unni Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 This is an old scrap diesel electric engine. To give a vintage look, the color and texture were modified selectively. A layer (overlay blend mode) with stampings of a grunge brush was used to bring patches of rust. The patches were selectively revealed through a black mask. Channel mixer adjustment layer is used with its output channel red selected and green slider to +200, red and blue slider around -30. This changes leaves from green to red-yellowish. Again, revealed selectively by painting white on the inverted adjustment layer mask. Similarly, levels, curves, unsharp mask, clarity were applied selectively by inverting each of the masks and painting on it with white brush. Finally, a vignette was applied. ABR brushes were downloaded from internet (Grunge_Brushes_by_Aramisdream) The goal was to lead the viewer to the instrument panel, give a rusted , abandoned and vintage look. The exhibit is actually inside Chennai railway museum, India. First image is processed to achieve the goal. This image below is unprocessed original. Wosven and AffinityJules 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AffinityJules Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Nicely done. One thing though. . .Personally, I would've left the greens, green. unni 1 Quote Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. These are not my own words but I sure like this quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unni Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 thank you @AffinityJules. i felt that the warm color for leaves would give a better match for the vintage look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AffinityJules Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Yes, I get that. It's just that I have an indelible memory of rummaging around junkyards as a kid, and all the vehicles were always enveloped with the local shrubbery. Rust & Green, a hard memory to shake. unni 1 Quote Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. These are not my own words but I sure like this quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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