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 02/01/2006 04:04:13 PM · #1
Take this picture and edit it to make it look better. Use any method you want to - just explain what you did. Would love to see what you all come up with.



Link to original file

Message edited by author 2006-02-01 16:10:26.
 02/01/2006 04:06:10 PM · #2
OMG, you don't know what kind of silly stuff you are going to be getting back on this photo ;-) This should be interesting!
 02/01/2006 04:07:08 PM · #3
lol!

maybe you could post a link to the original file? that's easier to work with :)
 02/01/2006 04:07:47 PM · #4
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
OMG, you don't know what kind of silly stuff you are going to be getting back on this photo ;-) This should be interesting!


Thats what I am hoping for. I can do very basic editing, would love to learn more. Common people - show us what you got...
 02/01/2006 04:09:40 PM · #5
Originally posted by biteme:
lol!

maybe you could post a link to the original file? that's easier to work with :)


OK, I will try to do it.

Link to original file
 02/01/2006 04:10:59 PM · #6
We need you to post a bigger file please; that itty-bitty 500-pixelish version isn't gonna cut it 'cuz we need to do some SE-lecting, ya know? Preferably an unedited file; unsharpened, unsaturated, you get the idea.

R.

Message edited by author 2006-02-01 16:11:33.
 02/01/2006 04:17:16 PM · #7


HAR HAR HAR
I DE$TROYED IT

ok, if you wanna know how I destroyed it

open in PS
duplicate image layer
convert to B/W
duplicate B/W layer
invert top B/W layer, change blending to Hard Mix
Gaussian Blur on top B/W layer (0.5 px radius, I think)
merge down
change B/W "freaky detail" layer to Overlay
flatten image
duplicate image layer
Gaussian Blur top layer (20 px)
invert top layer
change blending mode to Linear Light

... that's more or less it - probably not a useful process for 99% of your workflow, but that's what I did :)
 02/01/2006 04:24:05 PM · #8
Originally posted by mycelium:


HAR HAR HAR
I DE$TROYED IT

ok, if you wanna know how I destroyed it

open in PS
duplicate image layer
convert to B/W
duplicate B/W layer
invert top B/W layer, change blending to Hard Mix
Gaussian Blur on top B/W layer (0.5 px radius, I think)
merge down
change B/W "freaky detail" layer to Overlay
flatten image
duplicate image layer
Gaussian Blur top layer (20 px)
invert top layer
change blending mode to Linear Light

... that's more or less it - probably not a useful process for 99% of your workflow, but that's what I did :)


MMMMM - Definately would be disqualified in a Basic editing challenge. Looks scary though.
 02/01/2006 04:33:22 PM · #9
Here you go m8. Nothing usefull, just fooling around.
Curves - horizontal S curve.
Hue/sat - increase sat and +40 hue. make it look like one of those body heat cameras.
channel mixer b/w conversion +66 +66 -40.
usm 20% 40 1
neat image x 2



Message edited by author 2006-02-01 16:58:54.
 02/01/2006 04:38:42 PM · #10
Originally posted by marcellieb:
MMMMM - Definately would be disqualified in a Basic editing challenge. Looks scary though.


I daresay! It's perfectly legal for Advanced Editing, however :)

Seriously though, it'd be difficult to do something more genuinely "constructive" without a higher resolution version of this image-

did you see the "before and after" thread going around lately? That might be of interest to you.
 02/01/2006 04:52:24 PM · #11

02/01/2006 04:52:34 PM · #12
Working from the small image: made selection of deer, ran COI Gothic Glow, copied glow and pasted on original.Loaded deer selection on glow layer, deleted glowing deer and pasted her on a new layer. Adjusted relative opacity of two glow layers, muted saturation on deer-glow layer.



R.
 02/01/2006 04:59:51 PM · #13
Oops, I missed the part where you said to make it look better...
 02/01/2006 05:06:24 PM · #14
Post the original sized image and it would be easier to work on.
 02/01/2006 05:10:37 PM · #15


Partially at my roommate's suggestions.

Curves, levels. Copied to a new layer, emboss, set to overlay. Copied again, glowing edges, soft light. Copied again, inverted colors, hue. Turned off the hue layer to get the red, turned it on to get the blue. Copied and flipped, smudged in the middle to make it blend.

Just being silly :)
 02/01/2006 05:15:20 PM · #16

used a velvia action then a grunge then a gothic glow/ general. Action abuse on that poor little file.
 02/01/2006 06:21:05 PM · #17


Just a quickie, but I'm taking it out again soon :)
 02/01/2006 06:33:06 PM · #18
Originally posted by kiwiness:


Just a quickie, but I'm taking it out again soon :)


Love it - Impala changed to a Springbok - Must actualy send it to the South African Rugby Union next time our Springboks loose against the Ausies.
 02/01/2006 06:34:32 PM · #19
Originally posted by marcellieb:
Love it - Impala changed to a Springbok - Must actualy send it to the South African Rugby Union next time our Springboks loose against the Ausies.


Or against the All Blacks you mean!!!!!

Message edited by author 2006-02-01 18:35:11.
 02/01/2006 06:45:05 PM · #20
Originally posted by kiwiness:
Originally posted by marcellieb:
Love it - Impala changed to a Springbok - Must actualy send it to the South African Rugby Union next time our Springboks loose against the Ausies.


Or against the All Blacks you mean!!!!!


All Blacks is an amazing team - The Boks can loose against them any day - they are in Rugby like the Aussies in Cricket. Simply Brilliant. You can just imagine the joy there was in South Africa when the Boks beat the All Blacks in the 1993 World Cup Final at Ellis Park when Joel Stransky put a couple of Drop Kicks over - I think I am still suufering from the Hangover (Babbelas) of that Day.
 02/01/2006 07:16:50 PM · #21
Here's my go at it:



I used several layers over the original:
neat image 40% transparency
neat image 60% transparency w/increased color sat & contrast
aetherize filter round 80% transparency
mr. contrast filter parietal 40% transparency
mr. contrast filter king 80% transparency
meloncholytron filter parietal 60% transparency
gaussian blur 80% transparency, then transparency brush 35% over head area
saved as tiff
burned eye & select areas
sharpened slightly
saved as jpg for web

Message edited by author 2006-02-01 19:18:22.
 02/01/2006 07:18:47 PM · #22
<- original ---edited -->

(open each and switch in the taskbar to see changes)

Mostly what was done was to make a new layer via copy, make levels changes, then erase back over what I didn't want changed (such as background), then flattened, new layer again, shadow/highligh adjustments, erased over areas I didn't want changed, flattened, new layer again, added some noise and overlayed a texture, faded and again erased over background, did a soft focus and faded back a bit, then sharpened using smart sharpen, minor levels again and hue/saturation adjustments in the yellow and reds, then used the healing tool to clean up some of the original compression pixelization blocks. Was an attempt to give it some depth and texture, particularly in the coat, yet keep the background soft and visible.
 02/01/2006 07:32:30 PM · #23
You call those antlers???



Lots of cloning...!

Message edited by author 2006-02-01 19:32:57.
 02/01/2006 08:35:06 PM · #24
Here it is. Played around with the draganizer :)
 02/01/2006 09:42:00 PM · #25
anything?



Go Yankees!

expl: googled "yankee cap" and dragged a nice one into PS. reverse selected image, feathered 5px, put onto animal pic. soft erased around edges. made holes for antlers. selected ear from original and pasted back in, softening edges. Not my best work, but for the few minutes i spent on it i was amused :)

Message edited by author 2006-02-01 21:50:17.
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