Indeed a very warm welcome. I'm new here myself!
I like the effect very much! Care to share how you did it? Also, I'd be interested in seeing the original photograph.
Thanks in advance,
David
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So you're just sort of popping in for the first time to show us something that you've come up with, but won't "bore us with the details" of how to do it? I'd make snide a comment, but it might detract from the final effect.
Hello,
This is my first post in this forum. The shot below was post processed to create an oil painting look. This is a technique I have been refining for some time now.
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Thank you,
So you're just sort of popping in for the first time to show us something that you've come up with, but won't "bore us with the details" of how to do it? I'd make snide a comment, but it might detract from the final effect.
From the tenor of your post I would suggest that you have already made a 'snide' comment - not a very welcoming approach to somebody new to this forum.
From the tenor of your post I would suggest that you have already made a 'snide' comment - not a very welcoming approach to somebody new to this forum.
The post processing applied to this image consisted of a significant number of very small adjustments, applied using a Wacom tablet. To repeat the exact workflow would be time consuming to undertake, and would in all likelihood bore most people. That is why I simply explained the underlying principles.
I'm not really sure what else I could do to explain my workflow aside from uploading my PSD file for people to review.
@DavidB - see above.
@Hark, I am also working on a calibrated monitor and the shadowing to the right of the subject is intentional as the subject was lit to create chiaroscuro effect, which was enhanced in Photoshop. You are also correct about the absence of the cracked paint look! ;-p
@Fastglass, no you're not missing anything, the image has been deliberately underexposed and colour toned to create a warm effect (I also don't understand what the fuss is all about)!
Kind regards,
F@Hark, I am also working on a calibrated monitor and the shadowing to the right of the subject is intentional as the subject was lit to create chiaroscuro effect, which was enhanced in Photoshop. You are also correct about the absence of the cracked paint look! ;-p
Kind regards,
Engaging Rant Mode.... Now.
I'm really unclear why this thread seems to be on the proverbial tracks only by the slimmest of margins...
@WeeHector If you don't mind my pointing it out, the poster never said anything to indicate the tablet used was... well... anything, really; other than the tool used to accomplish the end achieved. Where are you seeing this attribution of the miraculous? And what "myths" are we talking about?? As a tablet user myself are you saying you DON'T find a tablet/stylus a more refined tool than a mouse? Because if that's your experience we'll simply have to agree to disagree as I find a stylus *significantly* more precise than any mouse I've ever used and every professional graphic artist in my department (and there's a few) all say the same thing; it's why I have a Wacom tablet now.
Maybe it's my Midwestern sensibilities talking but sometimes the abject supposition and sneering posts I see in these forums, quite frankly, leave me embarrassed. I am *NOT* merely pointing my finger at WeeHector when I say that and this thread is not the only one I've seen to take this sort of sour turn for reasons I can not begin to fathom. I guess mine was the only mother that instructed if I don't have anything nice, or at the very least constructive to add to the conversation, perhaps I should rethink joining the conversation to begin with.
/rant mode
Did you miss the part where he mentioned he tweaked it in 'post? Where suggested he could upload the .PSD file? If you'd LIKE a step-by-step walk through of what he did, perhaps you should ask for one. All this shrouding and mystery you speak of seems quite manufactured.He certainly didn't do much to specify that the photo was simply transformed in Photoshop, end of story. However I will agree that this is not the sort of disagreement that we should be having on Nikonites. We are not here to prove how great our egos are. We are a community aimed towards the benefit of all our members. (No sarcasm intended). However it would be nice if newcomers didn't try to shroud their work in seeming mystery.
I don't see where I've said anything about how to use a tablet & stylus; only that using one is, in my opinion, infinitely superior to using a mouse.PS I am also a tablet user and don't need to be reminded how it is used.
And who here has? OP said he applied numerous tweaks using a tablet. How would have worded it? As for him trying to "prove" himself, again; I see no evidence of that. He posted a shot that was tweaked and from that, it seems, an awful of conclusions are being drawn that I don't see being supported by anything by collective imagination.I would not, however, ever consider putting my transformation of a photo down to the tablet rather than the software I was using. Anyone who calls himself a semi-pro and has to try to prove himself in this way goes a long way down in my opinion. As for rant mode, let's just hope I never reach that stage.