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The Fallen Angel
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Well done on spotting the face. From there you should be able to identify the original photo that R.Cimboldo used using reverse image look up.
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MahaShiva
Magistrate
Looks like you have a different version of Photoshop from mine. On mine I would set that layer to the "screen" mode--I don't have a "reverse multiply" mode.
MahaShiva
Magistrate
Google can find the original even after Arcimboldo did all that to it? Now that's even more impressive than you are.
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The Fallen Angel
Guest
Well, I did crop out the face and reduced brilliance and increased contrast before using an online image search.Google can find the original even after Arcimboldo did all that to it? Now that's even more impressive than you are.
Arcimboldo
Magistrate
Two watermarks? Where is the second? And you have removed both?? I just have used Photoshop to substract the revised picture of yours from the original one. The difference is only the axillary watermark...
Arcimboldo
Magistrate
That impresses me too. Would you please show us the picture you found?
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The Fallen Angel
Guest
OK. Just be a few minutes. Got to wind up the desktop..
MahaShiva
Magistrate
One in her armpit, the other above her left hand.
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The Fallen Angel
Guest
Here we are. I cropped the face, looked it up and came up with Tom Ellis who plays Lucifer. That is what your search engine came up with.
Arcimboldo
Magistrate
Well, I have just tried out with Google image search - and it works!
Arcimboldo
Magistrate
Indeed! I would have never imagined that my pictures might be examined with the help of microscopes...
MahaShiva
Magistrate
It's the New Age, Arcimboldo--the Age of 49-inch Computer Screens! (That's 124.46 cm for you guys across the pond.Indeed! I would have never imagined that my pictures might be examined with the help of microscopes...
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The Fallen Angel
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Kindly sent to me by Bobinder..
How to make smoke like Arcimboldo
Using Photoshop
A demonstration using just these two jpg images -
If your smoke layer is a black and white image to start with, you can use it as a ready-made 'silhouette' for a layer mask. I.e. you don't need to create the layer mask by dodging and burning etc because it is already black and white with the shades of grey which will work as semi-transparent areas. So, here is how to make a simple layer mask for smoke.
1. Place original subject picture (e.g. 'Alice snarling') as Layer 1 - rename layer as 'Alice'.
2. Paste smoke jpg as Layer 2 - rename layer as 'Smoke'.
3. With only the 'Smoke' layer visible, and as the active layer, in the layer order panel, switch from 'Layers' to 'Channels'.
4. In 'Channels', all channels will appear active. Click on 'Red, 'Green' and 'Blue', highlighting them individually, to see which channel has the highest contrast. In this particular case, the smoke image is already monochrome, so there is almost no difference in contrast between the channels.
5. I chose 'Red'. Click on 'Red', right click and select 'Duplicate Channel'. The box confirms, 'Red copy' - so click, 'OK'.
6. 'Red copy' appears at the bottom of the channels list. With this as the only visible layer, and as the active layer, click on 'Select' on the top row.
7. From the 'Select' drop-down menu, click on 'Load Selection'. The box confirms, 'Untitled/Red copy' - click 'OK'.
8. You will now see part of the image selected. It is a complex shape, but everything necessary has been selected.
9. With the selection loaded, switch back to 'Layers'.
10. If you have the row of seven small icons in the lower right corner, the third one should reveal, 'Add Layer Mask'.
If not, click on 'Layer' on the top row. From the drop-down menu, select 'Layer Mask' which now provides further options - click on 'Reveal Selection'.
11. Either way, the layer mask is created, and it shows in the 'Layers' order panel with a double thumbnail image.
The left image is the visible image - click on that one to make image adjustments (e.g. brightness, contrast etc just like a normal colour image layer). You can enlarge and rotate it - basically treat it exactly the same as if it was a cut-out layer!
The right image is the mask - click on that to make adjustments to the mask. With the 'Smoke' layer active, you can also make adjustments to reduce the opacity of the layer (i.e. make the smoke fainter).
12. Some faint horizontal lines are still visible in the smoke image, so we are going to reduce those by adjusting the mask.
13. Click on the 'Smoke' right thumbnail to activate the mask, and then select the 'Burn' tool from halfway down the left hand toolbar. This has three options which are, 'Dodge Tool', 'Burn Tool' and 'Sponge Tool'. Any one of them might be showing. My 'Burn Tool' has an icon which looks like a closed fist (I don't know why...)
14. The burn tool shows a circle on the screen. Right click to adjust the size of the circle, which provides the area of the 'burn' or darkening effect. I made mine fairly large.
15. With the 'Smoke' mask active, run the 'Burn Tool' over the faint horizontal lines starting in the upper left corner. It will not darken the image (which is the normal effect) because the image is not active. In fact it will lighten the worked area because it is actually increasing the density of part of the mask, and beginning to conceal those faint lines.
