Monday, June 16, 2014

Working on a new painting effect (FotoSketcher 2.90)

Hi all,

Just a quick update to let you know that I'm currently working on a brand new painting effect. It's early days yet, but I'll keep you posted when a beta version is available.
This effect is based on a new segmentation algorithm. I've tried to create a loose style (with transparency) in order to emulate a watercolour.

Here is an example (click for larger view):
I hope you like it :)

All the best,

David
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15 comments:

  1. greywulfJune 16, 2014 at 4:18 PM

    I love it.

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  2. DavidJune 16, 2014 at 4:21 PM

    Thanks :-)

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  3. AnonymousJune 23, 2014 at 8:11 PM

    This looks more like a watercolor than anything you've done before.

    I've been painting with watercolors for 60 years.

    I'd like to try the beta when ready.

    Thank you.

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  4. DavidJune 23, 2014 at 8:23 PM

    Thank you very much. I'm still working on the effect, but I'll post a beta version soon :)

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  5. JohnGJune 27, 2014 at 9:26 AM

    Thst is pretty cool. Your effects keep getting better and better.

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  6. DavidJune 27, 2014 at 9:55 AM

    Thank you, John :) I'm still working on this new effect (and struggling a bit to be honest...) as I want it to look good on very different source images.

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  7. CaseyJune 28, 2014 at 5:55 PM

    SQEEEEEEEE!!!!


    Watercolour with an edge overlay!!??


    *bows to you*

    "Master...."

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  8. Peter (BC, Canada)July 3, 2014 at 5:38 PM

    Salut David,

    Watercolor is one of my favorite tool to play with. But I noticed that most softwares have a hard time with rendering the subtleties of the medium.

    One aspect is that the software should have a masking tool to help prevent or enhance one section over another.

    Take a look here to see what I mean: http://bit.ly/1vBpcK6

    You can see that without masking the watercolor wouldn't be "right".

    Hope this will help you, and maybe you can think about adding a "masking" tool to your repertoire!

    Cheers!

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  9. DavidJuly 5, 2014 at 5:09 PM

    Hi Peter,

    Thanks for the example. In fact, I think you could probably use the manual brush tool in FotoSketcher to apply slightly different parameters to some parts of the image, which could emulate this masking tool.

    Cheers,

    David

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  10. AnonymousJuly 9, 2014 at 1:42 AM

    GRACIAS DAVID MEXICO AGRADECE TODO LO QUE HACES POR EL ARTE,,

    TU ERES EL MODERNO DAVINCI EN COMPUTACION..GRACIAS POR SIEMPRE

    DESDE YUCATAN MEXICO..

    RAFAEL SALAZAR

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  11. DavidJuly 9, 2014 at 8:30 AM

    Muchas Gracias, Rafael :)

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  12. PaulJuly 15, 2014 at 4:53 PM

    I continue to love this program and tell everyone about it. We have created some wall hangers with it and everyone marvels at the effects.

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  13. DavidJuly 15, 2014 at 5:32 PM

    Thanks, Paul :-)

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  14. PetalFebruary 14, 2015 at 12:32 AM

    I just downloaded this free program today, what was I waiting for?
    I paint .
    but this program helped me to put together the color and light values that I imagined in my head in front of my eyes !
    Instead of just imagining a painting in one style ,I now want to try three paintings at once !One water color, oil and heavy body acrylic.
    Wow it's like I feel just discovered the light bulb !

    thank you so much for this free program!

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  15. DavidFebruary 14, 2015 at 10:32 AM

    Thank you :-)

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