Hamashimura In reply to OrchidsInRuin [2010-09-08 21:50:22 +0000 UTC]
First of all,I thank you for the kind words,and for the fave as well ^_^
Second,regarding the answer to the gate:
First,I have cut out the gate from your stock
Second,I have brushed over it freely with Soft Round AirBrushes
Third,I have duplicated it and Motion Blur-ed it
Fourth,duplicated the blured image and set it on soft light
Fifth,emerged all the layers together
Sixth,played with different settings in curves and warming photo filter until I was satisfied with the color I needed
Seventh,duplicated and put it through filter>artistic>plastic warp,put on soft light OR overlay,can't exactly remember
Eight,merged the layers
Ninth,put it through Topaz Plugin: Filter>Topaz Labs>Topaz DeNoise 4,played in settings on RAW,Strong until I was satisfied
Tenth,put it throught Topaz Simplify 3,played with settings on Image Crisp Edge
Eleventh,put it through Topaz Detail 2 and played with setting on Creative Detail Accent
After that,I went through the same plugin and played with Bold Detail option...
Next thing was - duplicating,blurring,changing layer to soft light and merging them...
That was the hard way,since I was experimenting...
But you can get similar outcome with Topaz Clean plugin,but I prefer the hard way...you get more interesting result,and you get to appreciate the image more because of the pain you went through experimenting ^_^
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