Archive for the 'Real-light Overlays' Category
Vignette Complex Shapes
Neil April 9th, 2009
Does this image look useful to you?
Well I included it in the Verities Vignette texture set in the hopes of inspiring your creativity, this is how I used it tonight - Before:
After:
There you’ll see the edged dodged down in a nicely organic way…control the darkness and control the perception of the image!
Free Light Friday: 3-27-09
Neil March 27th, 2009
Double header today!
In reference to creating vintage and antique photo effects, we want to achieve the elusive ‘light leak’ effect…
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The ‘light leak’ effect is a partial bleaching or lightening of the image plane caused by a leak of light at exposure, development, printing, or uneven fading of the image in the aging or weathering process. A light leak layer is included in the Vintage Multiple choice workflow action.
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To read a concise tutorial on creating the faded - light leaking look try this tutorial by Wharf 8
Now comes the toning of the image. Again, I used the curves layer to adjust the reds, blues and yellows as well as to slightly fade the image.
If you’d like the Golden Touch in your light leaking adventures - buy the texture set:
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Creative light leaky blessings this friday!
Free Light Friday 3-20-09
Neil March 20th, 2009
70 new textures, backgrounds and creative goodness sponsored by the Beautiful Blurs Set
Here’s the soundtrack:
Here’s your free download:
5000 pixel longest side high resolution texture file download, moody image enhancement
Mind Like Water - spot under one’s feet
Neil March 18th, 2009
What lies still is easy to grasp;
What lies far off is easy to anticipate;
What is brittle is easy to shatter;
What is small is easy to disperse.
Yet a tree broader than a man can
embrace is born of a tiny shoot;
A dam greater than a river can
overflow starts with a clod of earth;
A journey of a thousand miles begins at the spot under one’s feet.
Therefore deal with things before they happen;
Create order before there is confusion.
Spring discounts
Neil January 26th, 2009
Everybody’s whining about the economy, but you have the ability to create your future
Don’t drop you cash on software upgrades, upgrade your brain power to produce better work!!
I’ll help motivate you with a few discounts!
Bleautiful Blur Overlays - Volume 2 - save $30 until March 31st
The beautiful blurs can do a lot for your images! Read any of the online tutorials to get ideas:
The Beautiful blurs add to the creativity of any designer or photographer:
- Page Backgrounds
- Contrast modifying overlays for single photographs
- Color adding overlays for designs or photographs
- Website background images
Comparitive Retouch - Lighting overlay blue on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Neil January 15th, 2009
A quick comparative set using LAB color mode and the ONE ACTION set: starting with the original file just out of raw conversion….
First we retouch the skin to taste, consider the light when you do (opensextensive skin retouch tutorial)!
After skin retouch we have a richer and more directional feel to the light.
A Black and white conversion using L*A*B* color mode for luminosity. A very classy B+W conversion. Once we’ve shown the client the expected results we can easily proof them something more artistic, and unexpected using Beautiful Blurs, or Lighting Overlays.
Here a basic texture file from the Bleautiful Blur Overlays - Volume 2 gives the picture a little blue juice which contrasts the warmth of the skin with a Photoshop layer mode of soft light.
There are two answers to why to be creative - one is from your own motivation, the other is to sell more to your clients. With the ONE ACTION workflow you could complete this whole series in less than 3min simply saving out a JPEG at each stage.
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Beautiful Blurs Volume 2
Neil January 13th, 2009
Bleautiful Blur Overlays - Volume 2
The beautiful blurs can do a lot for your images! Read any of the online tutorials to get ideas:
The Beautiful blurs add to the creativity of any designer or photographer:
- Page Backgrounds
- Contrast modifying overlays for single photographs
- Color adding overlays for designs or photographs
- Website background images
70 High Resolution 16mp images for your creative project!
Soundtrack is “In McDonalds” by Burial
Available for immediate download - Liscensed for unlimited reproduction in any media with purchase from copyright holder Neil Cowleey ©2008 - Do not redistribute - liscense is non-transferable from original purchaser. Free Sample available here for download <–
Free Light Friday - Beautiful Blurs Volume 2 sample
Neil January 9th, 2009
Beautiful Blurs Volume 2 is out today…70 new textures, backgrounds and creative goodness
Bleautiful Blur Overlays - Volume 2
Bleautiful Blur Overlays - Volume 2 The beautiful blurs can do a lot for your images! Read any of the online tutorials to get ideas. And here friends is a preview of all 70 of the abstractly beautiful pieces.
And now to the free download!
Beautiful Blurs Disk 2 - free sample
Free Light Friday posted 09-26-08 Download free texture file after checkout process.
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