Ethereal processing

[Jeff_Green]

Just wanted to get some opinions on this process. The full sized image turned out better than I expected. Any comments or criticisms are welcome. I've posted pictures from this workshop session before but I'm still working on processes!

Thanks,
Jeff

[dlbdata]

Nice.....different look......

[Silvernic]

Jeff, just my opinion, but if you do the effects on a different layer and then selectively erase or mask areas of the effect (such as the eyes) the final product will have a little more impact. If you wanna post the original or send it to me, I'll show you what I mean.

[Jeff_Green]

I know exactly what you mean, Nic. You are right and I didn't even think about it! lol I was just going over some pics I had on my laptop and I used different processes to figure out which ones fit better for different types of pictures, but I didn't even think about selectively erasing on it. I do agree that it would have worked out pretty good on this one had I done it.

How do you perform a selective erase if you are using an action? Can you stop it in the middle of an action sequence, erase, then resume?

Thanks guys and keep em coming!

Jeff

[mivy00]

Presonally I would just paste this copy on top of the original then throw a mask on it and take out the areas you want with a brush on about 30% opacity so that you can build the effect .....but nic may know a better way

[Silvernic]

Nope, that's exactly how I do it. In almost any action I create the first step is "duplicate layer" so that I can do some masking in the end.