I have 2 chores, washing dishes and taking out the trash. Well, I piled the dishes in the sink, a dash of liquid soap and turned on the hot water. I then glanced at the garbage, oops, time to empty, so off to empty it, came back & the sink was a mass of soapy bubbles. Had been trying out a little Pen mirrorless, so I took a shot of the bubbles. That was the start of my background. Boy! did I ever mince that up - opened it in CS5, sized, selected a very pale blue foreground, clicked the paint bucket and was ready to cook it. Had read about using Filter>Artistic>Film Grain, also found out what the 2 tiny icons on the bottom of the controls were. One on the right was the trash can, on the left was the new effects layer so you could add a layer on a layer - neato - played around adding crosshatch & spatter, back and forth just trying a couple more ???? OK. Looked at the result, adjusted it in layers to taste, just like adding pepper in salt. Took it into free Fotosketcher>Oil paint (6)>default texture>no frame>Draw it>saved. Final BG. Then to make a long story short, I sized the Anna's Hummingbird (F) I had captured in our garden a few months back, Gave it the free Fotosketcher Oil Painting (6) treatment adjusted controls slightly to taste. Opened it in CS5 with BG - moved it on the BG, and with eraser & bg eraser cut out the hummer with opacity for bg eraser about 40 and lower where it bled through to the hummer. Finished with a simple white stroke at Center>Normal>30 %.
Now back to the dishes before Gina (or should I use her title "BOSS") returns home from the gym.
Gus, You are a busy man! Very nice work with the Fotosketcher filter. The background looks nice as does the border. Your hummer is a beauty! I might tone down the top of the perch if it were mine. I like the image design if it is set up for a note card but if it is a painting I might want to see the humer a little more to the left.
Anna's Hummingbird Oil Painting
Very nice work with the Fotosketcher filter. The background looks nice as does the border. Your hummer is a beauty! I might tone down the top of the perch if it were mine. I like the image design if it is set up for a note card but if it is a painting I might want to see the humer a little more to the left.
