Grunge Guitars - Ink - Mayang's Texture - PhotoPaint - Filter Forge

I took a photograph of some acoustic guitars taken at Motor City Guitars and worked up a grunge image. I opened in Paint.NET and applied the Ink Sketch tool with low color and a higher ink setting. Saving that file I opened in PhotoPaint.

There I cropped the image to focus on the bodies of the guitars. I browsed to my Mayang's Textures folder in Picasa 3 and selected a rust texture. This I also cropped in PhotoPaint.

I copied the guitars to the clipboard and pasted and resized them to fit the crop of the texture. I used the Tone Curve for depth and upped the saturation of the colors.

I wanted to add some interest so I browsed to my Dover Publications Clip Art folder in Picasa 3 and selected some clip art to add. I used the object property Color Burn to make the white backgrounds transparent and adjusted the size where necessary.

I duplicated one of the designs and placed them in a row. I added a border design to the left side and another design to the body of the second guitar.

The size of the cropped file was display ready so I saved the file with a Filter Forge film frame.

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Cows in a Field and a Winter Barn - Paint.NET - PhotoPaint - Filter Forge

Here are two more landscapes from the recent vintage photographs I had received. I used PhotoPaint and Filter Forge's tools on the Cows in a Field image. I applied the Tone Curve, upped the saturation, used a Lumo tool on it.

The second Winter barn image I opened in Paint.NET and used the Ink Sketch tool and also the Curves and saturation tools. Finishing with a film frame in Filter Forge.

These were the best of the photographs and I think will conclude this series of images of Luminous Landscapes. I truly enjoyed working on these pieces.

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More Luminous Landscapes - PhotoPaint - Filter Forge's Freepacks

This derelict barn coop was one of the photographs I received recently taken by a relative. I scanned the photograph in at 300 dpi, and opened it with PhotoPaint.

In PhotoPaint I applied Tune Blur directional smooth to soften the image. I then upped the saturation for the color boost to the image.

In Filter Forge's Photo Effects I used Vibrance for additional punch to the piece. Then I added a Filter Forge film frame to it. Saving that file, I resampled for display here.

I applied the same basic techniques to the second, barely there barn image, for similar results.

These photographs are both intriguing and great to work with. I thoroughly enjoyed creating a look and feel for them. I have a few more to share next post.

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Luminous Landscapes - Paint.NET - PhotoPaint - Filter Forge's Freepacks

I was given some photographs taken years ago by a relative to enjoy and to digitally enhance. Here is a barn-like shed with a silo water tower together with trees and grass.

I scanned the images in at 300 dpi and opened them in Paint.NET to apply the Ink Sketch tool. I lightened the ink and boosted the color all the way up for these pieces.

Saving each, then I opened with PhotoPaint and used Filter Forge's Photo Effects Lumo on the first for the combined frame and increased luminosity. I applied the Tone Curve to it and upped the saturation by 15 for a depth and color boost.

I used Filter Forge's Vibrance Photo Effect on the second image and a film frame instead of Lumo and a grunge frame. Here I also boosted depth and saturation.

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High Contrast Quadtone - Grunge - PhotoPaint - Filter Forge

Another high contrast, vibrant, grunge, quadtone image for today. I took this photograph of a family member visiting from out of State during conversations.

I browsed in Picasa 3 and went to the dated folder, selecting this photograph. I opened with Paint.NET and applied the Ink Sketch tool to begin. Saving that I opened with PhotoPaint.

In PhotoPaint I applied the Local Equalization tool for the high contrast using the Tone Curve to add back in some depth. I then applied the Quadtone feature under Image to get the copper color for this piece.

I saved that file and used Filter Forge's Photo Effects Vibrance and the grunge frame to the image. I added my signature and saved the large file. I then resampled for display here.

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