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My first manipulation to be proud of

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With my name on it :P

 

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With my username on it :P

 

 

 

Used Radial blur and adjusted the levels in PhotoShop CS

 

It's the first manipulation I'm proud to display. I think its rather dramatic :mrgreen:

im guessing 3 main stage.

 

 

 

1st crop leaf into new layer.

 

2nd add contrast to the bg.

 

3rd add zoom blur to the bg.

 

 

 

basicly, im sure you did more. either way i like the way it looks, different for a photo manip. i personaly quite like the zoom blur, but i think it will get to the stage where im sick of it, cos i used it to much, but thats yet to come. looking good. be good to see you do some more.

 

 

 

just wondering, what program(s) did you use?

 

 

 

PJB21

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100% my own work, i make my own brushes: set 1 set 2

just wondering, what program(s) did you use?

 

 

 

I'd take a swing at Photoshop.

 

 

 

 

 

  • - Too much contrast around the leaf, the branches just looks like a blob now.
     
    - Saturate (and possibly contrast) the leaf.

 

It's... meh. Not a lot to it really. :|

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im guessing 3 main stage.

 

 

 

1st crop leaf into new layer.

 

2nd add contrast to the bg.

 

3rd add zoom blur to the bg.

 

 

 

basicly, im sure you did more. either way i like the way it looks, different for a photo manip. i personaly quite like the zoom blur, but i think it will get to the stage where im sick of it, cos i used it to much, but thats yet to come. looking good. be good to see you do some more.

 

 

 

just wondering, what program(s) did you use?

 

 

 

PJB21

 

That's pretty much right. I was browsing through the Photoshop section of my magazines and I found out about adjusting the levels to rescue a burnt out sky so I experimented with it by selecting the area around the leaf, ctrl+alt+d 50 pixel feather then ctrl+L and adjusted the levels till I got a result I liked. Then without unselecting the background I added a zoom blur to make the leaf clearer since my focusing wasn't spot on :oops: And then I added my name to it :mrgreen:

 

 

 

I used Adobe PhotoShop Creative Suite if you're interested. The last manipulation I did was just adjusting the colour levels and saturation :oops:

A general bit of advice, but I wouldn't keep a manip if it looks worse than what it started at. I'm sorry but i'm not a fan of it, it's just a radial blur in the background... And that's it. I like the photo much more.

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A general bit of advice, but I wouldn't keep a manip if it looks worse than what it started at. I'm sorry but i'm not a fan of it, it's just a radial blur in the background... And that's it. I like the photo much more.

 

While I appreciate the advice, I like the manipulation, However I am biased as I created it. But thanks for being honest .

Radial blur ftw? you should try some basic tuts, or mess about. messing about = very educational in PS.

 

 

 

try Guassian blur 2 pix > overlay and stuff for eg. play about. GJ for a first i guess.

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Radial blur ftw? you should try some basic tuts, or mess about. messing about = very educational in PS.

 

 

 

try Guassian blur 2 pix > overlay and stuff for eg. play about. GJ for a first i guess.

 

I kinda used a tutorial if you count using different techniques from several issues of "Practical Photography" as a tutorial, but other than that it was just messing about. As I say, I have made one previous manipulation but that was a complete failure. :oops:

sometimes less is more. hold on ill show u a manip i did awhile back.

 

 

 

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barely done anything, but it looks ok.

looks like you studck it in a oven and burnt it...

 

 

 

photo manip's normally use the *photo* and add manipulate it, instead of just using a radial blur...

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looks like you studck it in a oven and burnt it...

 

 

 

photo manip's normally use the *photo* and add manipulate it, instead of just using a radial blur...

 

That's hardly constructive critism is it? That's just saying "It looks like crap" then hitting submit. Why not say "Oh, it looks like crap but you could maybe do this, that and the other to improve it" And I didn't just use radial blur. Come to think of it, I used zoom blur \'

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