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Version:
8
Level:
Intermediate
Featured tools:
None
Additional filters:
None
Additional files: Picture
... you can use mine for the tutorial ... you can
get it here, but please remember the copyright is mine,
and this picture should only be used for this tutorial
and for private use.
Tutorial:
Copyright © Inge Klement |
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DESCRIPTION:
Achieve a porcelain
look by only using Photo Impact 8. Xero has
a filter called "Porcelain" if you are interested in
third-party filters.
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Open the picture
tut010_photo and make two copies (Ctrl + D). Close the original and work on
one of those copies now.
Go to Format/Highlight Midtone Shadow and set the Midtone to 25.
Go to Format/Hue & Saturation and move the slider for the
Saturation all the way to the left. The settings would be like this:
0/-100/0
Ctrl+A, and go to Object/Insert Image Object/Via Copy.
Right Click/Duplicate.
You should now have 2 copies on top of your picture. |
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Open the Layer
Manager ... that will make it much easier to work.
Take a look on the screenshot to the left:
Obj-1 = the first one, we
added through the Object menu; and
Obj-2 = the one we added through right click and Duplicate.
As you can see, I've activated Obj-2 in the screenshot. For Obj-2 we
will use these effects:
Effect/All/Find Edges, then go to Format/Invert (now you should
have the same window as the one on the screenshot), and finally go to
Effect/Blur/Gaussian Blur/Option and set the Radius to 3.
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In this
screenshot, I activated Obj-1 by clicking on it, but before I did so, I
clicked away the eye icon (red arrow) for Obj-2 so I could see Obj-1.
For this copy we will use Effect/Emphasize Edges/Option, and set the
Level to 4.
Activate Obj-2
again, Right Click/Properties /Merge, and use Lighting from the drop-down menu.
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Hold down Shift and click on Obj-2 (1) and Obj-1 (2) in the Layer Manager,
Right Click/Merge as Single Object (red arrow).
Click the OK button in the pop-up window.
The merged objects has a new name: Obj-3. Right click/Properties/Merge and again
apply Lighting from the drop-down menu. Close the Layer Manager, right click the picture and Merge
All.
Go to Format/Highlight Midtone Shadow and use this settings:
0/-12/0 |
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Working with
the second duplicate, activate the picture, go to Effect/Blur/Gaussian Blur and set the
Radius to 5.
You should now have two pictures (as
shown to the left).
Copy (Ctrl+C) the b/w picture (1) and paste (Ctrl+V) this copy on top
of the other picture (2).
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Right
click/Properties/Merge and use If Darker
(1) from the drop-down menu.
For this picture I also used the Quick Command Panel - 2x minus for the
Brightness (red arrow). Brightness (red arrow). Experiment with
different effects. When you are satisfied with the Brightness/
Contrast, right click/Merge All.
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This
is another picture made after the same tutorial ... as you can
see - you easily can use landscape photos too! :)
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And
there's also no problem to use flower photos! :))
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That's it! That's it! As you can
see, we created a picture with a porcelain look. 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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