Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)
Ooh goodie... thats great - although now I have other fish frying... :-) ann On 2/3/2017 7:35 PM, Paul in MKE wrote: Ann & Igor - See this page for one method of making coloring book pages... http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer/photo-to-sketch.html -p On 2/3/2017 8:47 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: I used the feature you used in photoshop to try to make some coloring book pages -- actually sold one little set.. but it isn't a money maker.. The thing is it really needs to be clear lines for coloring books... I couldn't figure out a way to combine the feature you used with anything else to get rid of the texture.. this technique has a name that I've forgotten so I've lost where it is in Elements 10 :-( did you consider applying it but keeping the color? ann On 2/3/2017 8:28 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: "Painting by numbers" would not have the texture, only the contours. That's at least the case with those that my child has used so far. Igor Alan C Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:22:58 -0800 wrote: Pencil. If you numbered the "blocks" it could become a "painting by numbers" template. Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 7:27 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo) I am not an artist: My abilities to draw a picture by hand are at the level of a middle school or so. And most of the time I am too lazy to do anything in Photoshop. But occasionally I have an idea for a manipulation on the photo... I think, this is somewhat reminiscent of a drawing. (What drawing technique is this similar to? Pencil? Charcoal? Etching?): http://42graphy.org/misc/2017-02-01-100days/ All comments and suggestions are welcome! Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)
thanks for the path to Find Edges.!.. when I bring up the filters drop down there is a tediously long laundry list of choices - seems to me in version 5.o FInd edges was closer to the surface... sadly, find edges doesn't work the way I remember it working in earlier ELements version... whenevery I futz around with photos for fun or profit to get designs I often lose track of what I've done... I'm less careless with my calendar covers and such anyway... here is a link to the file that shows the coloring book pages I sold https://annsan.smugmug.com/Misceandvids/ITEMS-for-SALE/i-zNLV6LF/X3.. I thought you had used something other than find edges... but your filter is the same as what I used in a couple of these, you can see. starting top left , going across and then down , numbers 5, 8-10 are the ones that went from a photo to what every you call what i have here... Numbers 1 and 2 were already highly worked on graphics taht started as photos.. but 3,4,6,7 started out as an BW ink abstract drawing I did about 40 years ago... Here is something I did think was successful using that tool on a very over exposed photo of dogwood... it is a bit cutsy pie for me, but might make nice fabric so I think I'll take it off cafe press and put it on spoonflower for fabric or wrapping paper... https://annsan.smugmug.com/Graphic-Design/Anns-design-work/i-grqdwzz/L numbers 3,4,6,7 started as this https://annsan.smugmug.com/Graphic-Design/Anns-design-work/i-pwfKN6W/A doing this is alternately fun and frustrating... sometimes soothign when it goes right, but I can't do it mechanically or it is just torture ann On 2/3/2017 2:16 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Ann, In PS, it's under Filters / Stylize / Find Edges. Re: texture It depends on the photo. If the objects of interest are reasonably uniformly exposed, and if there is a reasonable contrast (I've working with B renditions) between the object(S) and the surrounding, you can use Layer -> Adjustment Layer -> Threshold, combined with Levels. Essentially, you make the picture "binary", separating black and white, eliminating all grey in between. (Effectively, you collapse all grey one way or the other.) If you still have some speckles, you can clean them up by, e.g. choosing the black areas using the "magic wand" tool, and then Select-> Inverse [selection]. Once all "white" and "grey" areas have been chosen, you can either "fill" them with a white color, erase, cut, or whatever... .. and then use a white background/layer to re-create the continuous white. I've done something along those lines once or twice before. In this photo: http://42graphy.komkon.org/swing/ch-2008/1-selected/IMGP4530_1.html I believe, I also added "invert" under "Adjustment Layer". I briefly saw how this feature showed up in color when I was working on the photo I posted a day ago, but I didn't like what I saw. Actually, the inspiration for this manipulation comes from when I am doing sharpening in LR. When I choose the mask for sharpening (Alt + moving the slider), LR shows a very similar view, - essentially the edges that get sharpened. Igor ann sanfedele Fri, 03 Feb 2017 06:54:36 -0800 wrote: I used the feature you used in photoshop to try to make some coloring book pages -- actually sold one little set.. but it isn't a money maker.. The thing is it really needs to be clear lines for coloring books... I couldn't figure out a way to combine the feature you used with anything else to get rid of the texture.. this technique has a name that I've forgotten so I've lost where it is in Elements 10 :-( did you consider applying it but keeping the color? ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)
