I have some pictures from the St.Louis Botanical Garden that are more snapshot than real pictorials. I thought I would try and see what could be done. This image shows the transform. I was looking for images that would print well on standard watercolor stock (90 lb.). I was able to produce a decent print(the wife even liked it). The print is softer than shown here.

So far I can only approximate the process, not duplicate it. There is enough variation in the originals and use of the effects to produce different results on each attempt.

Any feedback on using other than photo stock for printing would be appreciated

Bill

I don't know about printing Bill, but I did want to say that the watercolour effect looked quite nice. Have you tried the Vignette effect with a more nuetral, lighter colour? Nice flower photos!

dunno about printing, but pic seems beautiful. If you are playing with pics like this, try this. Duplicate original pic-layer, give watercolor-effect to upper layer and adjust layer transparency slowly. You can now handle how strong watercolor is and how much you can see details. Surely, color burn/multiply etc layer types gives intresting results too. This works best with redical amount of gaussian blur, to give that "glow", but still maintain sharp edges. .n

That's some valuable stuff, stepping us through the process like that - thanks. That vignette doesn't look right. Does anyone know how to make it look more like the painter 'just stopped painting' near the edge? ..Maybe a 'levels' thing done through a mostly opaque mask with a way-feathered edge. ..Ooh - you could even take a smudge tool to the mask edge to make it look like brush strokes. ..hmmm

P/C, The vignette in lighter color is better, Though a frame might be best. .n I'll work on that technique, multilayers makes sense in this sort of manipulation. F. The old dog is still learning new tricks. I can see the "just quit painting" idea. Thanks, the interchange makes us all better. We have to keep putting our ideas out there to gauge what others see in the work. Bill

Perhaps a gradient layer would give the "stopped painting" effect. I like the vignette effect but prefer the fade to white than to color. :)