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Combining Textures And Filters In Photoshop For A Painterly Look
The quick view Before & After of this image is here This will be a more advanced demonstration using Photoshop CS5. I’m going to assume that you already know how to use layer masks, blend modes,...
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Before & After: Painterly Camellia
For a more detailed tutorial using Photoshop, click here The Original Image This is my original photograph with minimal processing done in Lightroom. Add a Texture Image with French Kiss Texture,...
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Before & After: Vintage Still Life With Filters and Texture
Final photo with filters and a texture. Photo with basic Lightroom RAW edits This weekend in my forays to antique stores and flea markets, I picked up this bowl, wooden boule and stack of old books. I...
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Before & After: Peony Gesture
Peony Gesture After the rather complicated Before & After from Yesterday, I thought I’d show a much simpler example. Original Image Details Refer to the Layer Panel below for an edit overview....
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Using OnOne Perfect Effects To Add Snap To A Floral Photograph
I’m often asked how I to get crisp details and bright tones in florals. Of course, getting a good capture to begin with is the most important step, but we’ll cover that another time! Using Photoshop...
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Before & After Textured Ornamental Cabbage
Perusing my image database today, I found this photograph of an ornamental cabbage that I took a few years ago. I didn’t like the glass vase showing and this simple capture really needed some...
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Creating A Photo Illustration Effect With Watercolor Brushes: Part 3
This is part 3 of the 4 part tutorial on creating a photo illustration effect (see finished illustration at the end of the post.) In this part I’ll cover creating a Line Art Illustration effect from a...
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Creating Design Illustrations From Plant Photographs
The teaser for a series of posts on photographing flowers and plants and post-processing in Photoshop and Illustrator as design elements and illustrations. Photography to Post-Processing Teaser These...
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I’m Back!
I can’t believe how long it’s been since I’ve posted here! You know how we sometimes go through rough patches in our lives? Well, 2016 was a humdinger for me with a lot of challenges: personal loss,...
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Iris Flower With Photoshop Filters
In the last post, I showed you my set up for photographing an iris flower intended for my designs. In this post, I share my creative Photoshop filter explorations. The Master File I’m not going to go...
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Using The Photoshop Stamp Filter To Create A Design Element
In the last post where I showed you my Photoshop filter exploration on an iris photograph, one of my examples was using the Photoshop / Sketch / Stamp filter. In this post, I want to show you how I...
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Rose Photograph Plus Texture Plus Impression Filter
I love combining a photograph, a texture, and the Topaz Labs Impression Filter to create a digital painting. The Original Photograph Usually, when I create textured florals, they are photographed in...
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Self Portrait With Textures And Impression Filter
Here is a self-portrait I did with textures added and then finished with the *Topaz Labs Impression painterly filter. Original Photograph And Textures Self portrait photograph: (taken in 2014) taken...
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