"Stone Textured Blonde Woman Portrait Two" Corel

Stone Textured Blonde Woman Portrait Two

While listening to some John Coltrane I worked on another Textured Portrait. The beginning Woman's Portrait came from my MorgueFile samples. The Stone Texture came from Free Friday's Textures.

I opened the portrait file in Corel PhotoPaint. There I adjusted the Threshold to allow more white space for the Texture to show through. I opened the Stone Texture and then copied the altered Woman's Portrait and pasted it on the Texture. I used the Property Multiply to add it to the blended image.

I selected another Watercolor Texture and overlaid that on the Portrait for additional color. A blend of Stone, Portrait, and greens, yellows, blues, oranges. I added my signature in White and saved the large iteration.

I opened that file in Corel PSP Pro X3. Here I added Image Information, Title, Programs used, Sources, etc. I also selected a painted frame with a black border for it. I used Saturation Vibrancy to boost the colors by a third. I then resized for display and saved that iteration.

I finished up listening to Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane from a Jazzland album. Love that Jazz.

"Stone Textured Blonde Woman Portrait" Corel

Stone Textured Blonde Woman Portrait

I was able to garner some very good Free Portrait images from the MorgueFile Site. One of these, along with one of the Stone Textures from the Free Friday Textures I created this image.

I took a Landscape large Texture and opened it in Corel PSP Pro X3. There I modified it with color adjustments and Curves and Saturation Vibrancy tool. It was my first Layer. I opened a Portrait file in PSP Pro X3.

On this layer I altered the Threshold to allow white space to give places for the Texture to show through. I used the Layer copy and Paste as New Layer above the Texture. Using the Layer property Multiply I blended the two Layers. I merged down to one Layer.

I then used Picture Frame for white edging on the image. I added a black border to the image. Using Image Information I added a Title and Programs, etc. Added my signature file in white and I then saved that large iteration to disk.

The EXIF information gives credit for the Texture file and shows my Copyright as well. Corel PSP Pro X3 is a great program for doing such images with textures and portraits photographs.

"Vintage Dodge Truck Digital Watercolor" Corel - Paint.NET

Vintage Dodge Truck

Since I had such an enjoyable time recently painting the Vintage Ford Truck I decided to digitally paint another Vintage Dodge Truck. I first located my folder of truck photographs taken with my Canon Rebel XTi and selected this closeup. I opened it in Paint.NET.

In Paint.NET I applied the Effect, Artistic, Ink Sketch for a Pen and Ink image. I saved that iteration and opened in Corel Painter 11.  Here I chose a basic palette and Watercolor Brushes for the digital painting.

After I saved the finished painting I opened in Corel PSP Pro X3. At this point I applied the Saturation Vibrancy for a boost to the colors. The original photograph was of a dirty, rusty brown color. With the  greater part of the background being foliage I used various greens for that area. I needed some punch to those duller colors. I did not clone paint this I did it Freehand.

I added a brown border and my white signature and with the Image Information added a Title, Copyright, and Camera, plus programs used to the Information.

I saved the large iteration and resized for display. Be sure to click on the image for the larger view!

"Spring Floral Textured May 2009" Missed Spring Michigan - Corel

Spring Floral Textured May 2009

I was looking for some Spring photographs on my external drive. I located this photograph of a neighbors bush in full bloom from May of 2009. In Michigan, this Spring we had so much rain that we missed many of our blossoms. Thus an older photograph.

I opened in Corel PSP Pro X3 and applied the Smart Photo Fix tool. Then I used the Saturation Vibrancy tool for increased color for the blossoms and the cloudy blue sky. I also used the Curves to add depth to the colors.

To add a bit of interest I added a Canvas Texture to the image, right in PSP Pro. I resized the iteration, after saving the large one I added my signature in white, to fit here in the post. Remember to click on the image for the large view.

We now have a lot of Green coming out in our area of Michigan, some days have been warmer, but a number of cooler days have dominated our Spring Time.

I sit here hoping for sunny skies this weekend. Listening to Blues on Pandora. Suits my mood nicely.

"Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck Six" Impressionist Version - Corel

Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck Six

I just installed Corel Painter Essentials 4 on my main PC. It allows you to select a painting style. the colors type, the paper roughness, etc. Then you can allow the image to be Auto-painted in that style with your selections.

So one more time I grabbed the Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck for an image. I opened in Painter Essentials and selected the Impressionistic style with basic color, and Rough Paper. I pressed Start and the program "Painted" the image for me. I saved the large iteration.

I opened it in Corel PSP Pro X3 and used the Saturation Vibrancy tool set at 33 for a boost to the colors, which those of you who read my posts know I like to do. The Orange and Blue and Green's dominated the image.

