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This technique is so extremely simple, I hardly dare to "reveal my secret". But its effect is so wonderful, I would feel guilty not to mail it to this forum that has helped me so much to understand the elementary secrets of Elements.
Probably you all know the high key pencil portraits. I create these images this way.
You can start with either a well lit nice B&W portrait or a coloured one, whatever you prefer. Preferably shot before a white bacground.
Create an empty layer and fill it with white.
Set the opacity of this layer to about 80-90%. Now you can see the original image shine through. Apply the eraser at about 5% and carefully remove as much of the top layer until you think it is almost OK.
Reset the opacity to 100%.
Finish the job, flatten layers and print it. Place your signature in the bottom right corner and you have created a new piece of art!
I did this trick several times lately (you can see some on my website)and they are rather popular now and sell extremely well.
Moreover, I remember doing this in the darkroom; usually I filled quite some paper bins before I was satisfied with the final result. Now I can do this trick within 10 minutes.
Leen
Probably you all know the high key pencil portraits. I create these images this way.
You can start with either a well lit nice B&W portrait or a coloured one, whatever you prefer. Preferably shot before a white bacground.
Create an empty layer and fill it with white.
Set the opacity of this layer to about 80-90%. Now you can see the original image shine through. Apply the eraser at about 5% and carefully remove as much of the top layer until you think it is almost OK.
Reset the opacity to 100%.
Finish the job, flatten layers and print it. Place your signature in the bottom right corner and you have created a new piece of art!
I did this trick several times lately (you can see some on my website)and they are rather popular now and sell extremely well.
Moreover, I remember doing this in the darkroom; usually I filled quite some paper bins before I was satisfied with the final result. Now I can do this trick within 10 minutes.
Leen
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