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Paint Shop Pro X
Repainting an image
If you’ve ever taken a photo, you probably know that lighting and colors can make a huge difference – even the most boring subject can become interesting with the right settings. Unfortunately we can’t always get the right conditions… but we can always correct them :)
The method that I’ll be showing you today consists on taking the main colors from an art piece and applying it over a photo.
For the art piece I selected a work from Alphonse Mucha, Lily. Many of his early pieces result in a rather “dreamy” set.
IMAGE CREDITS » Olga’s Gallery
The photo.
IMAGE CREDITS » Dreamstime
Open the photo, hit Shift + D to duplicate it and close the original.
On the Layers palette, hit the Duplicate button twice.
Hide the top layer by clicking the Visibility Toggle button.
Make the middle layer active and hit Ctrl + A to select the entire canvas.
Open the art piece image, hit Ctrl + A to select it and hit Ctrl + C to copy it.
Back to the photo, hit Ctrl + Shift + L to place it inside the selection in the middle layer. This will replace the photo contained in the layer as well. Deselect.
If the art piece image has different dimensions than the photo, it will now be distorted and fill the entire canvas. There’s no problem with the distortion because we don’t want the details, only the colors.
Apply a Gaussian Blur effect.
Settings » between 25 and 50 (the more detailed the art piece, the more blur should be applied).
Change this layer’s blend mode to Color or Color (L).
Make the top layer visible again and change the blend mode to Overlay.
With the top layer active, go to Layers » New Adjustment Layers » Curves.
Click on the Auto Proof button so that you can see the changes taking effect on the image instead of just in the Before and After boxes.
To add a node, move the mouse cursor over the curve line until a + ADD sign appears next to it and click. To move the node, move the mouse over it until a cross appears next to pointer, click the node and drag (release the mouse button to place the node on the new position).
These are the settings I used:
And here’s the result:
Photo Manipulation · Jun 08, 2007 ·