, 2016 13:49:00 GMT
I have a picture which I want to put a leaded effect round the outlines. Years ago, I had a tutorial for doing stained glass. Now, I want to put grey round the edges of petals. But, of course I haven't got a clue. I am using Elements 11. The small picture is what I want to do.   |
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Post by Lillias on Aug 17, 2016 15:26:54 GMT
Hi whippet Someone else may know a better way of doing this using the full PS but this is what I'd do using PSE. Make a selection of each petal. Then contract the selection - Select > Modify > Contract and I chose 3 pixels. Ctrl+J to copy to new layer. On the new layer Ctrl + click to activate the layer and selection and then go to Edit > Stroke (outline) Selection and for this particular flower I chose 20 pixels and a darkish gray and applied the stroke to the Inside. Then while the Stroke was still selected I gave it an Inner Bevel. You will have to play around with the settings to get what is right for you. pic used is from pixabay...  |
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Post by whippet on Aug 17, 2016 16:23:26 GMT
Thank you very much. Even I should be able to follow those instructions.  Forgot to mention - photo taken with my FujiFilm camera. |
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Post by Sepiana on Aug 17, 2016 16:29:57 GMT
whippet,
I would suggest applying the stroke on its own layer. This means creating a stroke layer for each petal layer.
1. Ctrl-click (Cmmd-click on Mac) on the petal layer thumbnail (not on the layer name). This will load it as a selection. You will see marching ants around it. 2. Create a new layer. 3. Apply the stroke on this layer.
The advantage of having the stroke on its own layer is that it gives you more flexibility in editing. You can change its color, width; apply a bevel, texture, etc. |
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Post by fotofrank on Aug 17, 2016 17:40:36 GMT
I took a different approach. Duplicated and blurred the image a couple of pixels Duplicated that layer On the top layer - Used the find edge filter Used an Levels adjustment to make a just white and black Deleted the white applied a bevel and emboss  |
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Post by Lillias on Aug 17, 2016 17:54:34 GMT
I would suggest applying the stroke on its own layer. This means creating a stroke layer for each petal layer.
1. Ctrl-click (Cmmd-click on Mac) on the petal layer thumbnail (not on the layer name). This will load it as a selection. You will see marching ants around it. 2. Create a new layer. 3. Apply the stroke on this layer.
The advantage of having the stroke on its own layer is that it gives you more flexibility in editing. You can change its color, width; apply a bevel, texture, etc. Yes that's a better way of doing it Sepiana and the end result looks better too. Thanks... |
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Post by whippet on Aug 19, 2016 14:08:05 GMT
Thank you for your help. When I last did this - in the dark ages - I seem to recall now, that I had pictures like those in colouring books. I remember having the marching ants going round all of the lines, and somehow getting them to change to grey, and a bit wider. Then I added the colours. Haven't a clue how I did it now.  |
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Post by Lillias on Aug 19, 2016 15:28:01 GMT
That's really nice whippet. I can envisage it hanging on someones window and the light shining through...
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Post by Sepiana on Aug 19, 2016 18:07:43 GMT
Thank you for your help. When I last did this - in the dark ages - I seem to recall now, that I had pictures like those in colouring books. I remember having the marching ants going round all of the lines, and somehow getting them to change to grey, and a bit wider. Then I added the colours. Haven't a clue how I did it now.
whippet, you nailed it. Beautiful effect!
There is such a tutorial (which starts with the kind of pictures you are talking about). It is included in a book series by David Asch. I believe this tutorial (or variations of it) can be found in different editions of his book.
How to cheat in Photoshop Elements 12: Release your imagination
A long time ago I did a couple of these stained glass projects. I remember using the Pencil tool to trace the lines, set to a shade of gray and different widths (pixels). You can also do what BillieJean suggested (selection/stroke). However, the key variable in either one of these techniques is . . . to do it on a separate layer. You want to have as much editing flexibility as possible in such a project. If you place the traced line (Pencil) or the stroke on its own layer, you can easily edit the layer in question without affecting the other layers.
EDIT: I completely forgot I had bookmarked this tutorial. You may want to check it out. It is written for Photoshop but it can be done in Elements.
Make your own stained glass!
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Post by Tpgettys on Aug 19, 2016 18:49:15 GMT
When I last did this - in the dark ages - I seem to recall now, that I had pictures like those in colouring books. I remember having the marching ants going round all of the lines, and somehow getting them to change to grey, and a bit wider. Then I added the colours. Haven't a clue how I did it now. That sounds very promising whippet ! Here is one piece of the puzzle; some line art such as you describe can be found here: Stained Glass TemplatesColoring BookEDIT: Ok, what a wonderful rabbit hole this is taking me down! I am finding some stained glass design sites that are quite interesting; one such is stained-glass-patterns.org |
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Post by Tpgettys on Aug 19, 2016 20:43:15 GMT
I am not happy with the texture, not at all glass-like. Maybe someone can suggest how to achieve that, but here is my first effort:  |
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Post by Sepiana on Aug 19, 2016 21:56:22 GMT
I am not happy with the texture, not at all glass-like. Maybe someone can suggest how to achieve that, . . .
The glass-like effect can be easily created with a texture and the appropriate layer blending mode. Most of the time I use the Multiply blending mode at different opacities.
Here are examples of two stained glass textures I created a long time ago. The color texture allows for editing flexibility. I can use a H/S saturation layer to make the changes needed for the texture to better match the colors in my project.
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Post by Tpgettys on Aug 20, 2016 2:16:40 GMT
Nice glass Sepiana, but I guess I am not understanding how you did it. I have made some progress however. Here is my 2nd effort:  |
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Post by Sepiana on Aug 20, 2016 3:24:53 GMT
Nice glass Sepiana, but I guess I am not understanding how you did it.
As I said in my previous post, I created those textures. I can't find the tutorial I used. I will see if I can recreate the steps I followed.
Once you have created the texture, you just use it as you would any other texture. Copy/paste it onto your stained-glass file and change the blending mode. (Multiply works pretty well.) If necessary, reduce the Opacity.
You may also want to check the texture resources listed in this thread. I believe you will find some glass-like textures which can be used for a stained-glass effect.
www.photoshopelementsandmore.com/thread/2066/textures
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Post by Sepiana on Aug 20, 2016 3:46:42 GMT
Here are two examples of how I used my stained glass textures. I followed the tutorial by David Asch in his How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements . . . book and then applied my textures. If I remember it correctly, this tutorial was in one of the earlier editions of his book (Elements 6?).
 
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