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Cliff Diving

Used the waterfall and the branches. Added the girl. Separated her legs from her body. Left her legs at regular, set her body to "grain merge". (This layer option is not available in Photoshop.. I used the GIMP to make this). Added the water splash and drops. They were on a black background, so I did a "Color to Alpha" on the black, making it transparent. (Again, I don't think Photoshop has this option... if it does, please let me know how to do it.) Then, I slightly colorized the splash and drops to match the water. After that, I added a texture layer over it all and set it to "overlay".


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creativematrix09-Apr-2011 08:38
Very kewl addition of the diver, and thank you for explaining your technique. ~Meg
creativematrix08-Apr-2011 00:00
Robin~ the GIMP is free. It's Open Source, which gives it an advantage over PS. With PS, only the people employed by them can work on it. With Open Source projects, anyone with a good idea can write a script and submit it. If it works, then it's incorporated into the next version that comes out. Photoshop frustrates me to no end. Things I can do with 2 clicks in GIMP take 14 steps to do in Photoshop. (Literally. .. the textbook I have for PS has 2 pages and 14 steps just to do a displacement map!). I can rant about that program for days!! LOL!
~Kittin
creativematrix02-Apr-2011 04:55
Amazing work. I might have to invest in Gimp, Robin
creativematrix31-Mar-2011 16:27
I am so impressed--not only by your fantastic skill, but also by the imagination involved--using a nice nature picture and making it into part of an adventure.
Almita the cybergrannie
creativematrix28-Mar-2011 03:55
This is amazingly realistic. Gimp seems to have a few things that would certainly be handy. In Photoshop, after seperatingher body and legs to different layers, then I would check out the modes--or a grainy filter. Thanks for letting us know how you did this. I like that you kept the little bird sitting in the branches--the one and only lone viewer. Even the color of the rock formation is better. Very good choice. Lighting the whole image makes this a very inviting place.---skunk