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05/18/2014 05:10:28 PM · #51 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Do you usually do a square crop or what type of crop is best??? I'm finally home and now I can go through some of the links... |
More often than not a square crop works best, but I always leave cropping until late in the process to see whether it's required or not.
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05/18/2014 09:51:49 PM · #52 |
Originally posted by GinaRothfels:
Originally posted by Ja-9:
Do you usually do a square crop or what type of crop is best??? I'm finally home and now I can go through some of the links... |
More often than not a square crop works best, but I always leave cropping until late in the process to see whether it's required or not. |
Besides cropping to a square, you can resize it disproportionally into a square, retaining (but distorting) all the pixels. You can do this either before or after all the flip/blend steps; doing it before means you don't have to fiddle with the size of the rotated layer (if you have one). Nowadays I usually construct it in the original rectangular format, then batch-resize the final Composites into a square so I can see them both ways.
Also, you can stop at any point where you like the result, as long as it's "abstract" enough (for the voters) -- sometimes a single flip and blend is all it takes to make something really interesting.
Message edited by author 2014-05-18 21:53:16. |
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05/18/2014 10:07:10 PM · #53 |
| I still don't have a good handle on the "warping"...trying to play with it and have read some of the past threads...maybe someone can give me a better step by step for it...I have CsCC |
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05/18/2014 11:01:52 PM · #54 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
I still don't have a good handle on the "warping"...trying to play with it and have read some of the past threads...maybe someone can give me a better step by step for it...I have CsCC |
I took that to mean liquify until it looks like a super model. But now I think it may have been aimed more towards a free transform distortion. Regardless, I'm still entering my super model. |
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05/18/2014 11:24:22 PM · #55 |
This is an expert challenge, so we can do other processes besides those suggested, can't we? And leave out some of the suggested processing if we are happy without it?
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05/18/2014 11:31:16 PM · #56 |
Originally posted by jomari:
This is an expert challenge, so we can do other processes besides those suggested, can't we? And leave out some of the suggested processing if we are happy without it? |
I would think so. "Use one original in as many layers as you like by flipping/rotating/warping/blending create a fascinating abstract." This suggests that you can leave out some of the steps ...in as many layers as you like. |
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05/18/2014 11:58:11 PM · #57 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
I still don't have a good handle on the "warping"...trying to play with it and have read some of the past threads...maybe someone can give me a better step by step for it...I have CsCC |
janine, this is as basic (and as quick and dirty) as it gets:
on an original image,
make a duplicate layer
select all
go to Edit: transform > warp
look for the 12 dots around the edge or any intersection
place your cursor on one of these, and move it around.
(you can do this as many times as you like)
when happy, hit the check mark in the upper right,
and voila, you have warped your image.
You do not have to select all; you can select only part of an image
and warp that. Many, many variations. The above is only a starter.
Holler if you need more.
:) |
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05/19/2014 01:03:25 AM · #58 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
I still don't have a good handle on the "warping"...trying to play with it and have read some of the past threads...maybe someone can give me a better step by step for it...I have CsCC |
If you're looking for a step-by-step for Warping, you're going to be disappointed because there isn't one. Set your blending mode first with whatever seems to be working for that image, then use the handles to warp & distort the image. You can drag it all around, one handle at a time, looking for something to happen. The fun is the surprises the image will give you with this. |
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05/19/2014 02:14:20 AM · #59 |
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05/19/2014 03:11:03 AM · #60 |
So I've been playing around with this a lot. To the point that I lost track of what edits I've done on most of them. If one of these needs to be validated, will you have to remember all the steps, to be able to duplicate the results?
This is one I did from my eggs entry.
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05/19/2014 04:42:01 PM · #61 |
Okay, so I've been flipping & blending today. I'm discovering that not every photo works well. My tan dog lying on the taupe pillow on the white couch? Awful.
What would be fun is if no one told what the original photo was in their title, and left it up to the voters & commenters to guess. |
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05/19/2014 05:00:56 PM · #62 |
| I save a working photoshop file with all the layers in it. That's my 'proof' if I need it. |
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05/19/2014 05:03:38 PM · #63 |
Originally posted by LN13:
Okay, so I've been flipping & blending today. I'm discovering that not every photo works well. My tan dog lying on the taupe pillow on the white couch? Awful.
What would be fun is if no one told what the original photo was in their title, and left it up to the voters & commenters to guess. |
Busy photos with lots of detail and/or colors (especially gradients or small bits) will usually not work as well as simpler photos with fewer starting colors and details. Hair or something like complex foliage might not be the best choices.
For examples, compare the kind of results you get from this image 
with those you get from this one  (click text links to go directly to galleries).