16. The 'Burn' stage can be reversed by using the 'Dodge Tool' or a white brush on the same area, to apply the opposite effect to the mask. A black brush will do the same as 'burning'. N.B. for dodging and burning a mask effectively, the 'Dodge Tool' should be set to 'Highlights' and the 'Burn Tool' should be set to 'Shadows'. We can take a closer look at this later. Don't worry too much about it at this stage.
Result -
Smoking damages your health. Please do not try this at home.
How to make smoke like Arcimboldo
Using Photoshop
A demonstration using just these two jpg images -
If your smoke layer is a black and white image to start with, you can use it as a ready-made 'silhouette' for a layer mask. I.e. you don't need to create the layer mask by dodging and burning etc because it is already black and white with the shades of grey which will work as semi-transparent areas. So, here is how to make a simple layer mask for smoke.
1. Place original subject picture (e.g. 'Alice snarling') as Layer 1 - rename layer as 'Alice'.
2. Paste smoke jpg as Layer 2 - rename layer as 'Smoke'.
3. With only the 'Smoke' layer visible, and as the active layer, in the layer order panel, switch from 'Layers' to 'Channels'.
4. In 'Channels', all channels will appear active. Click on 'Red, 'Green' and 'Blue', highlighting them individually, to see which channel has the highest contrast. In this particular case, the smoke image is already monochrome, so there is almost no difference in contrast between the channels.
5. I chose 'Red'. Click on 'Red', right click and select 'Duplicate Channel'. The box confirms, 'Red copy' - so click, 'OK'.
6. 'Red copy' appears at the bottom of the channels list. With this as the only visible layer, and as the active layer, click on 'Select' on the top row.
7. From the 'Select' drop-down menu, click on 'Load Selection'. The box confirms, 'Untitled/Red copy' - click 'OK'.
8. You will now see part of the image selected. It is a complex shape, but everything necessary has been selected.
9. With the selection loaded, switch back to 'Layers'.
10. If you have the row of seven small icons in the lower right corner, the third one should reveal, 'Add Layer Mask'.
If not, click on 'Layer' on the top row. From the drop-down menu, select 'Layer Mask' which now provides further options - click on 'Reveal Selection'.
11. Either way, the layer mask is created, and it shows in the 'Layers' order panel with a double thumbnail image.
The left image is the visible image - click on that one to make image adjustments (e.g. brightness, contrast etc just like a normal colour image layer). You can enlarge and rotate it - basically treat it exactly the same as if it was a cut-out layer!
The right image is the mask - click on that to make adjustments to the mask. With the 'Smoke' layer active, you can also make adjustments to reduce the opacity of the layer (i.e. make the smoke fainter).
12. Some faint horizontal lines are still visible in the smoke image, so we are going to reduce those by adjusting the mask.
13. Click on the 'Smoke' right thumbnail to activate the mask, and then select the 'Burn' tool from halfway down the left hand toolbar. This has three options which are, 'Dodge Tool', 'Burn Tool' and 'Sponge Tool'. Any one of them might be showing. My 'Burn Tool' has an icon which looks like a closed fist (I don't know why...)
14. The burn tool shows a circle on the screen. Right click to adjust the size of the circle, which provides the area of the 'burn' or darkening effect. I made mine fairly large.
15. With the 'Smoke' mask active, run the 'Burn Tool' over the faint horizontal lines starting in the upper left corner. It will not darken the image (which is the normal effect) because the image is not active. In fact it will lighten the worked area because it is actually increasing the density of part of the mask, and beginning to conceal those faint lines.
16. The 'Burn' stage can be reversed by using the 'Dodge Tool' or a white brush on the same area, to apply the opposite effect to the mask. A black brush will do the same as 'burning'. N.B. for dodging and burning a mask effectively, the 'Dodge Tool' should be set to 'Highlights' and the 'Burn Tool' should be set to 'Shadows'. We can take a closer look at this later. Don't worry too much about it at this stage.
Result -
Smoking damages your health. Please do not try this at home.
M
montycrusto
Guest
What about smouldering erotically?
toxidomaskjr
Magistrate
It's so great to see new work from you Arcimboldo!
Arcimboldo
Magistrate
Smoking damages your health and the health of your crucified victims
Thanks Melissa - and all due credit to @Kav for the crux figure ignited by Alice!
Jus Pix
To contrast with the other threads that, er...have crux pics in them...to...um...get our juices going? :confused: :oops::doh::devil: Good images. :) Trying to keep it more dedicated but it is inspired by other threads. Expect more home grown Manips too!!
www.cruxforums.com
Arcimboldo
Magistrate
Smouldering, stewing, braising, roasting...?What about smouldering erotically?
Arcimboldo
Magistrate
That reminds me of my very first digital manip ever (well, the first with erotic content). I screened my hard disk...
Obviously I was already interested in wild west scenarios, branding irons and a beautiful actress named... (Melissa surely will find out with the help of a search engine
).