Shenandoah (fun processing)

RogersDA

Still more playing around.

p27rpy

the processing works well for the subject. i like it! i saw a thread on this effect a while back, but i cant remember what it was called...

very cool!

Dogdots

Really cool effect. Works beautifully with the rock and tree branches. Would love to see a line of trees all done up like this.

Can the sky stay normal in this process?

RogersDA

p27rpy wrote: »

the processing works well for the subject. i like it! i saw a thread on this effect a while back, but i cant remember what it was called...

very cool!

Thanks - just playing. It's Pixel Bender + Lightroom.

Dogdots wrote: »

Really cool effect. Works beautifully with the rock and tree branches. Would love to see a line of trees all done up like this.

Can the sky stay normal in this process?

Hey Mary - you could do this with a layer mask to keep the sky. It might be tricky though to keep the sky behind the tree "normal".

TenThirteen

I LOVE this one, it works perfectly!

NeilL

RogersDA wrote: »

Hey Mary - you could do this with a layer mask to keep the sky. It might be tricky though to keep the sky behind the tree "normal".

Unless you used colour to make your selection, do you think?

These kinds of effects draw attention to themselves, and I think they work best where you find highly textured paper used such as greeting cards and personal stationery.

Neil

aj986s

RogersDA wrote: »

Thanks - just playing. It's Pixel Bender + Lightroom......

Are you running Pixel Bender from within Lightroom? Without going through Photoshop?

RogersDA

NeilL wrote: »

Unless you used colour to make your selection, do you think?

These kinds of effects draw attention to themselves, and I think they work best where you find highly textured paper used such as greeting cards and personal stationery.

Neil

That can work depending on the colors and the range selected. That sky has different blues, whites, and greys (from the clouds). A color selection (or two) would be difficult to do and avoid the same in the tree and tree limbs (especially the greys). Using a layer mask on the limbs is an option with this, too. But that can still be tricky to get just the limbs. I have not played with CS5 enough to know if the content aware selection process I heard about would be helpful here.

And your idea on cards was in my head when I created this.

RogersDA

aj986s wrote: »

Are you running Pixel Bender from within Lightroom? Without going through Photoshop?

As far as I know the PB plug-in is only for Photoshop CS5.

RogersDA

TenThirteen wrote: »

I LOVE this one, it works perfectly!

Thanks!

Richard

RogersDA wrote: »

I have not played with CS5 enough to know if the content aware selection process I heard about would be helpful here.

The smart radius in the mask panel is probably a good place to start. I think there's a tutorial on Adobe TV.

NeilL

Richard wrote: »

The smart radius in the mask panel is probably a good place to start. I think there's a tutorial on Adobe TV.

Good point, R! Thanks.

Neil

RogersDA

Richard wrote: »

The smart radius in the mask panel is probably a good place to start. I think there's a tutorial on Adobe TV.

I will see if I can get more learned on this. Thanks Richard.

aj986s

RogersDA wrote: »

As far as I know the PB plug-in is only for Photoshop CS5.

I asked the question because you had posted:

"Thanks - just playing. It's Pixel Bender + Lightroom."

RogersDA

aj986s wrote: »

I asked the question because you had posted:

"Thanks - just playing. It's Pixel Bender + Lightroom."

That's right, I used a combination of effects using both Pixel Bender and using Lightroom. Sorry for the confusion.

aj986s

RogersDA wrote: »

That's right, I used a combination of effects using both Pixel Bender and using Lightroom. Sorry for the confusion.

Ding...ding! I get it now.

NeilL

Topaz Labs has a lot of stuff like this, and if you are prepared to spend a bit of time you can get unique results.

Neil