Ann & Igor - See this page for one method of making coloring book pages... http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer/photo-to-sketch.html -p On 2/3/2017 8:47 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: I used the feature you used in photoshop to try to make some coloring book pages -- actually sold one little set.. but it isn't a money maker.. The thing is it really needs to be clear lines for coloring books... I couldn't figure out a way to combine the feature you used with anything else to get rid of the texture.. this technique has a name that I've forgotten so I've lost where it is in Elements 10 :-( did you consider applying it but keeping the color? ann On 2/3/2017 8:28 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: "Painting by numbers" would not have the texture, only the contours. That's at least the case with those that my child has used so far. Igor Alan C Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:22:58 -0800 wrote: Pencil. If you numbered the "blocks" it could become a "painting by numbers" template. Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 7:27 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo) I am not an artist: My abilities to draw a picture by hand are at the level of a middle school or so. And most of the time I am too lazy to do anything in Photoshop. But occasionally I have an idea for a manipulation on the photo... I think, this is somewhat reminiscent of a drawing. (What drawing technique is this similar to? Pencil? Charcoal? Etching?): http://42graphy.org/misc/2017-02-01-100days/ All comments and suggestions are welcome! Igor -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)
I was thinking watercolors myself. The treatment room I visited yesterday at the VA had a poster from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (IIRC the correct museum name) for Winslow Homer's "The Blue Boat" & I noticed what appeared to be a pencil outline to define the shapes before applying the colors. No problem, I was in for a routine 6 months checkup with Radiation Oncology. On 2/3/2017 9:47 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: I used the feature you used in photoshop to try to make some coloring book pages -- actually sold one little set.. but it isn't a money maker.. The thing is it really needs to be clear lines for coloring books... I couldn't figure out a way to combine the feature you used with anything else to get rid of the texture.. this technique has a name that I've forgotten so I've lost where it is in Elements 10 :-( did you consider applying it but keeping the color? ann On 2/3/2017 8:28 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: "Painting by numbers" would not have the texture, only the contours. That's at least the case with those that my child has used so far. Igor Alan C Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:22:58 -0800 wrote: Pencil. If you numbered the "blocks" it could become a "painting by numbers" template. Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 7:27 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo) I am not an artist: My abilities to draw a picture by hand are at the level of a middle school or so. And most of the time I am too lazy to do anything in Photoshop. But occasionally I have an idea for a manipulation on the photo... I think, this is somewhat reminiscent of a drawing. (What drawing technique is this similar to? Pencil? Charcoal? Etching?): http://42graphy.org/misc/2017-02-01-100days/ All comments and suggestions are welcome! Igor -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)
Ann, In PS, it's under Filters / Stylize / Find Edges. Re: texture It depends on the photo. If the objects of interest are reasonably uniformly exposed, and if there is a reasonable contrast (I've working with B renditions) between the object(S) and the surrounding, you can use Layer -> Adjustment Layer -> Threshold, combined with Levels. Essentially, you make the picture "binary", separating black and white, eliminating all grey in between. (Effectively, you collapse all grey one way or the other.) If you still have some speckles, you can clean them up by, e.g. choosing the black areas using the "magic wand" tool, and then Select-> Inverse [selection]. Once all "white" and "grey" areas have been chosen, you can either "fill" them with a white color, erase, cut, or whatever... .. and then use a white background/layer to re-create the continuous white. I've done something along those lines once or twice before. In this photo: http://42graphy.komkon.org/swing/ch-2008/1-selected/IMGP4530_1.html I believe, I also added "invert" under "Adjustment Layer". I briefly saw how this feature showed up in color when I was working on the photo I posted a day ago, but I didn't like what I saw. Actually, the inspiration for this manipulation comes from when I am doing sharpening in LR. When I choose the mask for sharpening (Alt + moving the slider), LR shows a very similar view, - essentially the edges that get sharpened. Igor ann sanfedele Fri, 03 Feb 2017 06:54:36 -0800 wrote: I used the feature you used in photoshop to try to make some coloring book pages -- actually sold one little set.. but it isn't a money maker.. The thing is it really needs to be clear lines for coloring books... I couldn't figure out a way to combine the feature you used with anything else to get rid of the texture.. this technique has a name that I've forgotten so I've lost where it is in Elements 10 :-( did you consider applying it but keeping the color? ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)
