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mljrbg
March 26th, 2009, 06:05 PM
I'm posting this week's challenge and Tammy has so kindly said she will post the comments next week. My husband is having surgery on Monday and will be in the hospital for about a week. While I will be lurking on the boards occasionally I won't be doing much commenting. So a HUGE thanks to Tammy for helping me out.

Now on to the challenge!! One of our 365 bloggers, Artlover, posted a very interesting tut to go along with a photograph. I was very intrigued and started playing with it. While it is not the easiet tut it is a lot of fun. It is for Photoshop CS3 so I rewrote it for PSE. I'm posting the orignal tut because it has photos of each step. Thanks Artlover for sharing your tut!!

The small print for the challenge is ……

Everyone is invited to participate.
Please join in, share your images, ideas, imagination and inspiration. There are no rules - feel free to experiment and, if you can remember tell us what you did so others can benefit from your experiments.

Please post your images (as many as you like) below in this thread.

If you would like to comment or have a question, please post here. (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?p=449328#post449328)


I'm looking forward to seeing some very interesting images!! Have fun playing!!

Artlover's Tut (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fartlover.blogg.se%2F2009% 2Fmarch%2Fphotoshopovningar.html&sl=sv&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8)

Written for PSE

1. Duplicate your image twice.

2. Select the rectangle marquee tool and make a vertical, horizontal or diagonal line anywhere in you picture. Play with this as different areas of the picture will produce different colored lines.

3. Select the move tool or CTL T and drag to each side of the picture.

4. Add a mask to the layer you just created with the lines. With the mask highlighted click CTL I to invert and bring up the original picture and that changes the mask to black.

5. On the original picture paint out the parts that you want to keep with a white brush. I used a hard brush. You should see the layer with the lines where you painted. Try to do this in one stroke while holding the mouse button down if you can. I painted over the edges a little and after step #6 I erased what I didn’t want.

6. When you finish painting highlight the mask again and click CTL I. That will take you back to the layer with the lines and your painted area will show the original picture. Touch up the areas that you want.

I put my lines on an angle and then reduced the opacity so part of the original picture shows through.

mljrbg
March 26th, 2009, 06:08 PM
Here's my go at it!!

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1YJK0gdHmq6ieaemVU3J9IwVFqGlA_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1YJK0gdHmq6ieaemVU3J9IwVFqGlA)

Martha
March 26th, 2009, 11:44 PM
Mine was not working out when I applied step 6 and I realized that I had painted on the mask and painted over the background, keeping the fruit. The end result was the same, however.
I hope that your husband has a quick and uncomplicated recovery from his surgery. I'll keep you both in my prayers.
Martha
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1EyznkdS3SJyoTUy5tTGiwgNKS4Om_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1EyznkdS3SJyoTUy5tTGiwgNKS4Om)

dspec01
March 27th, 2009, 10:12 AM
This challenge is a lot of fun. I hope all goes well with your husband and that he is up and around in no time.



http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/11A1Qx5ZrZLQej0ZrO89QLsj5vFFks_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=11A1Qx5ZrZLQej0ZrO89QLsj5vFFks)

BJ!
March 27th, 2009, 12:30 PM
Thanks for the fun tutorial, Mary Lou
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1UHWVE57gZjgaSOKnSsWz0YMjHy9Z0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1UHWVE57gZjgaSOKnSsWz0YMjHy9Z0)

billz
March 27th, 2009, 09:43 PM
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1SP1kaxiMlGZAa84BpVCaASHd2ckM1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1SP1kaxiMlGZAa84BpVCaASHd2ckM1)

Thanks for a fun challenge Mary Lou!

Bill

sosdog
March 28th, 2009, 12:54 AM
Pretty cool background trick!

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1NCWs1xnwhHlqGsPTdUM8yWrKdJXR_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1NCWs1xnwhHlqGsPTdUM8yWrKdJXR)

swalkr
March 28th, 2009, 03:02 PM
Taken at a Renaissance Festival near Phoenix AZ.


http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1h6TfTPkYViwgsrgkFU7IdadrlIs7S_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1h6TfTPkYViwgsrgkFU7IdadrlIs7S)

rvrbndr
March 28th, 2009, 08:49 PM
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1PeomTCM47vEXT6X3AXSJlbbVH4boi_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1PeomTCM47vEXT6X3AXSJlbbVH4boi)
I have always had trouble the the Layers Mask. I ended up "erasing" on the "lines" layer, to show the original picture. When I went to the original picture and painted with white or black - I just got white or black - not the lines ???

I think I ended up with the same result though.
I too hope everything goes well with your dear husband and will keep you in my Prayers.

Aussie Nan
March 29th, 2009, 10:26 AM
Great tut Mary Lou, thanks. Hope all is going well for you and yours.

This sculpture benefited greatly from the effect applied.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1KJ9OIJ8viYARfPtxpKFZOJwpzv3Ao_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1KJ9OIJ8viYARfPtxpKFZOJwpzv3Ao)

Bamagirl
March 31st, 2009, 03:01 PM
This was pretty amazing. Thanks Mary Lou for finding such a great tutorial.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1exvELhii3udBYh1yqFtrYhVSA7g_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1exvELhii3udBYh1yqFtrYhVSA7g)

Just had to play with it a little.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1chAcLS77C9GN3h93xNayneP3Wjf11_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1chAcLS77C9GN3h93xNayneP3Wjf11)

BJ!
March 31st, 2009, 04:17 PM
A lot of fun images have been submitted!
I also played - used a distort filter or two, kind of like Bill did. However, these birds aren't near as jazzy as his hot-rod car - far from it.
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1qaKvzdk8OMSwvT38qrV6wIpAIXV51_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1qaKvzdk8OMSwvT38qrV6wIpAIXV51)
Thanks for the tutorial link, Mary Lou!

Zeria
April 1st, 2009, 10:41 AM
Mary Lou

Thanks for the tutorial. I like creating backgrounds using this technique. Here is an OOB that I posted before ...... I created a new background using this tutorial. The background was stretched, flipped and blurred. :)


http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1vmaVDv8uYuCnXYotOJFOoKKc87E1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1vmaVDv8uYuCnXYotOJFOoKKc87E1)

emkayess65
April 1st, 2009, 07:59 PM
Thanks Mary Lou, that is a cool tutorial.
Lots of possibilities.
I was going for Atom Ant.
Think I missed it. But learned a lot and had fun.
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1buQfoIpiQegTf12gxgzSQkYdHBjwU0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1buQfoIpiQegTf12gxgzSQkYdHBjwU0)

mks