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Version:
X3 (you can use earlier, and newer versions too)
Level:
Intermediate
Featured tools:
Quick Command Panel, Selection Tool
Additional filters:
None
Additional files:
Picture ...
you can use mine for the tutorial ... you can download it
inside the zip file, but please remember the copyright is mine,
and this picture should only be used for this tutorial
and for private use.
Additional material: here
Tutorial:
Copyright © Inge Klement |
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DESCRIPTION:
Turn a picture or photo into a snow landscape with a few
special effects.
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Open the picture
tut6_photo and make a copy (Ctrl + D). Close the original and work on
the copy.
Go to Effect/Artistic/Colored Pen, set the Level to 60. Click
OK.
Use the Quick Command Panel,
and click 5x the minus button for the Brightness. (That's depending
on the picture you use!) |
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As you can see
the picture looks a little bit dark now, but with few special effects
you can set off the "interesting" parts of the photo.
Use the Selection Tool/Lasso, and make a selection (as you can see in
the screenshot to the left).
Right Click/Soften: 20 pixels.
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Now comes the
really important part ... the one which set off parts of your picture.
Go to Photo/Enhance/Diffuse Glow and use these settings:
Threshold: 16
Degree of glow: 6
Graininess: 2
Glow color: white (255/255/255)
Click OK and deactivate the selection.
Try different settings to find one that appeals to you.
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Now
to make it snow. Go to Effect/Creative/Particle Effect/Snow
(1) and use these settings under Basic (red arrow):
Density: 2500
Size: 19
Variance: 70
Color: white (255/255/255)
Body: 10
Opacity: 70.
Click OK/Apply Current Frame Effect to Image (white arrow) and
Merge All.
For this picture, I didn't change any of the settings from the Advanced
tab.
Experiment with the settings ... you can achieve a lot of nice
effects. (You even can animate the snow if you want too!) |
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And
that's how my finished picture looks in the original size :))
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That's it! Easy to make and now you can
make use all kind of photos which aren't exactly masterpieces.
HAVE FUN!!!
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If you need any help with
this tutorial - or want to make suggestions to improve it -
please email
me!
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Copyright © inkl-Designs. All
rights reserved.
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