![]() ![]() That was about it! Love this regal bird!….For Adobe Photoshop there are many number of plugins to expand its vulnerability. On a layer above Topaz (see sidebar for website link) Texture Effects 2 was applied with a few adjustments. Here are the brushes that were used in this image: used the Fabric brush and painted out the fancy wings – Size 73/Opa 52 used Hair to add in more bluish lines in the wings – Size 120/Opa 100/Value Variability 5/Min Length 25 used the Wild Grain to some texture to sky used bluish tones – Size 75/Opa7/Count 15/Grain 55 used Cluster to add some little flecks in the head feathers Size 73/Opa 67 with yellow/white flecks and no Glow used Fur to add some yellow cast on the light side of the bird used Lightwaver to add the feathers on his breast and used Fur to adjust the yellow over the breast areas. The Exclusive Pack of brushes was used to create this image – these come with the plug-in when it is purchased. Here is a little gray heron recently taken sitting on my porch screen (see link to original image). Thought I would do another image to show what the Corel ParticleShop brushes can do for an image. That is all that was done for this nice vintage effect!….Digital Lady Syd Added Sarah Gardner’s Frame Collection Paper Frame 05 on top that is a free download. Did some clean up and added the free Nik Viveza 2 to enhance the focal point. In the Texture section, masked the texture off the focal point with the Brush tab set to a Strength of 0.66. This plug-in can be very handy! On a stamped layer (CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+E) Topaz Texture Effects 2 was used – used Fall Foliage Foggy Morning (downloaded from the Topaz Community) with a few adjustments to the Basic Adjustments section. Used the Corel ParticleShop plug-in to remove the background area using Blend brush and the Blender Tool. Painted on the flower stems and stalks to further remove bad areas and add a little texture to them. Used Topaz (see sidebar for website link) Clarity to sharpen overall, and Topaz Simplify with the Simplify Size slider set to 0.17 which removed some of the bad spots on the leaves. This beautiful white flowers in a Bird of Paradise in my front yard was fun to post-process. Added some texture and clean up was done to finish up……Digital Lady Syd Magic Dust Pretty Actions Brush was used to add a little white snow effect on tree and underneath text. (See my Intro to Corel ParticleShop Brushes for Photoshop blog.) Back in PS, this layer looked pretty bright so lowered the opacity. Its Eraser brush was used to soften the effect a little. Then used the Star brush to create the bright star on top and added a little color in by turning off the Glow and painting a little on the branches. Corel’s Partical Shop was opened and used the Flame brush to paint a little color in the tree leaf and used Cluster brush to add some lights to the plant. ![]() ![]() On another stamped layer Topaz ReStyle’s Emerald preset was applied. On a stamped layer (CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+E) Topaz Impression 2 was opened and Cezanne 2 preset was applied but masked out the bird to retain my painting strokes. ![]() Have to find the right brushes to paint these guys! French Kiss (see sidebar for website link) Myrica Gale png was used for the plant – color was painted on a layer underneath it to add some colors. Used Grut’s MI Sues Hedge brush to soften and get the pretty edging between the brown and white feathers and am finding this to be a very useful mixer! Also used one of Fay Sirkis’s hair blenders. Topaz (see sidebar for website link) ReMask was used to select the bird and put him on his own layer – then used the Mixers to paint him. The background texture is from Kim Klassen called Papertrio Paper and Paste (not sure it is still available but she has some beautiful textures) – applied twice, the second time set to Hard Light at 49% layer opacity. This image uses a lot of different filters and textures. Since the background was not too exciting, I decided to give him a little more holiday spirit by both painting and adding several filters. I decided I needed to practice some painting so I picked this funny guy who sort of waltzed into my shot. This bird is a Masked Lapwing that was photographed at the Palm Beach Zoo. ![]()
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