Creating Grids (2)

Thanks to J. Ogden who has responded to our "Creating Grids" tutorial with his own spin on the technique. We thought it was worthy of its own page...

J. Says:
"My method is a combination of several other's that have aready posted their answers."

Open the photo that you wish to apply the mosaic effect to.

Open a new image with the number of horizontal and vertical boxes you wish to have on the photo for example: New -> 8pix X 12pix.

In this new VERY small image: fill with white and add noise,
create a new layer, set layer mode to Multipy, fill with white, add noise
repeat 4-8 times

Merge the layers down together to create a very small white-gray-black image

Now we need to expand our small image to fit the larger photo:
go Image -> Image Size and under pixel demensions type in the height and width you are shooting for. you might need to turn OFF constrain proportions and VERY IMPORTANT!! set Resample Image to-> Nearest Neighbor!! If you don't the new larger black-gray-white will look like a topo map of hills (if you want to create that effect for a displacetment map this would do the job ;)

We now have two images, one the original photo and two our large black-gray-white mosaic squares.

If you want to "play" with the Mosaic now is the time to do so...
Some interesting effects can added to our squares: Noise, Glowing Edges, halftone pattern, any of the Sketch or stylize filters or my personal favorite Unsharp Mask.

I used unsharp Mask with these settings
* Amount = 400%-500%
* Radius = 20-40
* Threshold = 20 (a light effect) 160 for a heavy effect.

After Playing with the squares or simply leaving them alone for their sharp edges, we need to combine the images together. I also found many ways to do this.
1. create a pattern from the mosaic image and "fill" to a white layer over the photo.
2. create a white layer over the photo, add a layer mask to this layer and apply the mosaic to this mask.
3. copy and past the mosaic to a layer over the photo.

Now that the mosaic and photo layers are together in the same image, play with the layer mode, (Darken,Lighten, Pinlight,...) the opacity, and fill to get the right amount of mosaic into your photo.

I have also found the need to edit the Levels on the mosaic layer to get the right amount of black-darkgray-lightgray-white. To do this simply
select the mosaic layer then go
IMAGE -> ADJUSTMENTS -> LEVELS...

Enjoy your new Photos and Art Work !!

jonathan

Comments

[oseo]

to wendy..
do you have arcamagica templates?? i need that.. please contact me @ my email [email protected]

[marcus white]

you are a very good person to get useful information off good luck in the future

you will do well

bye

[DP]

Easy Grids:

1. Decide on size of grid. Lets say 40px by 40px
2. Create new blank document 40px by 40px with TRANSPARENT BACKGROUD
3. Select Line Tool with Anti-Aliasing OFF
4. Select BLACK FOREGROUND COLOR.
5. Draw a straight line on TOP EDGE [right to left] and another straight line on RIGHT EDGE [top to bottom]
6. Edit Menu > Define Pattern. Call it Grid_40PX
7. Close the document.No need to save.
8. Open a base file or image where u want the grid to appear
9. In LAYERS pallette, click on CREATE NEW FILL ADJUSTMENT LAYER button. [This is the one with half black half white circle]
10. Select PATTERN
11. In the PATTERN drop down list select Grid_40PX
12. Hit OK....Voila you have grid !!

Easy Stuff probably...

Enjoy

[Wendy]

Hi

I found the ArcaMagica (www.arcamagica.com) gift box templates were usable. They are incredible for making a lot of folding carton boxes, displays and decorative gift boxes.

I received them in 3 formats - in Acrobat reader (cut out and assemble), Illustrator (put your graphics on) and AutoCAD (fold in 3d) formats.

There seems to be more than 300 templates, which are available one by one, or in sets.

Thanks for listening, Wendy