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    • daleD Offline
      dale
      last edited by

      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.

      Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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      • olisheaO Offline
        olishea
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        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:

        http://i654.photobucket.com/albums/uu269/olishea/Picture46.png

        oli

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        • bmikeB Offline
          bmike
          last edited by

          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.


          millrd-watercolor copy.jpg

          mike beganyi design + consulting llc

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          • daleD Offline
            dale
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            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.

            Just monkeying around....like Monsanto

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              linea
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              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

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                Robert
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                @ 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


                Aquinnah Light House,
Martha's Vineyard, MA


                Great Point lighthouse
Nantucket, MA


                Brant Point Lighthouse
Nantucket, MA

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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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                  • R Offline
                    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 👍

                            need to have another play. 😄

                            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
                                      last edited by

                                      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
                                          last edited by

                                          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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