I used the feature you used in photoshop to try to make some coloring book pages -- actually sold one little set.. but it isn't a money maker.. The thing is it really needs to be clear lines for coloring books... I couldn't figure out a way to combine the feature you used with anything else to get rid of the texture.. this technique has a name that I've forgotten so I've lost where it is in Elements 10 :-( did you consider applying it but keeping the color? ann On 2/3/2017 8:28 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: "Painting by numbers" would not have the texture, only the contours. That's at least the case with those that my child has used so far. Igor Alan C Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:22:58 -0800 wrote: Pencil. If you numbered the "blocks" it could become a "painting by numbers" template. Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 7:27 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo) I am not an artist: My abilities to draw a picture by hand are at the level of a middle school or so. And most of the time I am too lazy to do anything in Photoshop. But occasionally I have an idea for a manipulation on the photo... I think, this is somewhat reminiscent of a drawing. (What drawing technique is this similar to? Pencil? Charcoal? Etching?): http://42graphy.org/misc/2017-02-01-100days/ All comments and suggestions are welcome! Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)
Overcome by blending. Some of the "kits" explain how to do it. Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 3:28 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo) "Painting by numbers" would not have the texture, only the contours. That's at least the case with those that my child has used so far. Igor Alan C Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:22:58 -0800 wrote: Pencil. If you numbered the "blocks" it could become a "painting by numbers" template. Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 7:27 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo) I am not an artist: My abilities to draw a picture by hand are at the level of a middle school or so. And most of the time I am too lazy to do anything in Photoshop. But occasionally I have an idea for a manipulation on the photo... I think, this is somewhat reminiscent of a drawing. (What drawing technique is this similar to? Pencil? Charcoal? Etching?): http://42graphy.org/misc/2017-02-01-100days/ All comments and suggestions are welcome! Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)
"Painting by numbers" would not have the texture, only the contours. That's at least the case with those that my child has used so far. Igor Alan C Wed, 01 Feb 2017 23:22:58 -0800 wrote: Pencil. If you numbered the "blocks" it could become a "painting by numbers" template. Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 7:27 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo) I am not an artist: My abilities to draw a picture by hand are at the level of a middle school or so. And most of the time I am too lazy to do anything in Photoshop. But occasionally I have an idea for a manipulation on the photo... I think, this is somewhat reminiscent of a drawing. (What drawing technique is this similar to? Pencil? Charcoal? Etching?): http://42graphy.org/misc/2017-02-01-100days/ All comments and suggestions are welcome! Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)
Pencil. If you numbered the "blocks" it could become a "painting by numbers" template. Alan C -Original Message- From: Igor PDML-StR Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 7:27 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo) I am not an artist: My abilities to draw a picture by hand are at the level of a middle school or so. And most of the time I am too lazy to do anything in Photoshop. But occasionally I have an idea for a manipulation on the photo... I think, this is somewhat reminiscent of a drawing. (What drawing technique is this similar to? Pencil? Charcoal? Etching?): http://42graphy.org/misc/2017-02-01-100days/ All comments and suggestions are welcome! Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - 100 dots (or playing with a photo)
I am not an artist: My abilities to draw a picture by hand are at the level of a middle school or so. And most of the time I am too lazy to do anything in Photoshop. But occasionally I have an idea for a manipulation on the photo... I think, this is somewhat reminiscent of a drawing. (What drawing technique is this similar to? Pencil? Charcoal? Etching?): http://42graphy.org/misc/2017-02-01-100days/ All comments and suggestions are welcome! Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
