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Postby johndec on Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:45 pm

I was playing with a PS plugin I found called Impressionist and discovered that I can paint like an Old Master :lol: or at least do something interesting with a so-so pic.

The original photo:
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The Van Gogh :shock:
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Postby Matt. K on Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:53 pm

Love how you've coloured that pigeon! Now...forget cheap plug-ins, try this in PS. Open your image and choose the art history brush. Make your brush size about the size of a small button and start smudging up your image. Now make your brush size very small and go back over the interesting parts of your image. Magic!
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Postby johndec on Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:58 pm

Yep. Real cheap. It's freeware :D
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Postby Marvin on Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:08 pm

I thought it was a duck!
I actually like the "painting" quite a bit! :lol:
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Postby johndec on Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:08 pm

Matt. K wrote:Love how you've coloured that pigeon! Now...forget cheap plug-ins, try this in PS. Open your image and choose the art history brush. Make your brush size about the size of a small button and start smudging up your image. Now make your brush size very small and go back over the interesting parts of your image. Magic!


As requested :shock:

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Postby Onyx on Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:06 pm

John, the first version made it look like you converted all the innocent strands of grass and weeds into the kinda weed you smoke... ;)
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Postby sirhc55 on Sun Aug 14, 2005 8:36 pm

Love the birdie shot and I will take a kilo of the grass - thank you :D :lol: 8)
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Postby Matt. K on Sun Aug 14, 2005 10:01 pm

John
Not bad for a first attempt. You need a really small brush for the eyes, beak etc. Print it on canvas, frame it, sign it John Picasso and you'll get about a squillion bucks for it. :lol:
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