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Post by tonyw on Sept 3, 2022 21:26:49 GMT
The Fresco filter in the Filter Gallery under Artistic supposedly simulates the warm, saturated effect of a wet-plaster painting method best known from examples in the ruins of Pompeii and the murals of the Italian Renaissance. How true this is I can't say but it is a rarely used filter that works well with bright colours and high contrast images but I think will usually need some extra tweaking/adjustments. So I thought for this challenge we'd see what you can come up with - the only requirement being that you use the Fresco filter at some stage in your creation. A couple of suggestions - like many other filters the effect of the settings is dependent on the pixel dimensions of the image you start with. I've generally found starting with an image between 2000 and 3000 pixels on the longest side works best. Also if the filter is greyed out it's likely because your image is 16 bit (for example from a raw file). Convert to 8 bit to use the filters. Here are a couple of examples. This first was done in the Filter Gallery by applying the Fresco Filter followed by the Craquelture filter and then pressing OK. The settings I used are shown in the layer screenshot below along with the before and after images:    In the second example I duplicated the original twice, applied the Photocopy filter to one copy and and the Fresco Filter to the other setting the blend mode to multiply.    Looking forward to seeing your creations using the Fresco filter. Tony |
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Post by hmca on Sept 3, 2022 23:37:20 GMT
This isn't the first time you've introduced me to a filter I never used before, Tony. Your suggestion about bright colors and high contrast along with image size were very helpful. After the fresco filter I added three layers of the texturizer filter. At the end, I selected the sky and added a solid color adjustment layer. Framed with Marcia's frame action.   |
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Post by Sepiana on Sept 4, 2022 4:51:33 GMT
- Applied the High Pass filter. - Applied the Fresco filter. - Applied a Gradient Map (Gradient by Leo Simon -- Mystic). - Applied an Impasto Varnish texture by John Derry (Overlay blending mode, 25% Opacity). - Image from Pixabay.   |
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Post by Lillias on Sept 4, 2022 12:35:37 GMT
Thanks for this challenge Tony. I applied the Fresco Filter twice then I applied the Dry Brush Filter followed by the Paint Daubs Filter. BG from Pixabay, Sunflower image from pngegg.  Original  |
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Post by Sepiana on Sept 4, 2022 15:56:54 GMT
- Applied the Poster Edges filter. - Applied the Fresco filter (50% Opacity). - Applied a Color Lookup adjustment layer (LUT by Nicolesy -- Chroma Pistachio). - Applied the Texturizer filter (Stucco). - Image from Pixabay.   |
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Post by tonyw on Sept 4, 2022 16:29:01 GMT
Great results everyone. Was impressed by BillieJean applying it twice! Sepiana's combination of Poster Edges and Fresco is a good one giving a nice painterly effect to the colourful buildings. Helen's texturized Fresco works well with the spires to produce a matte like finish.
Tony
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Post by Sepiana on Sept 4, 2022 16:39:21 GMT
Sepiana's combination of Poster Edges and Fresco is a good one giving a nice painterly effect to the colourful buildings. Tony, thanks for the comment! I got the idea for combining these two filters from this book by Susannah Hall -- Best Photoshop Filters. It has a chapter about combining filters, using a variety of settings, opacities, blending modes, etc. |
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Post by fotofrank on Sept 4, 2022 18:59:37 GMT
Thanks for this Tony. My Take on this - followed the instructions.  |
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Post by hmca on Sept 4, 2022 19:57:58 GMT
I used a craqueline texture along with the fresco filter. At the end I decided to add the image to a wall at an art gallery. Main image is mine art gallery image is from StockSolo.    |
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Post by Lillias on Sept 5, 2022 15:31:50 GMT
Image from Pexels. Applied the High Pass Filter and then the Fresco Filter at 79%. Selected the subject and inverted the selection to blur the background and applied an HSL adjustment layer to adjust the background colour. Also applied a levels adjustment layer.  Original  |
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Post by hmca on Sept 5, 2022 15:37:30 GMT
I really like the way this one came out. It would make a nice bookmark, Lillias.
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Post by Sepiana on Sept 5, 2022 15:55:30 GMT
- Applied the Ink Outlines filter. - Applied the Fresco filter (Lighten blending mode, 100% Opacity). - Created the background with a Creative texture by Tamara Lackey. - Created the final effect with a mask by FrenchKiss (Artistique Edge). - Image from Pixabay.   |
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Post by Sepiana on Sept 6, 2022 15:07:07 GMT
- Applied the Stamp filter (50% Opacity). - Applied the Fresco filter (50% Opacity). - Applied Topaz ReStyle (Warm and Earthy). - Applied a gradient map (Gradient by Blake Rudis -- Warming) - Applied an Impressionist Painterly texture by Flypaper (Streeton, Multiply blending mode, 100% Opacity). - Frame done with a layer style by Jodi Frye. - Image from Pixabay.   |
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Post by hmca on Sept 7, 2022 0:41:10 GMT
The mirror behind the flowers in this image looked similar to the effect that the fresco filter gives so decided it might be a good candidate. I ran it twice....the first time with the default sliders the second time I reduced it a bit. I then took it into CE 4 where I used the pro contrast, high key and glamour glow filters. I also added a border.   |
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Post by Sepiana on Sept 7, 2022 7:01:23 GMT
- Applied the Find Edges filter (Multiply blending mode, 100% Opacity). - Applied the Fresco filter (Color Dodge blending mode, 100% Opacity). - Applied the Craquelure filter (100% Opacity). - Applied a Color Lookup adjustment layer (LUT by fotofrank -- Stonewashed). - Applied a texture from CoffeeShop (Artistic Canvas, Multiply blending mode, 50% Opacity). - Created the background with a Canvas texture by Jai Johnson (Lavender Kiss). - Created the border with Filter Forge (Picture Fade Border Effects). - Image from Pixabay.   |
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