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Subject: Painting from a projected image using photoshop
Hello Everyone!
Thank you for having me on this site. I would love some pointers in how to use photoshop to create large canvas paintings from photographs. I have a projector.
In short I would like to be able to break the image I'm using down to, say, 20 - 30 colours. Then, 1 by 1 i would like to be able to project each colour onto my canvas, trace round it and colour it in.
I have not been able to find any tutorials online. Any help will be hugely appreciated. Thank youI am relatively new to PS. I have CS3
Hi Benny56, I've moved your post from the Photography forum to the Photoshop forum as I believe people there will be in more of a position to help you with your question. I hope you get the answers you are seeking, and good luck!
--Anim8dtoon, Photography and Photoshop Forum Moderator
I just re-read the op's question and was thinking maybe they meant projecting the computer image onto an external canvas. My brain didn't think about someone wanting to project the image onto an external physical painting canvas and paint with a real paintbrush. I was thinking the photoshop canvas and making the photo into a painting, and printing it out on my photo printer. I have a bunch like that of my dog framed and hanging on the wall. After all, who else could anyone ever want a picture of hanging on their wall besides their dog. Whom of which is currently lying on her back next to my desk with her paws just twitching away and dreaming of running across sun dappled meadows, possibly chasing rabbits. Oh, and now she's trying to cover her eyes and wishing I'd turn the lights off.
Anyway, I guess if you wanted to paint by hand. You'd need a computer projector, which can range from $50 to $700. Then, if you wanted to break the colors down in photoshop for easier painting, you could use the channels tab to isolate some of the colors (not really ideal, though). I think I'd just use any of several filters to block it out and bring the base colors forward, such as high pass, paint dubs, sketch, or cutout - then you could sort of paint by numbers.
Wolfenshire, Moderator/Community Leader
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Hello Everyone!
Thank you for having me on this site. I would love some pointers in how to use photoshop to create large canvas paintings from photographs. I have a projector.
In short I would like to be able to break the image I'm using down to, say, 20 - 30 colours. Then, 1 by 1 i would like to be able to project each colour onto my canvas, trace round it and colour it in.
I have not been able to find any tutorials online. Any help will be hugely appreciated. Thank you
I am relatively new to PS. I have CS3