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Post by Lillias on Aug 14, 2022 18:31:32 GMT
With her permission I followed a tutorial that a lady provided in a FB group I'm in. It is her interpretation of a tutorial she saw years ago on the Inkbrush Effect. If anyone is interested I can provide the instructions and you can try it yourself. Image from Pexels.
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Post by hmca on Aug 14, 2022 20:38:36 GMT
Like this very much, Lillias. When I finish my current project, which I needed to walk away from for awhile, I would like to try it......unless it's too complicated.
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Post by VickiD on Aug 14, 2022 20:44:02 GMT
It's beautiful, Lillias! I'd love the instructions...for when I'm able to get around to it. Love the result!
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Post by Lillias on Aug 14, 2022 21:25:46 GMT
Thank you ladies. I hope to get the instructions up tomorrow or the next day. So long as you take a step at a time you should be fine. Just a heads up...you need a version of PSE that allows you to create a Group in the layers panel. I believe that means from version PSE 15 upwards.
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Post by Sepiana on Aug 14, 2022 21:41:03 GMT
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Post by Lillias on Aug 15, 2022 18:38:18 GMT
Inkbrush Effect.As I said I obtained the tutorial for this technique from a fellow member of a FB group I am on. It is her interpretation of a video tutorial she saw a long time ago by one James Artaius. The tutorial is for PSE but she said she thinks it could also be done using PS. Items required: An image and some ink textures. Here are two free ones to get you started but you are not limited to using just two. You could use as many as you like. My Note: You can actually make your own textures using brushes for this. Ink Smudge No 1 by Loadus - DeviantArt
To start: 1. Open your image and the ink textures, 2. Duplicate the image layer by using keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+J for Windows or Cmd+J for a Mac. 3. Hide the Background layer and rename the duplicate layer to match your image. In this case I named it ‘Lady’. 4. Create a new layer and fill it with white. Then drag it between the Background layer and the image layer and name it White Background. 5. Make your image layer active by clicking on the layer.
6. Go to Filter Gallery>Artistic>Dry Brush (You can also try using Rough Pastel but it has more of a subtle effect). The dry brush is more effective. I used the settings - Brush Size 10, Brush Detail 0 and Texture 3. But feel free to experiment with these sliders and click OK when you are happy with the results.
NOTE For this next section it is important to do the steps in the sequence given...as I found out...
7. Select All Ctrl+A/Cmd+A and Copy using Ctrl+C/Cmd+C 8. Click on Create a New Group icon and add a layer mask. 9. Hold Alt on Windows or Option on a Mac and click on the layer mask (when you do that your Page will turn white)
10. Select Ctrl+V or Cmd+V to paste your image in the mask.
You will notice that the Blend Mode at the top of the layers panel shows ‘Pass Through’. A blend mode not normally available in PSE. This is why a Group was created.
11. Make sure you are still on the Mask - Go to Enhance>Adjust Lighting>Levels and adjust to taste and click OK. 12. Still on the Mask - Invert by Ctrl+I or Cmd+I and the image now looks like a negative.
13. Now hide the Image layer in this case called ‘Lady’ by clicking on the little eye icon beside the image in the layers panel and everything turns white.
And this is where all the magic happens.
14. Choose the first of the Ink Textures - Select All, Copy, then go back to your Image and making sure the Group Layer is the active layer Edit>Paste and the paste layer will go below and form part of the Group. (If you are having difficulty pasting - with the Group layer selected just drag the Ink Texture onto your page and it will appear just as if it had been pasted.
15. Using Free Transform you can resize the Ink Texture, move it around to how you like it and click to commit.
16. This is where the Pass Through blend mode comes into play - Change to Multiply. 17. Make sure the Group Mask is active and repeat by using another Ink Texture following the same steps just done. Each added Ink Texture will come into a layer of its own and can be manipulated on its own. Remember to change each Ink Texture layer to Multiply blend mode.
Using the Multiply blend mode helps with the blending. Over laps of the Ink Textures make it darker and none over laps light. There is no right or wrong to this. Just do everything to taste.
I duplicated the two Ink Textures in this example, rotated them, and resized them till I was happy with the look and that is in effect the tutorial.
However there is lots of things you can do to continue work on this...For example you can continue adding as many Texture layers as you like. In my original post at the top of this thread I ended up with ten different Texture layers two of whom were splatter brushes top left and bottom right. I also added a shadow frame and just above the White Background layer I added a colour gradient layer. I also duplicated the image layer and dragged it to the top of the layers stack and used the Colour blend mode to colour the image.
If you have the imagination who knows what beautiful work of art you could end up with.
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Post by hmca on Aug 15, 2022 21:10:16 GMT
Thank you for sharing this step-by-step tut with the accompanying screenshots, Lillias. I look forward to giving it a try in the next couple of days.
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Post by jackscrap on Aug 15, 2022 21:15:39 GMT
Definitely trying this out, appreciate the detailed instructions, thank you Lillias.
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Post by VickiD on Aug 16, 2022 0:44:57 GMT
Lillias, the instructions were great! Followed them step by step. Lesson learned, though...be sure I size my images before starting this project again! I also need to learn to finesse the elements a tad...but that will come with practice, I'm sure. Thanks so much!!!
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Post by hmca on Aug 16, 2022 2:55:43 GMT
What a sweet portrait you created, Vicki. Guessing that's your granddaughter?
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Post by Lillias on Aug 16, 2022 10:18:36 GMT
Lillias, the instructions were great! Followed them step by step. Lesson learned, though...be sure I size my images before starting this project again! I also need to learn to finesse the elements a tad...but that will come with practice, I'm sure. Thanks so much!!! VickiD Thank you so much for trying the tutorial and for the feedback on the instructions. I’m always a bit apprehensive when I present a tutorial in case I have missed out a vital piece of information and have people chasing around trying to get it to work. Nice result and such a sweet image. If having gone through all the steps you feel that your image is too big or could do with moving over a bit on your page, remember, if you select all the relevant layers you can use the transform tool and resize and move it that way. Trial, error and practice...that’s how I learn.
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Post by hmca on Aug 16, 2022 23:36:37 GMT
I agree with Vicki. Your directions were very easy to follow, Lillias. As I rarely take portraits I decided to try it on this little house that I took the other night in Ocean Grove.
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Post by VickiD on Aug 17, 2022 1:31:24 GMT
I agree with Vicki. Your directions were very easy to follow, Lillias. As I rarely take portraits I decided to try it on this little house that I took the other night in Ocean Grove. Helen...this is lovely! Not sure I've seen that house, but I'm sure it looks totally different in real life! Great job!
And, yes, that's an old photo of my granddaughter, who's starting college at University of Vermont in 2 weeks!
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Post by hmca on Aug 17, 2022 2:31:43 GMT
VickiD.......here's the house...it was a quick phone snap
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Post by Lillias on Aug 17, 2022 8:11:39 GMT
As I rarely take portraits I decided to try it on this little house that I took the other night in Ocean Grove. Beautifully done Helen. So cute looking. Could almost be a little dolls house.
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