Gus Hallgren
05-10-2011, 03:45 PM
Hi Folks;
Gina & her sister visited Kenya, Africa in 2004, and with her Olympus C770 UZ 10x digicam came home with about 50 good photos that are still getting regular hits on Webshots, about 40,000 + so far. I cropped the head off one of her Cheeta's, opened it in CS5, enlarged it, pressed Ctrl+J for a duplicate layer, clicked Filters>Pixel Bender>Oil Painting and used what I think are the most natural settings for furry animals & feathered birds Stylization, 7.862, Cleanliness 7.005, Colorization 1.06, Brushscale 1.387, brushcontrast 1, >OK Then I clicked Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur> 11 Px. Then I clicked Layer Mask Icon at bottom of Layer window. Pressed "D" for default color picker Black FG White BG (To reverse press "X").
Using paint brush & black I painted over Cheeta to reveal it on a plain beige BG. If I painted over Cheeta, I changed to White to replace the untidiness. Wasn't too pleased with the plain BG, so I took it into free fotosketcher and gave it a painterly BG.
Comments welcome & always very much appreciated
Warm hugs
Gus
Gina & her sister visited Kenya, Africa in 2004, and with her Olympus C770 UZ 10x digicam came home with about 50 good photos that are still getting regular hits on Webshots, about 40,000 + so far. I cropped the head off one of her Cheeta's, opened it in CS5, enlarged it, pressed Ctrl+J for a duplicate layer, clicked Filters>Pixel Bender>Oil Painting and used what I think are the most natural settings for furry animals & feathered birds Stylization, 7.862, Cleanliness 7.005, Colorization 1.06, Brushscale 1.387, brushcontrast 1, >OK Then I clicked Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur> 11 Px. Then I clicked Layer Mask Icon at bottom of Layer window. Pressed "D" for default color picker Black FG White BG (To reverse press "X").
Using paint brush & black I painted over Cheeta to reveal it on a plain beige BG. If I painted over Cheeta, I changed to White to replace the untidiness. Wasn't too pleased with the plain BG, so I took it into free fotosketcher and gave it a painterly BG.
Comments welcome & always very much appreciated
Warm hugs
Gus