Orton challenge revisited- can someone explain?

tinamarie52tinamarie52 Registered Users Posts: 954 Major grins
edited November 29, 2011 in The Dgrin Challenges
I was using the Orton Effect from a recent challenge to process a photo. I then tried to convert it to B&W. I found that only the blurred copy of the merged photo was converted, leaving me with an interesting, partially-converted photo. I saved it and re-imported it to PS3. When I converted it to B&W, the original layer of the image converted.

I pulled out an image with some crisp lines and contrast to experiment with. Here is what I found:

1 Original image
ca-8875-1-M.jpg

2 Orton-ed image
ca-8875-1-orton-M.jpg

3 B&W from original
ca-8875-1-BW-M.jpg

4 Orton- first round of B&W conversion
ca-8875-1-orton-BW-M.jpg

5 Orton- second round of B&W conversion
ca-8875-1-orton-2nd-BW-M.jpg


For those of you who know the inner workings of PS3 better than me.... please explain why only one layer of a flattened image converted to B&W. Is this true of other images that are composites and layers? Did I just reinvent a wheel?

Thanks in advance for the explanation.

Chris
http://chrisadamczyk.smugmug.com

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If it's locked... find an open window.

Comments

  • SeascapeSSeascapeS Registered Users Posts: 814 Major grins
    edited November 28, 2011
    Chris - you did flatten it? Was it saved after that?
    SandiZ
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  • VisualXpressionsVisualXpressions Registered Users Posts: 860 Major grins
    edited November 28, 2011
    I don't feel like I have enough information to be able to figure out why only part of the image converted? Start from the beginning... you opened the original in PS3 then I assume you duped it and did whatever you do to get the blur effect... All I can say is the layered image wasn't flattened and you only applied the BW conversion to the one layer that was selected... ne_nau.gif

    Winston
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  • tinamarie52tinamarie52 Registered Users Posts: 954 Major grins
    edited November 28, 2011
    AHA! I thought I was religious about flattening the images once processsed, but apparently this one slipped through.

    I learned something new. I didn't know that if I didn't flatten the image (even saving as a .jpg) that I could manipulate the layers separately. I thought that saving a combined image as a jpg automatically flattened the image. That's a cool distinction that may be useful to tuck away.

    I always learn something from you guys.

    Thanks,
    Chris
    http://chrisadamczyk.smugmug.com

    When you come to a door... walk through it.
    If it's locked... find an open window.
  • SeascapeSSeascapeS Registered Users Posts: 814 Major grins
    edited November 28, 2011
    I'm glad you figured it out! Things like that make me crazy.
    SandiZ
    If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine
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  • PedalGirlPedalGirl Registered Users Posts: 794 Major grins
    edited November 28, 2011
    Glad you figured it out.... but I love the different effects you got with the goof!!
    Pho-tog-ra-pher (n) 1. One who practices photography 2. one obsessed with capturing life with their camera. 3. One who eats, sleeps and breathes photographs. 4. One who sees the world in 4x6.
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  • GretaPicsGretaPics Registered Users Posts: 373 Major grins
    edited November 29, 2011
    Me too! I actually like the way the goof looks. GP
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