I added Image Information, Title, Copyright, Camera used and Programs used. I saved that and then resized to display size to post here.

I thought I was done with this series of the Vintage Truck, but I wanted to try out the Auto-Painting of Painter Essentials 4 again. I hope you enjoy the Impressionistic image I have shared.

"Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck Five" Paint.NET - Corel - Painter

Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck Five

This close-up of the Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck was taken pointed directly at the Sunset. I used my Canon Rebel XTi DSLR Camera. In the original photograph the sky was washed out with white, and a tad of Sunlight was peeking through.

I opened the photograph in Paint.NET and used the Saturation tool on it at first. Then I decided to try my hand at Digitally Painting a Pen and Ink image. So I selected the Effect, Artistic, Ink Pen tool, no color just Black and White, and created the effect I wanted to Paint.

I saved that as a separate iteration and opened it with Painter 11. I used the Digital Watercolor Brushes Dry Mop, and Dry Coarse Mop at differing sizes to Paint the watercolor. I attenuated the Sunlight (with sun rays and spots) and made the Sky a Cloudy Blue. I saved that iteration with another name.

I added, in Corel PSP Pro X3 the Saturation Vibrancy for that Punch to the colors I like so much, though the image was quite vibrant to begin with.

I added my signature in black and gave the image a black border. With the Image Information tool I added Title, Copyright, Camera, and Programs used. It appears that Paint.NET also strips out the photograph's EXIF data.

Number Five will probably be the last in this series of the Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck. The Five shared images were selected from a number of photographs taken that evening beside the paved road. I believe I selected the best photographs to share. I hope you have enjoyed them.

"Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck Four" Corel

Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck Four

Today I selected this Head-on photograph of the Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck. I opened it in Corel PhotoPaint and created the image here. I used a different approach than the more straight forward photographs I shared in posts prior to this.

I first rotated the image to portrait, then fit to page. I applied PhotoPaint's Local Equalization for an almost HDR look and feel. I took the Tone Curve tool and added depth to the colors.

Applying Filter Forge's Photo Effects Vibrancy I added Punch to the colors as well. I selected a Texture from my Free Friday Texture collection of a panel of wood. This I copied and pasted as a layer upon the image. I adjusted the property of this texture and also the opacity of it. You may see the vertical lines it added.

Back to Filter Forge's Frames I added a Grunge variant Frame to the whole image. I then added my signature in white to another layer and merged them all. I saved this iteration as a large file.

I then opened with Corel PSP Pro X3 and used the Smart Photo Fix on the image, lightening it up slightly. Using Image Information I added Title, Copyright, Camera (Canon Rebel XTi) and Programs used to the information. It appears that PhotoPaint strips all EXIF data from the image when altered. I resized this image for display here.

"Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck Three" Corel

Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck Three

Here is a third view of the Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck taken one evening recently. I opened the photograph with Corel PSP Pro X3 and kept my approach to enhancing this photograph simple.

I applied the Saturation Vibrancy set at 33 to it for punching up the colors. I only added my white signature and a black border to this photograph. I saved the large iteration with Image Information, Title, Copyright, Program used and the EXIF data.

As you can see on the sign on the back of the Truck it had been used for the Oak Haven Farm Market in the past. You can almost imagine the Truck loaded with fresh vegetables for the Market, traveling there to sell it's wares.

I also like the large Barn in the background, as the surrounding ground is just now greening up with vegetation. It is sitting right on the property near the paved road where we parked so I could photograph it. I have wanted to do so for some time and that evening I had my Canon Rebel XTi ready and fully charged for use. I, unfortunately, am not always that prepared.

"Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck Two" Corel

Vintage Ford Rust Orange Truck Two

I took this photograph with my Canon Rebel XTi, I pointed the camera directly into the Sunset. Thus you will see Rays of the Sun behind the Vintage Ford Truck. It also adds white space to the upper portion of the photograph. I opened the photograph from Picasa 3.9 with Corel's PSP Pro X3.

There I applied the Smart Photo Fix tool. After That I adjusted the image with the Saturation Vibrancy tool set at 33. I also used the Curves tool to add depth to the color of the Truck and surrounding grass.

Using the Picture Frame tool I applied a jagged edge to the image, and a black border. I opened my white and black signature file and added it to a new layer, using the property Lighten I made the black transparent. I used the Highpass Sharpen tool for addition details. I saved the large iteration with Image Information of a Title, Copyright, programs and camera used, along with the EXIF data.

I then resized the image for display here.

I have other angles in photographs that I will garner some of the best for additional examination on the blog.