Question: Is there a "sweat" or "wet sheen" plugin for Photoshop?

<Victor> wrote in message | thanks

considering how sweat/sheen and it’s reflectivity would be dependent upon a] the light source available, and b] the contour of the person/object it’s resting on, neither of which can be determined by anything even remotely resembling Photoshop, I’m going to say "no".

And before you think my answer to be smartass, I offer you this thought:

When asking/wondering about a plugin, think about what you want that plugin to do, then consider the probability that it’s even possible.

That being said, you *can* get a similar effect to a sheen, but not in one fell swoop. You’d still have to basically define the contours (by creating selections), and that would probably be even more time consuming than actually painting in the sheen with the brush tool.

fungusamungus wrote:

<Victor> wrote in message

thanks

considering how sweat/sheen and it’s reflectivity would be dependent upon a] the light source available, and b] the contour of the person/object it’s resting on, neither of which can be determined by anything even remotely resembling Photoshop, I’m going to say "no".
And before you think my answer to be smartass, I offer you this thought:

When asking/wondering about a plugin, think about what you want that plugin to do, then consider the probability that it’s even possible.
That being said, you *can* get a similar effect to a sheen, but not in one fell swoop. You’d still have to basically define the contours (by creating selections), and that would probably be even more time consuming than actually painting in the sheen with the brush tool.

Good point. When I saw this question I considered for a moment that perhaps one of the raindrop or water filters/actions might work, but even then, as you point out, there would be a good deal of tricky selections to make, even assuming one could decide where to apply the effect(s).

On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:57:39 GMT, "fungusamungus" wrote:

<Victor> wrote in message | thanks

considering how sweat/sheen and it’s reflectivity would be dependent upon a] the light source available, and b] the contour of the person/object it’s resting on, neither of which can be determined by anything even remotely resembling Photoshop, I’m going to say "no".

And before you think my answer to be smartass, I offer you this thought:

Never occurred to me to think that. I agree on the complexity of the issue which is why I asked if there was such a plugin. And, if such does exist I suspect it would be among those very expensive ones.

When asking/wondering about a plugin, think about what you want that plugin to do, then consider the probability that it’s even possible.
That being said, you *can* get a similar effect to a sheen, but not in one fell swoop. You’d still have to basically define the contours (by creating selections), and that would probably be even more time consuming than actually painting in the sheen with the brush tool.

How do you do that? Brush in a sheen? I don’t know much about photoshop and brushes.

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 13:07:41 -0500, "Scott Glasgow" wrote:

fungusamungus wrote:

<Victor> wrote in message

thanks

considering how sweat/sheen and it’s reflectivity would be dependent upon a] the light source available, and b] the contour of the person/object it’s resting on, neither of which can be determined by anything even remotely resembling Photoshop, I’m going to say "no".
And before you think my answer to be smartass, I offer you this thought:

When asking/wondering about a plugin, think about what you want that plugin to do, then consider the probability that it’s even possible.
That being said, you *can* get a similar effect to a sheen, but not in one fell swoop. You’d still have to basically define the contours (by creating selections), and that would probably be even more time consuming than actually painting in the sheen with the brush tool.

Good point. When I saw this question I considered for a moment that perhaps one of the raindrop or water filters/actions might work, but even then, as you point out, there would be a good deal of tricky selections to make, even assuming one could decide where to apply the effect(s).

I’ve tried the typical "rain drop" and water filters for this effect and it really doesn’t work very well at all. Good for that look of standing in the rain when actually indoors, however.

<Victor> wrote in message | How do you do that? Brush in a sheen? I don’t know much about photoshop and
| brushes.

That would be a more traditional painting technique 🙂 Find a few photos for reference, see how the light plays on the objects, and try to emulate it. Difficult? Maybe, but it will definetly take a little practice.