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PI
Version:
8
Level: Intermediate
Featured tools:
Crop Tool, Zoom Tool, Eraser Tool
Additional filters:
None
Additional files:
Picture
... you can use my kitty photo 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:
In this part of the tutorial, we're going to do the hardest part
of the work ... at least I felt this was the most difficult part
of the work. Maybe because I'm not using the Path Tool too
often?
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Open the
original picture or the copy you made of it, again.
Click on the Path Tool/Line and Arrow Tool (red arrow), set the Shape
(1) to Freehand, the Color (2) to white and the Mode (no.3) to 2D
Object.
Zoom in (200%) to make the next steps easier on yourself.
Draw lines (Outline Width: 1) after the whiskers of the cat (both sides) with the Line and
Arrow Tool, as you can see on the screenshot. |
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After you've
drawn all whiskers, change to the Linear Gradient Fill Tool (red arrow),
Fill method: Two-Color. Set the Fill colors from grey (182/182/182) to white
(255/255/255).
Click on one whisker at the time, right click /Convert Object Type and
chose From Text/Path to Image.
Beginning at the top of the whisker (closest to the nose of the cat) Fill your whisker with the gradient.
Once you've recolored all the whiskers, right click/Select All Objects
and right click/ Group.
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For the next step we will be using our painted picture.
Go to Format/Expand Canvas. Check the Expand sides equally box,
use white for the Expand color and expand 1 pixel.
Do this once again, but this time use black for the Expand color and expand
equally with 80 pixels.
Now you should have two pictures similar to those on the left.
Click on the whiskers you colored and grouped, right click and copy.
Activate the painted picture again and Paste (Ctrl+V) the whiskers. Move them to the
cat's nose.
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To get
whiskers placed correctly, I cheated a little bit. I took a copy of the
original picture and pasted it on top of the painted cat. Then right click/Properties and set the Transparency very high. Move the copy of the
entire original over the painted cat's head, as shown on the left.
Now it's easy to see if the whiskers are placed correctly (red arrow).
Open the Layer Manager, click on the whiskers
to activate them and move them into the correct place.
Now you can click on the original picture again and delete it. You
should only have the painted cat, with the whiskers in the right
position.
Merge All. |
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| That's it! Now we've got a nice art
picture from the photo, which couldn't be called a master shot (since
the photo is one of mine, I guess it's ok that I criticize the quality!). But as you can see
... even bad/failed pictures can have their potential. You just have
to find a way to set it off. 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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