Gus Hallgren
05-09-2011, 02:27 PM
Hi Folks;
Photographed this Black-chinned Hummingbird at Madera Kubo B&B, Madera Canyon, AZ this week end.
First I opened it in CS5, first thing I do with every photo I open is to press Ctrl+J so I have opacity & Layer mask available. Then I opened Filter>Pixel Bender>Oil Painting and used Helen Bradley's default settings with small adjustments. Clicked OK and when displayed I clicked Layer Mask icon, (square with hole in middle), then pressed "D" for default color picker, black over white, Press "X" to reverse colors. I selected Black and painted over BG to reveal original. Saved it and opened in free FotoSketch to change BG. Minor PP with CS5
BTW: Under Filter>Render>Lightening was only available with 32 bit CS5, last update it was added to 64 bit.
CC's Welcome & always very much appreciated
Warm hugs
Gus
Photographed this Black-chinned Hummingbird at Madera Kubo B&B, Madera Canyon, AZ this week end.
First I opened it in CS5, first thing I do with every photo I open is to press Ctrl+J so I have opacity & Layer mask available. Then I opened Filter>Pixel Bender>Oil Painting and used Helen Bradley's default settings with small adjustments. Clicked OK and when displayed I clicked Layer Mask icon, (square with hole in middle), then pressed "D" for default color picker, black over white, Press "X" to reverse colors. I selected Black and painted over BG to reveal original. Saved it and opened in free FotoSketch to change BG. Minor PP with CS5
BTW: Under Filter>Render>Lightening was only available with 32 bit CS5, last update it was added to 64 bit.
CC's Welcome & always very much appreciated
Warm hugs
Gus