FotoSketcher is pretty cool

[solo]

Pretty cool app, NPR renders still rule.

[dale]

Hey Oli
I notice your running Leopard, but can't find a .dmg version just .exe, are you running Windows on your mac, or am I missing the mac version?
This looks like great software. Thanks for the post.

[olishea]

wow, solo you have changed your profile pic!!

dale, i am running windows 7 via vmware fusion. you can use bootcamp too...but with vmware you can instantly switch between windows and mac, its sooooo easy. There comes a time when you just need windows! cant be exclusively mac forever!

just like opening another application:

[bmike]

quick try with a section.
3 jpg exports - hidden line, profiles turned off, 'normal' sketchup view.

fotosketch each of them.
assemble in photoshop by layering.

would work better as an exterior, with some shadows, trees, landscaping... but a cool process.

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[dale]

Oli
Yeah I have to agree. I'm looking at a new macbook pro, and pretty much convinced to add fusion. Anyone I know who uses it loves it. Glad you agree, it makes the decision easier.

[linea]

Sorry to be a fanboy but Fotosketcher is really cool in my opinion. What can I say, I suck at rendering! If you are on Facebook I have an example http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?pid=1836523&id=665888847&fbid=80713438847

[Robert]

@ Oli,

Thanks for starting this thread! I really prefer your Fotosketcher image to your rendering in the first post...nice work.
Thanks to this forum and Boofredlay, I discovered Fotosketcher a few days ago. 4 of my friends and colleagues are now using it...it is indeed a fun, easy to use piece of software and you can beat the price.

Here's some photos that I took that were pretty much throwaways until I ran them through the FS watercolor filters.

Robert

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[Robert]

@sepo said:

quick one

Sepo,

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

Robert

[Robert]

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.

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[david_h]

I've been playing around with it. Very Fun!

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[shura]

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.

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[sepo]

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

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[olishea]

some great images here

need to have another play.

[davidh]

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).

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[Robert]

@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?

[olishea]

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.

[olishea]

anyway, back to fotosketcher:

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

[sepo]

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.

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[davidh]

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.

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[shura]

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)

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