ianrb Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 bit of spit and polishing ; and still ''without care in the world'' 1] original raw file -- just as well I have some idea about editing 2] as edited yesterday 3] orton effect and background colours added in Affinity (yep; used the graduation tool Pana Fz300I have used the Orton effect for years and there many way to do it; however this is based on James's video click Little trick to add shadow under log ONLY >add FX shadow to dog/log section >deplicute >remove Fx from bottom layer >add mask to top layer >brush away top layer to leave only the bottom part of the log and the shadow --- something I taught or perhaps retaught myself today . You could paint in the shadow but that didn't work for me suggestions comments questions welcome Lovemonkey and John Rostron 2 Quote
firstdefence Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 Not sure the Orton effect is really appropriate for this image in so much as, I don't think it adds much other than fuzziness. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
Wosven Posted March 10, 2019 Posted March 10, 2019 I like the less detailed background of the original, the details on the trunk on the second one. Perhaps there's too much on the dog, poor dear looks more like an add for grooming or shampoo for dog , and he looses some dark side of his fur. But without the dog, the second one with only the paysage with a lot of details is interesting too. Nice work Quote
ianrb Posted March 11, 2019 Author Posted March 11, 2019 thanks for your honest thoughts @Wosven & @firstdefence-- not sure I like it much now myself . There is certainly more of a story in the original edit. Was more about trying the Affinity Orton way as explained by James; and fiddling with those gradient tools The area behind the dog is a salty and smelly water hole / lagoon / billabong off the Murray River. Extremely dry here for 18 month; however that log was under flood water a few years ago. I have recorded some amazing salt patterns there I meant to mention the shadow under the log: >add shadow >duplicate layer >remove shadow from bottom layer >add mask to top layer >brush out the top layer to leave the still adjustable shadow wish I had and knew these tricks 30-40 years ago --- I had a mini lab then Cheers Wosven 1 Quote
firstdefence Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 Kudos for the experiments Ian, got to mash it up and see what happens, all part of the creative process. ianrb 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
Wosven Posted March 11, 2019 Posted March 11, 2019 1 hour ago, ianrb said: not sure I like it much now myself Those pics are interesting, but the second one is confusing: In the first, that's sure the main subject is the dog On the second one, the landscape fights the dog to get the main focus In the third, that's sure it's the dog! Keep on liking them like we do. ianrb 1 Quote
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