
Let's Get Digital Photo Art Lesson 1: Recreating an image half photograph - half painting
Some of my favorite images are those which border on being a photograph and/or a painting. During my photo art workshop, I notice that students get very attracted to this style of image manipulation. So here are some of my favorite techniques:
We begin with a colorful shot of a flower. 1- Start by making a copy of the original layer so that you have a backup in case you want to go back. This is also to be used as a guide or a comparison from your final product to your original. 2-Adjust your color using Levels (ctrl l) or Curves (ctrl m). 3- Make a selection using color select command. To do this go to: Select-----> Color Range---> from the menu. In this case, I am trying to isolate the red color of the flower. Play and experiment with fuzziness ---> When you are satisfied you have most of the red selected, click Ok. You can repeat this procedure for different colors and put them in different layers to achieve the reconstruction of the final image.	You should see a selection indicator or dots moving in the area of the color that you have chosen. Use copy and paste ( ctrl C, and then ctrl V,) to set it in a new layer as a translucent image with the color you have selected earlier.
In this lesson for me to achieve the final colors I had in mind, I inversed the original layer. ( Image ---> adjust-----> inverse) and to add intensity to our translucent flower layer I duplicated the layer 1. Tip: You can use layer blending modes to create more effects like DISSOLVE (Experiment!). Below is my final work with additional steps that have not been mentioned. Try it!	All images and text are property of Lenscape Workshops . Abe Rafiq, Managing Director of Lenscape Workshops Ltd. URL: http://www.lenscape.com

Let's Get Digital

Photo Art Lesson 1:: Recreating an image half photograph - half painting

Some of my favorite images are those which border on being a photograph and/or a painting. During my photo art workshop, I notice that students get very attracted to this style of image manipulation. So here are some of my favorite techniques:

We begin with a colorful shot of a flower.

1- Start by making a copy of the original layer so that you have a backup in case you want to go back. This is also to be used as a guide or a comparison from your final product to your original.
2-Adjust your color using Levels (ctrl l) or Curves (ctrl m).
3- Make a selection using color select command. To do this go to:

Select-----> Color Range---> from the menu. In this case, I am trying to isolate the red color of the flower. Play and experiment with fuzziness ---> When you are satisfied you have most of the red selected, click Ok.

You can repeat this procedure for different colors and put them in different layers to achieve the reconstruction of the final image.

You should see a selection indicator or dots moving in the area of the color that you have chosen.

Use copy and paste ( ctrl C, and then ctrl V,) to set it in a new layer as a translucent image with the color you have selected earlier.

In this lesson for me to achieve the final colors I had in mind, I inversed the original layer. ( Image ---> adjust-----> inverse) and to add intensity to our translucent flower layer I duplicated the layer 1.

Tip: You can use layer blending modes to create more effects like DISSOLVE (Experiment!).

Below is my final work with additional steps that have not been mentioned. Try it!

All images and text are property of Lenscape Workshops .

Abe Rafiq, Managing Director of Lenscape Workshops Ltd.

URL: http://www.lenscape.com