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iDad
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View attachment 28724just a suggestion, I think I would give the ocean floor a bit of a burn _ tool 
. After all you're talking pollution right?(water looks to clean)
. After all you're talking pollution right?(water looks to clean)
Inkz
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Really nice piece inkpad...
I love the first image, the sharpness really brings out the splash droplets, great placement and blending. The Polluted version makes more sense but you've lost the sharpness and lighting above the water, quick fix, awesome image.
You've certainly come along way with your manipulations.
Well done.
I love the first image, the sharpness really brings out the splash droplets, great placement and blending. The Polluted version makes more sense but you've lost the sharpness and lighting above the water, quick fix, awesome image.
You've certainly come along way with your manipulations.
Well done.
ibclare
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I agree with Inkz. You're not only a quick study, you're a phenomenal student and a meticulous worker.
Maybe there is a happy medium between the two images you created. I'm not sure what you used to murk up the water. I imagine you overlaid some color on it? Maybe you could change the blend mode to something like overlay, reduce opacity if necessary, and bring back some of that clarity. Or just apply a mask to the layer or adjustment you used and brush back some of the gunk! I like them both.
And iDad, that's a cool way to show an alternative. I never would have thought of making an animation, but it saves scrolling back and forth and trying to remember the versions while you do that. Very nice. Muchas gracias. (and don't yell at me for using non-english, lol)
Maybe there is a happy medium between the two images you created. I'm not sure what you used to murk up the water. I imagine you overlaid some color on it? Maybe you could change the blend mode to something like overlay, reduce opacity if necessary, and bring back some of that clarity. Or just apply a mask to the layer or adjustment you used and brush back some of the gunk! I like them both.
And iDad, that's a cool way to show an alternative. I never would have thought of making an animation, but it saves scrolling back and forth and trying to remember the versions while you do that. Very nice. Muchas gracias. (and don't yell at me for using non-english, lol)
inkpad.t
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totally got engrossed in doing this and forgot about credits...
Crab in bottle http://montvalentstock.deviantart.com/art/Crab-Spirit-PNG-315682968
Octopus in bath http://hellotherelily.deviantart.com/art/Sea-Creature-PNGS-159471884
Underwater stock from here and here
Bath photobucket.com
Water splashes http://frostbo.deviantart.com/art/Water-Splash-Effect-SET-2-PNG-271074761
Fish from CHEYENNE75
Sea bed vegetation FROM CHEYENNE75 VEGETATION STOCKS
Model
http://jagged-eye.deviantart.com/art/Elle-Silent-Hill-3a-276987211
Everything else from my stock or painted on by me...
Crab in bottle http://montvalentstock.deviantart.com/art/Crab-Spirit-PNG-315682968
Octopus in bath http://hellotherelily.deviantart.com/art/Sea-Creature-PNGS-159471884
Underwater stock from here and here
Bath photobucket.com
Water splashes http://frostbo.deviantart.com/art/Water-Splash-Effect-SET-2-PNG-271074761
Fish from CHEYENNE75
Sea bed vegetation FROM CHEYENNE75 VEGETATION STOCKS
Model
http://jagged-eye.deviantart.com/art/Elle-Silent-Hill-3a-276987211
Everything else from my stock or painted on by me...
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inkpad.t
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Alb...
Thank you for the comment... beleive or not i have not been doing them long, only since i join this forum mainly.. can't remember when thatb was but only since then...
Didn't have a clue realy ... still learning... you to will get there one day... So keep going. Take a look back at some of the comments members have given... you can see everyone still has something to learn and sees things that some one else dos not when doing manipulations.
Eventualy you start to put things together you never new of or how to do it or what tool in photoshop to use.
When i first started i realy did not know about layers and how to stucture then ... this manipulation at the last count wass 126 layers.
I realy should get use to merging some layers but thats just me. i like to be able to go back on each layer if required to do something.
But ONE THINGS FOR SURE ... this forum and its GREAT MEMBERS will help you all the way... Just practice then practice some more.. when you think you have then practice some more... it taks time mate but you wilol get there in the end.
And i'm still new to this, so you can do it too.
Thank you for the comment... beleive or not i have not been doing them long, only since i join this forum mainly.. can't remember when thatb was but only since then...
Didn't have a clue realy ... still learning... you to will get there one day... So keep going. Take a look back at some of the comments members have given... you can see everyone still has something to learn and sees things that some one else dos not when doing manipulations.
Eventualy you start to put things together you never new of or how to do it or what tool in photoshop to use.
