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    • R Offline
      Robert
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      @sepo said:

      quick one

      Sepo,

      I really like this image! Care to post the original and your settings in FS?

      Robert

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        Robert
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        Not sure if this works or not...took a photo of the fields, sky and tree line behind my house...ran it through FS. The used it as a billboard backdrop behind a SU model.


        Watercolor sky and trees 2.jpg


        Model test 2.png

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        • david_hD Offline
          david_h
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          I've been playing around with it. Very Fun!


          Watercolor - Render  Small.jpg

          If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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          • shuraS Offline
            shura
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            Thanks Marek, finger painting is what I suspected. A watercolor painting has sharp and and blurred details at the same time, this is what makes your picture look so realistic.
            I tried to achieve this with the color blending of the bilateral filter in FS. This one is first watercolor and then median + bilateral. Warehouse model, just a few passes in Twilight.


            FotoSketcher - FotoSketcher - larch4.jpg

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              sepo
              last edited by

              This is base photo shot with Iphone. Basic pp contrast, vignette and frame.


              KALAMOTA 4 copy.jpg

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              • olisheaO Offline
                olishea
                last edited by

                some great images here πŸ‘

                need to have another play. πŸ˜„

                oli

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                  davidh
                  last edited by

                  Fotosketcher again-Rendered in twilight(it could have been taken directly from sketchup but I wanted the lighting and some reflection).
                  Also added was a textured watercolour paper,slightly stained(not one of the default fotosketcher textures).


                  watercolour 02.jpg

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                    Robert
                    last edited by

                    @shura said:

                    Thanks Marek, finger painting is what I suspected. A watercolor painting has sharp and and blurred details at the same time, this is what makes your picture look so realistic.
                    I tried to achieve this with the color blending of the bilateral filter in FS. This one is first watercolor and then median + bilateral. Warehouse model, just a few passes in Twilight.

                    Nice job...I really like this look!
                    Can you post the original image?

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                    • olisheaO Offline
                      olishea
                      last edited by

                      Nice david. yeah its so much better using a render rather than straight SU. SU to FS looks flat

                      I thought i'd post this mistake, sorry its not fotosketcher but it looks cool.

                      Chrome filter in photoshop....blending mode "overlay". Quite striking I think, not exactly sure why! I think it may work for adding movement streaks to cars/people.

                      http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/olishea/mess2.jpg

                      oli

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                      • olisheaO Offline
                        olishea
                        last edited by

                        anyway, back to fotosketcher:

                        tried some grungey overlays with this one. the colour bleeds look sweet so I added some in photoshop.

                        http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/olishea/water3copy.jpg

                        oli

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                          sepo
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                          Created 3 different outputs from Fotosketcher + original and brought them to Photoshop for mixing. Used various % and type of blending such luminosity and soft light. Finally added bleeding colour layer. I do not have exact info on how each file/layer was manipul;ated. It was purely visual.


                          FotoSketcher - KALAMOTA 4 copy1.jpg


                          FotoSketcher - KALAMOTA 4 copy2.jpg


                          FotoSketcher - KALAMOTA 4 copy3.jpg

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                            davidh
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                            fotosketcher straight from sketchup,probably as pure a watercolour effect as I can get..In this image the house has a basic white colour only accentuated by the overlaying of colour.


                            watercolour 01.jpg

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                            • shuraS Offline
                              shura
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                              Oli, good idea to use vignetting! maybe the vignette could fade to white, this would be more likely to happen with watercolour painting (just a suggestion).

                              David, thats a nice one!

                              I am doing night scenes very often and was never happy with FotoSketchers results on dark pictures.
                              Just found that the oil painting filter does a good job:
                              (model from warehouse)


                              FotoSketcher - NightScene_OIL.jpg


                              FotoSketcher - NightScene_OIL2.jpg

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                              • olisheaO Offline
                                olishea
                                last edited by

                                yeah i like the oil filter too. may need some PS though to stop it looking too automated.

                                cheers shura, yeah you're right. although i wanted a grungey/dirty image. I recommend some grunge textures here:

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                                oli

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                                • michaliszissiouM Offline
                                  michaliszissiou
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                                  If you like warercolours, then use wrecolours and stop this nonsense. If you don't feel that you have this 'talent' then forget it. This is quit ridiculous to my eyes. Good -maybe- for archi presentation but not for art lovers. 🀒 I really don't believe this.
                                  To learn how to do some watercolours is easier than learning SU. What you can do with your hands, then you have to do it with your hands.
                                  I'm expecting more photo-real renders from all of you. Sorry oli for this. Its your thread anyway.


                                  WatercoloursV2106.jpg

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                                  • olisheaO Offline
                                    olishea
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                                    michalis i think you are looking too far into it. its just an experiment, theres no substitue for the real thing. personally i hate faux-watercolour renderings, its just my opinion. but a client asked for this and the client pays so it has to be done!! especially when its a WIP, cant keep sending them hand-painted images! commercially its not always possible! i would love to paint more but its just not feasible. spare time yeah....

                                    oli

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                                    • michaliszissiouM Offline
                                      michaliszissiou
                                      last edited by

                                      LOL, I know.
                                      My point is:
                                      You all have some paper and 2-3 watercolour or ink or just some strong coffee LOL(it works), and a brush
                                      Just do some mess, scan and vivid light overlay in Ps. You may find this more interesting.
                                      Now if you prefer corelpainter, tablets etc, it also works. But coffee is cheaper. 😎
                                      I used the above watercolor for overlay. Just for fun. I could do it better. It takes 2 min.


                                      wcolor1.jpg


                                      wcolor2.jpg

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                                      • StinkieS Offline
                                        Stinkie
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                                        @michaliszissiou said:

                                        What you can do with your hands, then you have to do it with your hands.

                                        Then why bother with 3D altogether? Or cutlery, for that matter?

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                                          ivanscotti
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                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          @michaliszissiou said:

                                          What you can do with your hands, then you have to do it with your hands.

                                          Then why bother with 3D altogether? Or cutlery, for that matter?

                                          And also, michalis, according to your thinking it would be better to hand write your opinion, using a nice piece of paper with an ink pen (real ink) and send it by post to oli, right? πŸ˜‰
                                          LOL i'm kidding πŸ˜†

                                          Seriously, I think your ideas are correct and also agree on almost all points.
                                          But perhaps what matters, as Oli says, effective communication is to try, attempting to combine the convenience and quality, especially when it comes to work.
                                          Can not be forget that much has changed for some years now (I am part of the generation that started working with pencil and paper, this to be clear), and maybe sometimes we tend to think that working with Digital has happened that the container has become more important than content and that the technique is more of the message. But actually it's not, and will tell you more: this problem has always been, even long before computers, and not only in graphics.
                                          Hands are important, true, but what really counts is the thought, this is my opinion. πŸ˜„

                                          However, this is my experiment with Fotosketcher:


                                          FSK_gorgo03.jpg


                                          "With great power comes great responsibility".
                                          Spiderman

                                          my website: http://www.area63.it

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                                          • michaliszissiouM Offline
                                            michaliszissiou
                                            last edited by

                                            All these are fine, I'm just saying that adding some hand writing is always a good idea, even clients will appreciate it. Psychology?
                                            Being in DTP for many years, I remember when I added hand writing in a commercial and everybody was asking if I could share the font family. lol I'm talking about a full page document there, all handwriting. Everything is possible. Make it real! Overlay a coffee splash-wash and have fun.

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