In a message dated 3/31/2009 1:29:43 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:58 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >
> Thanks, Manuel. I like to artify sometimes. ;-) I resisted asking yesterday, and I know I may regret asking, but what exactly does "artify" mean? cheers, frank ======================= Not a straight photo. Not rendered like Godfrey does either. Basically, so far, I've used mainly the artistic filters in Elements 5. Along with other things like bumping up contrast and saturation. Artistic filter = artified. But also trying for a painting or drawing effect = artified. It's my own word. ;-) I've wanted to branch out more, and I will probably soon. But I hesitate to show on list because many on list are photographic purists. OTOH, a lot of what Godfrey does aren't straight photos either. (Not hitting on you, Godfrey, you're just a good example.) Like the http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/cherryb.htm had the water color effect applied. It looks a bit like a watercolor. While this (all these are on my site) http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/nmmoon.htm had some dry brush applied and a few other things (I forget now, I just played with it until I liked it, but I remember going through about four versions, steps). I had that on my site for quite a while as a "photographic" and only included the straight shot recently in a GESO. And this http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/twotrees.htm I think was a combo of two things, it may have been paint daubs and something else (I don't limit myself just to the artistic filters). I've painted and drawn so I go for a certain effect, aware of how something COULD look drawn/painted/pasteled. And this http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/theend2.htm , the only photo I've sold (to date), I did a LOT of things to. Some on the pixel level. I don't mind going in on the pixel level if needed. I'm more interested in the image than being a photographic purist. But then, I come from an artistic background. OTOH, I am not interested in something that looks slick and smooth, either, like a graphic art illustration in a magazine. HTH, Marnie :-) Probably more than you wanted to know. --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************Worried about job security? Check out the 5 safest jobs in a recession. (http://jobs.aol.com/gallery/growing-job-industries?ncid=emlcntuscare00000003) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
