Rockwell action BETA

[MikeF]

Ok here's an action that might lead somewhere.....
VERY BETA... REPEAT...VERY BETA...... STOP.

http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~mikefinn/action.html
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[feivel]

Ok here's an action that might lead somewhere.....
VERY BETA... REPEAT...VERY BETA...... STOP.

http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~mikefinn/action.html
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MikeF
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hi mike
thought maybe i could help
i only have a general impression of rockwell though
as i recall his colors are dark and rich
so i decreased sat and put a 50%opacity hue layer filled with an orange above it
then i did a hue sat and moved the lightness slider to the left
and then actually increased saturation somewhat
also did an anisotropic on it but i dont think that helped much



feivel

 

[feivel]

Ok here's an action that might lead somewhere.....
VERY BETA... REPEAT...VERY BETA...... STOP.

http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~mikefinn/action.html
Bottom of page



MikeF
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i hope not mike but this project may be somewhat doomed from the start (be glad to eat my words later if necessary)

i mean i know you obviously are not attempting to really create a rockwell. just to capture a bit of his style and mood but nevertheless.
just looked up a bunch of rockwell stuff to remind me
seems to me the main things in his pictures are

1 a dark, rich, color scheme without great variation, one or two colors dominate, this you might be able to come close on

2. captures a complex story moment with each character adding an important part of the moment. obviously beyond any action

3 expressions on the faces are caricatures with exaggerated emotion

even if you get number one down pat, without 2 and 3 im not sure what you'll have

feivel

 

[MikeF]

Hi Feivel....

Any help is greatly appreciated and will help everyone. This Rockwell image shows what I'm trying to achieve and I think it's possible. The method in the action is just a start and I am leaving colors etc upto the user right now. The first step is to get his particular/special shading right and then move on to colors, densities etc. So please keep the suggestions going. It's a tough one

MikeF

hi mike
thought maybe i could help
i only have a general impression of rockwell though
as i recall his colors are dark and rich
so i decreased sat and put a 50%opacity hue layer filled with an
orange above it
then i did a hue sat and moved the lightness slider to the left
and then actually increased saturation somewhat
also did an anisotropic on it but i dont think that helped much

feivel

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A few of my images... Watch out! there's some nudity about.
http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~mikefinn/action.html

 

[platscha]

Fievel has lost the faith, what a way to start the new year.
I love what it already does and I know it will only get better.
Thank you, made the first day of the New Year for me.

 

[MikeF]

Yes Feivel....

Doom is a long way off just now But I take your point(s) and expect, nay, demand help on this one

MikeF

i hope not mike but this project may be somewhat doomed from the
start (be glad to eat my words later if necessary)
i mean i know you obviously are not attempting to really create a
rockwell. just to capture a bit of his style and mood but
nevertheless.
just looked up a bunch of rockwell stuff to remind me
seems to me the main things in his pictures are

1 a dark, rich, color scheme without great variation, one or two
colors dominate, this you might be able to come close on

2. captures a complex story moment with each character adding an
important part of the moment. obviously beyond any action

3 expressions on the faces are caricatures with exaggerated emotion

even if you get number one down pat, without 2 and 3 im not sure
what you'll have

feivel

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A few of my images... Watch out! there's some nudity about.
http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~mikefinn/action.html

 

[Kent C]

Ok here's an action that might lead somewhere.....
VERY BETA... REPEAT...VERY BETA...... STOP.

Photo by kte.

Lots of tweaks. I remember starting off with auto levels, auto color, auto contrast copied on original with 'pin light' 100%. SC, texture, noise, etc. etc.

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Kent
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[Mike Warren]

Mike F,

Here is my interpetation of a Rockwell conversion.

My first goal was to find subject matter typical of Rockwell (a frozen piece of time, telling a story).

I did a Google Search on "Umpire" and found this pic:



My next two goals were to mute the colors and make it look like a painting at the end.

I turned the RGB into GS:



Then I turned the GS into a DT (Monotone using Yellow 7500):



After converting to RGB, darkening up in curves, I overlaid the Yellow image over the original color with a Hue layer at 40% to get that muted look-then flattened:



Next I went back to the original and applied a Dark Strokes Filter (5/1/0):



I overlaid that image over the flattened muted version with a Darken Layer @ 50% to get the final version:



If you could make an action that would do all that, then that would have saved me a lot of time!