What will be fun is if everyone DOES put a link to their source image in the notes section for later comparison.
Message edited by author 2014-05-19 17:04:00. |
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05/19/2014 05:11:06 PM · #64 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
No, not looking for step by step per say...I've seen a few pictures that I really like and I can't seem to come even close to duplicating them...
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Janine the two of mine you highlighted (thank you!) had lots of polar coordinates in them.
It's never possible to exactly reproduce this stuff as the variables are endless, but certainly in the example of "face off"
I just used polar coordinates more times than I can remember. sort of in the spirit of 'what would happen' if I pushed the
boundaries of that tool. |
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05/19/2014 05:25:13 PM · #65 |
Originally posted by sfalice:
I just used polar coordinates more times than I can remember. sort of in the spirit of 'what would happen' if I pushed the boundaries of that tool. |
The distortion filters I find most useful are:
â€Â¢ Polar Coordinates: Polar-to-Rectangular (makes border-like images with one application)
â€Â¢ Polar Coordinates: Rectangular-to-Polar (makes round/curvy shapes)
â€Â¢ Twirl (360° or more makes spiral-y shapes)
â€Â¢ Spherize/Pinch (pushes center in or out -- often used after one of the other filters)
Message edited by author 2014-05-19 17:25:37. |
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05/19/2014 05:50:25 PM · #66 |
I used polar coordinates multiple times on separate layers (among other things) to do this one. |
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05/19/2014 07:06:47 PM · #67 |
Originally posted by pixelpig:
I save a working photoshop file with all the layers in it. That's my 'proof' if I need it. |
That usually works, but with constantly flattening the image for this effect, you lose all your layer history. I just enabled logging in photoshop, so going forward I'll have the history. My favorite so far I don't, and can't duplicate it. I can come close though. |
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05/19/2014 09:48:39 PM · #68 |
Originally posted by bmatt17:
Originally posted by pixelpig:
I save a working photoshop file with all the layers in it. That's my 'proof' if I need it. |
That usually works, but with constantly flattening the image for this effect, you lose all your layer history. I just enabled logging in photoshop, so going forward I'll have the history. |
If you have enough memory, you can make duplicates of all the layers and merge the copies, leaving the "originals" for later variations or as a record. Or you can save a composite of the steps "so far," and then import the composite as a new layer to continue experimenting while leaving the other layers untouched. I sometimes do this when I get to a step where two variations (different blending modes) seem equally attractive ...
Logging is good for those with later versions of Photoshop. |
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05/19/2014 09:53:36 PM · #69 |
I flatten, or merge visible. Then copy that to the clipboard. Then go back 2 steps in my history to before it was flattened & paste the copied layer back in. Then I turn off all those 'step 1' layers. It turns into a big file, sometimes.
Message edited by author 2014-05-19 21:54:39. |
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05/19/2014 11:50:21 PM · #70 |
Originally posted by pixelpig:
I flatten, or merge visible. Then copy that to the clipboard. Then go back 2 steps in my history to before it was flattened & paste the copied layer back in. Then I turn off all those 'step 1' layers. It turns into a big file, sometimes. |
Cntrl+alt+shift+E does all that for you: it places on top a new composite layer of all the visible layers in the image. Leaving the previous layers unaltered. |
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05/19/2014 11:57:38 PM · #71 |
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05/20/2014 12:10:33 AM · #72 |
Originally posted by pixelpig:
WOW THANKS!! |
You're welcome. I just found that out a year or so ago myself; used to do what you described. |
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05/20/2014 08:06:05 AM · #73 |
| In PsE I used to have a "chrome" filter. Is it still in PsCC? Where is it hidden, or is it one of those filters that are there but "NOT" there???? (we have to load it, to use it) |
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05/20/2014 09:21:32 AM · #74 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
In PsE I used to have a "chrome" filter. Is it still in PsCC? Where is it hidden, or is it one of those filters that are there but "NOT" there???? (we have to load it, to use it) |
Filters>Filter Gallery>Sketch>Chrome in PSCC. Often used in combo with "Find Edges", in case you didn't know :-) |
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05/20/2014 09:35:51 AM · #75 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Ja-9:
In PsE I used to have a "chrome" filter. Is it still in PsCC? Where is it hidden, or is it one of those filters that are there but "NOT" there???? (we have to load it, to use it) |
Filters>Filter Gallery>Sketch>Chrome in PSCC. Often used in combo with "Find Edges", in case you didn't know :-) |
No I didn't know...but my Filter Gallery isn't active...most everything is but that one....hmmmmm
I feel like such an idiot bumping all around in this program...just when I think I'm getting a handle on it I learn some other new trick or treat!!! The onion layers to this program (PsCC) is endless!!! |
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