On 2018-08-15 15:14, nickib wrote: > Wow - the revision you created is beautiful! Honestly I don’t understand most > of your explanation but the end product would be perfect! Bottom line - how > large - realistically- could that be made and still look good?
With my version, *as is*, I wouldn't go crazy, but again, that version doesn't have any 'art filters' applied yet. I would recommend heading over to Image → Scale Image, punch in 300 dpi and then your target size (in inches). Then fiddle with Oilify and/or Gimpressionist. Applying unsharp mask first with a low radius and moderately high intensity (I used 3.0 and 0.6) will help enhance the contrast at edges and may provide more "definition" after the art filter. Anyway, play around, inspect a few areas on your monitor at 100% zoom and, if they look good, go for it. You should probably do a test print at a much smaller size to check that the color comes out acceptably before committing to a large size. You could also print a cropped area from your target size to get a feel for what it looks like. Oilify is okay, but a little plain. I've mostly fiddled with Gimpressionist. Some settings that seem to work well are: - paper: low or zero relief - brush: low or zero relief, crayon08 or play around - orientation: 30 vars, start 0, span 360, adaptive - size: use adaptive, play around with the rest - placement: evenly distributed, crank density to max - color: center, low or zero noise - general: keep original, paint edges, not tilable, no shadow, no edge darken This takes a while time to apply... try experimenting on a small area and go get lunch or something while it works on your whole image. Really, I'd just encourage you to play around with it and see what you like. I was going for a more "accurate" look, but there are all sorts of things you can do if you're willing to sacrifice detail for a more abstract look. Keep in mind your target size also when picking a brush size; larger (100 or more) will look more "realistic" and less like a painting made by an army of ants (i.e. with really tiny brushes). Honestly, with this approach, I think the real limiting factor is how big an image your computer can handle. Crank the brush size up to 200 and you could maybe have something that looks good (at 300dpi) even at 8' (96") wide. -- Matthew _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list