When i first started i realy did not know about layers and how to stucture then ... this manipulation at the last count wass 126 layers.
I realy should get use to merging some layers but thats just me. i like to be able to go back on each layer if required to do something.
But ONE THINGS FOR SURE ... this forum and its GREAT MEMBERS will help you all the way... Just practice then practice some more.. when you think you have then practice some more... it taks time mate but you wilol get there in the end.
And i'm still new to this, so you can do it too.
ibclare
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126 layers inpad? OK, you are catching up to Bert Monroy and his "Making of Times Square." Though I believe he had several thousand before he was done! Maybe a million or a trillion. Billions and billions of galaxies in the famous words of Carl Sagan.
I, like you, hate to merge layers. I'm a stickler for nondestructive layers, and make tons of smart objects so I can adjust filters as well as adjustment layers. I often copy merge so I can continue further manipulation of one layer instead of 6. Then I group the original layers, name them, and move them to the very bottom (not always move them though -- sometimes very convenient to keep where they are or I only copy-merge to make a blend layer over originals) and turn them off.
It makes for a large file. But who cares. The only time that becomes a consideration for me is if it gets so big, PS slows down. I've had it crash a couple of times and had to redo a lot ow work. Sometimes the result of that is improved technique, but mostly it's a pain. I save frequently even if it is a long process of rendering and formatting. I'm paranoid now.
Another trick is to save as a new psd as a stage. You can save stages in PS as you work, but they are gone once you close the document. Making a new PS allows me to delete the not in use files, the big groups that are taking up unnecessary megabytes. Then I build on that. Always have those original layers tucked away safely. My hint for the day. Now I'm exhausted of ideas, lol!
I, like you, hate to merge layers. I'm a stickler for nondestructive layers, and make tons of smart objects so I can adjust filters as well as adjustment layers. I often copy merge so I can continue further manipulation of one layer instead of 6. Then I group the original layers, name them, and move them to the very bottom (not always move them though -- sometimes very convenient to keep where they are or I only copy-merge to make a blend layer over originals) and turn them off.
It makes for a large file. But who cares. The only time that becomes a consideration for me is if it gets so big, PS slows down. I've had it crash a couple of times and had to redo a lot ow work. Sometimes the result of that is improved technique, but mostly it's a pain. I save frequently even if it is a long process of rendering and formatting. I'm paranoid now.
Another trick is to save as a new psd as a stage. You can save stages in PS as you work, but they are gone once you close the document. Making a new PS allows me to delete the not in use files, the big groups that are taking up unnecessary megabytes. Then I build on that. Always have those original layers tucked away safely. My hint for the day. Now I'm exhausted of ideas, lol!
inkpad.t
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Thanks ibclare...
126..just a baby then... I have started saving after every step i take , especially after loosing some psd files some time ago.. I have a separate folder on an external hard drive where i store the files and can be easy referenced.
I get so frustrated some times when it takes me ages to learn something , I must take a leaf out of your book and take the time to structure my layers into groups etc. I already do smart objects/layers as you do so things can be changed, Like i said to Alb.. still a novice and learning.
" Thanks for pointing out how long I've been here by the way " how dumb was that of me...
I still have loads to learn before i can help others like Alb... Yet there are so many different ways of doing the same thing in Photoshop i don't want to give the wrong advise..
I just do things the way i know and are comfortable with and the end result.. might take me longer but that's ok
126..just a baby then... I have started saving after every step i take , especially after loosing some psd files some time ago.. I have a separate folder on an external hard drive where i store the files and can be easy referenced.
I get so frustrated some times when it takes me ages to learn something , I must take a leaf out of your book and take the time to structure my layers into groups etc. I already do smart objects/layers as you do so things can be changed, Like i said to Alb.. still a novice and learning.
" Thanks for pointing out how long I've been here by the way " how dumb was that of me...
I still have loads to learn before i can help others like Alb... Yet there are so many different ways of doing the same thing in Photoshop i don't want to give the wrong advise..
I just do things the way i know and are comfortable with and the end result.. might take me longer but that's ok
ibclare
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That's funny in a way inkpad. We probably all start off doing these the harder, longer way. Except for those who have 1 on 1 tutors maybe. And don't worry that you can't give advice. Anyone who can make a very successful composition consisting of 126 layers has plenty to share. Yep, many ways to do the same thing in PS, and all of them right. Some may be faster or less work intensive, but you'll learn them all, Especially once you see something and go, heck, that's so much easier, faster. Once you get fed up taking twice as long, you'll absorb that stuff like water in a sponge. OK enough with the cliches.
