Here I stitched 6 photo’s (in PS Photomerge) I took of my village pond,transfered the finished image onto a new transparent layer then cut out and deleted the sky , created a new alien sky in Bryce 3D,dragged the sky onto the new layer.Then created 2 planets with PS Lunarcell filter from Flaming Pear.Dragged them into position.
Cropped and saved as psd file,then saved as a jpg file,opened the jpg and took it into Liquid filter,played around with it at about opacity 17,just to bring any rough edges together.Clicked OK and saved,did a bit of cloning along the tree line.The water/bugs were created with….............
Color Efex Pro,this is a set of 77 filters that can be painted on with the pen tool with the Wacom tablet or with a mouse,the effect can be erased,or totally applied
,this way you can see the effect on all the image,undo it and paint the effect where needed.
I highly recommend this set of filters,they also have a demo model 7-8 filters,and it can be downloaded.
They also have a professional Sharpener that is very good,and DFine for Noise Reduction.
http://www.niksoftware.com/index/usa/entry.php
Hopefully this is a help to someone.
Tom Godfrey
Phew -very accomplished maestro – I know who to ask when I eventually get Photoshop :)
AlienVisitor
Once Photoshop drags you into her trap,there is just no escape.
But the artists in the trap,love it.,we always want more.
David.
vonne
This is Too True. I went kicking and screaming from Paint shop pro to PS but I have not looked back! I used to collect filters like no one else but I never even need then in PS. I love your photo, and thanks for sharing how you did it! Vonne
AlienVisitor
Thanks Yvonne.
David.
Deri Dority
Thanks for the sharing this information. I always learn something when I get an insight into how others are doing their images. I am going to download the trial filters that you recommend, it sounds interesting.
banditart
yep that was gr8t i dig learning stuff good onya for explaining it all im just learning to use ps its gr8t but i think ive got ps/6 i want to get the latest version but its a bit like buying a new car
the old one will allways do i suppose for me anyway for now
but then again looking at this groups stuff i think i might have to race out and get me a update or 6 or 7 or whats it up tp now and whats the best general photo editing one ive noticed adobe has all sorts of versions and stuff
AlienVisitor
Derid,I think you’ll like them.Banditart,Photoshops up tp CS3,I use CS,and its still pretty good.
David.