Theme: Frog Blur and FYI
Kind of throwing an extra post up here that may give some a few ideas.
I know a couple have mentioned being at a loss for blurs. It's new to
me to. I try to visualize what I want, then execute it....but often end up
playing and then I discover what I should have visualized in the first place.
And I have not yet tried the in-cam blurs....have seen some great ones by Frans Lanting
Here is a frog blur....details below.
Thanks for looking in and c/c
Last edited by Dave Phillips; 07-06-2009 at 04:06 PM.
Here (sort of) is the workflow for above image, I forget
some of the steps in my old age. This week is first time
to try this blurr stuff!
Started with this image as 1600 x 1200....just a little juvie frog.
Used Dave Seeram's illustration action and some texturing
Made a very very loose selection of the frog, inverted, strong motion
blur and refined blended the edges by painting on a layer mask around
around frog and tree. Added a green/yellow gradient.
Frosted Glass distortion to break the smoothness.
I thought I was finished, then came the zoom blur around an eye selection, normal
blend mode at about 75%. Saturation boost. During the process, there
are several different opacity changes etc.....just tweaks to personal taste.
Flatten it all and save whatever sizes one wants.
Hope this gives some ideas......if not, just don't sleep for 3 days.
The blurs will come naturally!!
Last edited by Dave Phillips; 07-06-2009 at 04:09 PM.
Dave, That is a great tutorial and I think you are so kind to share that with all of us!! BTW -Your frog rocks!!!!Now off to google Franz Lanting!!!
thank you young lady....just trying to spark some ideas.Originally Posted by denise ippolito
That should have been Frans Lanting
Dave, Yes I did get it-Very cool images and I still haven't finished taking them all in!!!
Dave,
Thanks so much for this tute mate - you do indeed rock. I won't have a lot of time this week to play with blurs, so I may not get to post a lot at all. But next week I have a week off, so I'll fit the upcoming themes into my brain and spend a day just working on those.
What a bummer for me. :(
thank you Denise and Akos........hope this little effort helps someone
Dave, this is an amazing art. Thanks for showing the way. Very familiar with Frans Lanting's work. Attended his seminar and have some of his works.
that is one funky frog!!!! thanks for the tutorial. will give it a try soon.
Really turned out well Dave. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and how the radial blur looks like rays of light. Neat illustration effect too!
Thanks for a beautiful image and the tutorial :)
I like it Dave...superb, and a good feel to it...:cool:
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