The brush stroke thing at the end could have been done a lot of different ways, but you get the idea.

So what do you think?

Mike
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[SusanB]

Mike - I can't wait to try out your action tonight after work - I think I have the perfect image to try it on - one I call "Diaper Dan The Ladies Man."

 

[Gale Bizet]

of Rockwell observations....Have a calendar that was sent to me this year with Rockwell pics..Of the 12..I see he favors some blue-green backgrounds and clothing.. 4 of these have the yellow -orange type backgoround.. and 4 have white..heave focus on facial expressions with people and animals.

JUst an observation here..And he seems to keep heavy focus on simple subjects..Absoultely no doubt the COI....

You guys are coming real close..I know you can do it..!!!!!

Cheers
Gale
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[Vikki Hansen]

A few years ago, I was working on the same effect (same name too).

I think the key to this effect is finding a good image with minimal background clutter. On this image, I hand colored the b&w image, which I think adds a bit of the "illustration" quality, then ran a few filters.

of Rockwell observations....Have a calendar that was sent to me
this year with Rockwell pics..Of the 12..I see he favors some
blue-green backgrounds and clothing.. 4 of these have the yellow
-orange type backgoround.. and 4 have white..heave focus on facial
expressions with people and animals.
JUst an observation here..And he seems to keep heavy focus on
simple subjects..Absoultely no doubt the COI....

You guys are coming real close..I know you can do it..!!!!!

Cheers
Gale
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Ms D100, Newbeeee Forever, Tweaker...lol

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[feivel]

vicki
Id say that's pretty close!

do you remember the filters you used?

feivel

 

[Bob..]

I ran it through as you wrote it and just fooled around with Selective colors (black, white and Neutral) Rockwell paintings are very high on my list. There's little doubt that you will come up with the answer



Bob..

vicki
Id say that's pretty close!

do you remember the filters you used?

feivel

 

[Cassandra59044]

Oboy Mike's working his creative genius again!

Tried Rockwell beta on a couple of images real quick. One image came closer than the others but still needed some work. It's getting there though! My best rendition of a Norman Rockwell thus far used Mike's Insta-Sketch beta, then changed the blend mode of the pencil base layer to linear burn @ opacity 50%. Unfortunately this doesn't work on all images -- I think I just got lucky.



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[Mike Warren]

I think Rockwell had many different painting styles and looks over the years.

The style I was trying to emulate was more like this image (serene, muted and subtle):



This is way different than what Mike F was trying to emulate, looking at his first couple of posts again.

I think Mike Finn's action is perfect, as is, but for another painting style.
I think it could be marketed as the Andy Warhol action.

Here is one of the famous Marilyns:



Just a thought.

Mike F: Sorry if my umpire post was way off base to what you were trying to achieve.

Mike
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[Ingrid Suitor]

I think Rockwell had many different painting styles and looks over
the years.

The style I was trying to emulate was more like this image (serene,
muted and subtle):



This is way different than what Mike F was trying to emulate,
looking at his first couple of posts again.

I think Mike Finn's action is perfect, as is, but for another
painting style.
I think it could be marketed as the Andy Warhol action.

Here is one of the famous Marilyns:



Just a thought.

Mike F: Sorry if my umpire post was way off base to what you were
trying to achieve.

Mike
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http://www.pbase.com/mikew714

Gee Mike, you're even faster than I gave you credit for, lol, knew it wouldn't take you long to post and share with us and for this I thank you.

Ingrid

 

[Kent C]

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[JEBoothjr]

I'm a veteran Photoshop user, but new to Digital Photography - just got a Digital Rebel. I thought this was an interesting test. I doubt you'll ever have an action that will work with every photo, due to different lighting, apparel, etc. Here is a simple 3 step process I did that gets a good result. It works well for this particular photo, maybe not for others, but may give some ideas to play around with. P.S. It's a photo of my niece and I didn't take it.



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[Mike Warren]

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Mike
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[Gale Bizet]

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Mike
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