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Post by hmca on Dec 14, 2016 0:59:13 GMT
This week's tutorial is from planet37 on Deviant Art. I have always liked that soft dreamy look but was never sure how to achieve the effect. I thought this tutorial was simple and effective. I created my images using pictures downloaded from pixabay using PE 11. Before:  After:  Before:  After:  View of Layers in PE 11:  I used a bokeh background that I had in my files. If you don't have any and would like to add one you can search Free Bokeh Backgrounds to download. Some can be found here: I hope you have fun trying out this effect. As always finding the right image is key. |
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Post by ritage on Dec 14, 2016 20:37:29 GMT
Thanks, Helen. A very unusual and interesting sequence of steps. Image from Pixabay.
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Post by kdcintx on Dec 14, 2016 23:09:45 GMT
Helen - Your applications of this effect are very nice. I gave it a try on a black and white image. My niece, my dog, and I were playing in a river several years ago.  image hosting |
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Post by Tpgettys on Dec 15, 2016 1:10:20 GMT
We're having a bit of a cold snap right now.  |
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Post by hmca on Dec 15, 2016 3:13:41 GMT
kdcintx......it appears that the color fill layers have basically toned your image and the dreamy effect was lost. I never thought about adding this effect to a black and white image. I tend to doubt that it would produce the effect we're after here......at least using this tut.
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Post by Sydney on Dec 15, 2016 8:29:37 GMT
Nice tut Helen - thanks very much for putting out there for us. In the first image I followed the tut to the letter.  In the second image for the lens flare layer I applied a pin light blending mode rather than a screen.  original image:  |
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Post by Lillias on Dec 15, 2016 12:49:44 GMT
Thank you Helen for this challenge. I am really enjoying finding out all the different ways you can adapt this and the effects that you can achieve. Instead of using a Bokeh effect as per the tutorial I added a watercolour texture from Brusheezy. Photo from morguefile. Before  After  |
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Post by kdcintx on Dec 15, 2016 18:01:45 GMT
Here's another one using a color photo.  |
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Post by hmca on Dec 16, 2016 1:02:18 GMT
Lillias, I'm glad you are finding variations for this tut. kdcintx....I'm glad you found a color photo to try this on.....it gives you more of a dreamy look.
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