graphix Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Ok guys, I have searched the web and have combed the articals here. Tried a bunch of plugins for photoshop and fiddeled with filters and just can not get a NPR look. I have clients that are wanting a water colored look or a pencil drawn look to their renderings. I render in VIZ 4 and have photoshop 7. Any tips/tricks/plugins or links would be great help.. Thanks in advance, graphix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Alexander Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Ernest Burden started a thread showing some of his always imrpessive work. He actually gives a good breakdown on some very controlable and powerful techniques 3dviz (he used lightscape) & PS software, that he uses. http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4958 Somewhere there is either a tutorial or article by Ernest - detailing some of his techniques and artistic development he has been through. Can't find the link, sorry. WDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ras Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Has anyone ever learned what that "one-button" PS-action does in detail - the one Ernest refers to when asked for his secrets? Ernest - the link WDA mentions above... would you mind pointing us in the right direction if you remember where the thread is? The thread below is the closest thing I´ve found so far and I have spent a few hours looking for it: http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1833&page=1&pp=10&highlight=NPR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivoli Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 here's the link, at least the one i guess you're referring to: http://www.acmedigital.com/tutorial/tutorialLS-WC.html a very well written tutorial, i find it really interesting even if you don't want to do any NPR image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 here's the link, at least the one i guess you're referring to: http://www.acmedigital.com/tutorial/tutorialLS-WC.html That tutorial is for producing hybrid work--digital plus hand-painted parts. It is not for 100% digital work. I no longer use the techniques outlined in that, but they are still valid. I'm sorry to be mysterious about the lines thing. I have explained it pretty completely in various posts. I have not had the time to put it all into a set of imstructions. I'm not sure when or if I will. What you need to understand is that I was experimenting with the cameras rolling. I simply hit 'record' on a new Photoshop action and began playing around. I did a LOT of stuff and I don't remember what it all was. But I recorded it, so it is now literally a one-button thing. It is dozens of steps long, many of those done and then undone within the action. I can set it to stop in certain parts so I can enter different values for filter steps. As a basic--I am using Photoshop's line filter to produce the edges, copying that to two layers, motionbluring one horizontally, the other vertically, them merging them back down and 'jiggling' the result with the EyeCandy filter. But if you have a 'sketch' renderer available to you, it would likely do a better job of this than my method. I'm just making the most of the tools I have here. I have a result in mind, then play around until I can find a way to produce it, or get as close at I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Nelson Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 As a basic--I am using Photoshop's line filter to produce the edges, What is the line filter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 What is the line filter? There are two of them. First is 'find edges', its probably under 'stylize' (no PS on this computer to check), but the better one is 'glowing edges'. You can vary the line weights, and the contrast. It will give you a black field with colored lines. Invert it, use hue/saturation to make each color black or gray, that keeps the weights the same for all colors. Or, adjust darkness by color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Nelson Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Ah, gotcha. Well you might remember this one I did a while ago. I've been using it to experiment on with NPR techniques. What do you think? Getting the lines in the right places is tricky for me still, but I actually like it better than my original found at this thread... http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1580&highlight=industrial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 Ah, gotcha. Well you might remember this one I did a while ago. What's funny here is that seeing the use of angled strokes and I think 'hey, that's wrong'. You see, I'm left-handed, so I sketch with the opposite slant. When I've used that filter I have it do the strokes the other way. It's silly, we're not drawing with Photoshop, but I still can't get away from years of hand work. About this building--it has been annoying me since you first posted it. I know, not your design, but damn it, the design makes no sense. Why one side of the entrance piers is higher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzzy Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 How about making an unchallange or challange about this topic "Let There be photoshop" Read my ideas about it ..http://www.cgarchitect.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5027 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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