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Tuesday, March 07, 2006
ACTION!
If you're not into photoshop, this will probably bore you.
I ran across a cool photoshop action yesterday and thought I would share it with you. For those of you who don't know, an "action" is a series of prerecorded steps. You load it into your actions menu and press play, then follow the instructions.
This action takes the photoshop "watercolor" filter to a new level by applying a "real-world watercolor workflow" to the process.
1. Textured Paper 2. Rough sketch of main outlines 3. Paint large flat areas with a large soft brush and lots of water 4. paint the details with a smaller brush 5. brighter areas receive almost no paint at all.
While the action doesn't do EVERYTHING for you, it does set your photo up with all the necessary adjustment layers...curves...hue/saturation...etc. Tweak a couple of layer masks to your liking and you're all set. And if all that sounds like a foreign language to you, it even comes with a pdf that gives you step-by-step (sorta) instructions.
AND....it is available as a photoshop ELEMENTS action as well for any of you who may have that application.
Name: Jonathan Home: Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States About Me: Just a guy who trying to eek out a living as a graphic designer in SW Michigan. See my complete profile
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