Posted 11 February 2009 - 10:38 AM
I had just renewed my subscription to flickr so image should be restored in few time.
And anyway i promise also to myself to polish that tutorial so for this week end will be ready at least in the usual form (i planned to do a Video tut, but my sound card seems no able to accept input from microphone :cry: but only output music)
2-ton
Sure i may, but the point is not much which filter used but how found the right setting
This was the first routine i try:
1 Duplicate the layer
2Filter/Artistic/Photocopy
(first enlarge the preview box how much you can,then lower the value of the first and last value , quite close to the minimum
point is get most of details, a good amount of grain, and a not too blanck image)
3 use now Grycstoration, again preview box has to be maximized .
"Contour preservation has to be lowered, "noise Amount" increased to the point of blur the image
Then "Asinotropy" has to be pushed almost to maximum, that will sort of "refocus" the image giving neat outline but smearing all noise
..you should look the preview to find right point
4 change mode of duplicate layer in soft light
A )usually that is sufficient, is the effect is too soft duplicate again the layer.
AND/OR
B )Is effect whiten too much the image, duplicate again but this time set the duplicate in multiply mode, lowering is opacity as needed
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For this last series i used a variations
1 ) G'MIC Toolbox (is a new filter, include also greycstoration ) in G'MIC toolbox Artistic/pencil drawing
Again maximize preview, you want a "pencil drawing" more detailed possible,
2 ) now a little disturbance, that GMIC filter has a bug so instead then modify the active layer will create a new image.
Copy/paste as new layer over the original,
3) again change layer mode to soft light
and again is the effect is too soft duplicate again the layer.
And/OR
If effect whiten too much the image, duplicate again but this time set the duplicate in multiply mode, lowering is opacity as needed
But the basic point is judging the preview
1 all details visible and net in the B&W layer (in both case : photocopy+greycstoration or GMIC "pencil drawing") will be..sharpened and bumped
All the rest will add texture or in case of Greycstoration a sort of brushstroke.
Again for the week end should be ready