Showing posts with label Photoshop Line art color 线描水彩. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photoshop Line art color 线描水彩. Show all posts

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Painting Line Art with Photoshop ...



Shame of me to be posting this despite
only learning Photoshop for a little bit more then
a week ...

But some of you ask me how this was done,
so I am just sharing
what I think to be fun

(on windows)
Step 1) Load the original image to Photoshop.
Step 2) Create a Layer (Ctrl-J or drap orginal to copy a layer)
Step 3) Change Layer 1 to BW via Shift-Ctrl-U (Image-Adjustment-Desaturate)
Step 4) Create Layer 2 out of Layer 1 to have 2 copies of the BW version
Step 5) On Layer 2 set it to "negative" using Ctrl-I (Image-Adjustment-Invert) 
Step 6) On Layer 2, using the blend mode to set Layer 1 to "Color Dodge"
Step 7) From step 6, the image turns white on layer 2 (don't worry) 
Step 8) On Layer 2, Filter - Other - Minimum (set to 5, plus minus) to get the lines 
Step 9) You may merge Layer 2 and Layer 1
Step 10) You may also use the Opacity to set to below 100% to get some color into it
Step 11) Returning to Lightroom you may further adjust the Hue and Saturation.
Step 12) In Lightroom, you can also Clarity, Recovery to adjust further ...

Step 11, 12 may not be necessary as I think there can be done
using Photoshop tools itself ...


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马六甲红屋区 Melacca Red House area


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Painting Bamboo 竹画 ...

Painting Bamboo 竹画 ...


For me, I am an engineer and teacher by profession, 
I have always believed that 
when I teach something I have learned 
I am a happier person 
then if I kept it to myself ...


Friday, May 20, 2011

Don't blame me 不要怪我 ...



When I started photography last year, 
I have this thinking already that too much processing 
is not acceptable
as one must get the right shots from the camera ...
so, I stick to the software provided by the 
camera vendor for transfer and simple processing ...

As I just ventured into both Lightroom and Photoshop
last week, 
I am beginning to appreciate 
the kinds of touch-up and "makeover" 
these advanced software can do, 
and don't mind to say that I am loving it ...

I am discovering another dimension of art and creation 
using these software that I think I will enjoy too ...

I am beginning to think that 
as long as it pleases 
the eyes of the audience, 
it does not matter what medium was used to 
create that art ..


Melacca China Town ...


Malacca Street Candid ...