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Subject: How can I achieve this effect

Soigne opened this issue on Jan 29, 2008 · 9 posts
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Soigne ( ) posted Tue, 29 January 2008 at 4:28 PM · edited Mon, 13 January 2025 at 8:38 AM

http://www.wishyouwellsonline.com/main.html

I have tried different filters but cant get anywhere near this...

If there is a tut somewhere it would be greatly appreciated...

jerr3d ( ) posted Tue, 29 January 2008 at 5:25 PM

She has a really awesome technique. Looks like she converts a photo to B&W, then dodge and burns tones, and/or smudge, then adds color, paints the hair ? Looks like a lot of time, effort and talent went into their creation, bet they are expensive! Sorry that's not much help but thanks for sharing the link ^ ^

Soigne ( ) posted Tue, 29 January 2008 at 6:22 PM

I agree...lots of time and talent.  It has to be some sort of  "secret" as Ive not seen this type work replicated anywhere...its the beautiful storybook softness that appeals to me but yet it's grungy at the same time...I have been trying for weeks to get it but I have had no success.

Imager ( ) posted Tue, 29 January 2008 at 11:45 PM

Several techniques, but it looks like the heart of it is the colorization of black and white.  You can try putting a layer in color mode on top of the bw image, then painting.  Other techniques similar to that.  Experiment.

one5910 ( ) posted Sun, 03 February 2008 at 7:25 AM

the best is to ask jessica herself
lol One5910 this also maybe her secret

Nosiferret ( ) posted Fri, 29 February 2008 at 12:06 PM · edited Fri, 29 February 2008 at 12:11 PM

Wonder what music is being played on her site too.

Also you might want to try looking at Xero's web site, they have a lot of neat filters that might come close to what you're looking for. http://www.xero-graphics.co.uk/ Look under the Freeware listing and find Nostalgia and that's kind of giving you the same kind of color and then you'll need to incorp other items into the picture like fairy wings or backgrounds etc.

DarkEdge ( ) posted Fri, 29 February 2008 at 7:06 PM

All of the above responses would work.
Looks like a black and white photo, maybe it was color and then desaturated with some level work maybe (???).
The wings and hat could be simple cutouts with a sepia tone added (orange+yellow) with soft light (???) and then some dodge and burn in areas.

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StaneeRae ( ) posted Sat, 01 March 2008 at 1:58 PM

Jessica is active on one of the photography forums I belong to.  The forum owner tried to duplicate her technique, but couldn't (and he's a whiz at Photoshop).  It's more than just applying a filter; she does a lot of detail work on these art pieces.  She also sells beautiful templates for albums, cards, etc.  You can visit her blog at jessicadittmerphotography.typepad.com/midnighthourdesign/

Tanchelyn ( ) posted Sun, 02 March 2008 at 12:31 AM

Basically she has a good masking technique. The rest is individual creativity.
It's always better to be yourself in your creation than to imitate someone else's. Or your name should be Pablo Picasso of course.

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