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    Hi all. Sorry I haven't been around much. Work schedule turned beastly. I have been popping in and seeing all the wonderful creations though.

    I just watched an interesting little tutorial here that I thought some of you might enjoy. It explains two ways to use the two new blend modes in Photoshop CS5. I thought the one for making a sketch with the Divide blend mode was so incredibly easy and can see where I will be able to use it as a base for some OOTB processing.

    I made this sketch just as a demo of what about 30 seconds and 5 steps* can do.

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    Open image and duplicate the Background layer
    Change Blend mode of dupe layer to Divide
    Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur set to around 2ish
    Desaturate to desired amount
    Adjust Levels to desired line thickness.

    Hope you find the tutorial useful.

    Regards,
    Patti
    Last edited by Patti Edens; 08-29-2010 at 11:33 AM. Reason: Add the link I forgot the first time...

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    Patti, You've been missed. Thank you so much for the mini-tutorial. It sounds like it is easy and will come in handy for some images. I especially like the way the back feathers rendered. I do wish the birds head was slightly turned towards us a bit more but I think this view really enhances the look of the long bill-which is probably why you chose it:)

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    Hi Patti, good to see you here again! Thanks so much for the little tutorial, it is much appreciated. I like what you did with the base image - very nice high key sketch look! Thanks for sharing this work flow.
    "It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart, and head." - Henri Cartier Bresson

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    Love the effect, Patti. Thanks for the link. This looks like fun! :cool:

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