Guest Report post Posted October 18, 2006 Here is another piece that I just finished and this one took several hours to complete. It was a lot of work but I am happy with the outcome. Soon one wall in our living room will be decorated in this style of photos but I got alot of work ahead of me to get it done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex C. 0 Report post Posted October 19, 2006 that came out really cool Will :headbang: :headbang: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redwings1 0 Report post Posted October 19, 2006 Cool Will! Are you layer-masking to drop out the color or desat and then hand color? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted October 19, 2006 Mike, It is actually an easy process. In photoshop I make two layers; the color pic is the background layer then I add a desaturated layer on top of that. Using a variety of brushes I erase the b & w layer exposing the real colors underneath. The hard/tedious part is all the edges. I normally go around all of the edges pixel by pixel to make sure I get all of the color out of the object while keeping everything else b & w. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redwings1 0 Report post Posted October 19, 2006 Very cool. You should try doing a desat layer mask. That way you can paint straight black and white (there or gone) on the layer mask which would give you a little more control and maybe allow you to do them a little faster but with the same outcome. :dunno: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peterjay 0 Report post Posted October 19, 2006 Nice work - patience pays off yet again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted October 19, 2006 Mike, that certainly would work and it would give you more control by being able to add/subtract to the coloring. In the end I would still have to trace all of the outter edges but it may give a slight advantage of being able to correct mistakes. I might give it a shot! :headbang: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham 0 Report post Posted October 19, 2006 Cool photo, really pops with vibrance. Have you tried the Magnetic Wand tool, I find it does a pretty good job finding defined edges. Sometimes selecting a one pixel Expand Radius and then selecting Inverse, then erase, helps take out any color-cast halo effect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted October 20, 2006 Here is one I finished up tonight, much easier than the last one. I did try the layer mask method and it did work well. It wasn't much faster but it was easier for correcting mistakes instead of having to "undo" everything to get back to that point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrisfish 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2006 great pics, and i like the idea of decorating your home with them. keep it up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
