First off, I flipped the image so that the flag was flying towards the right. I wanted to have some contrast in the sky, so I added a layer & mask to get a sky with some clouds and different tones of blue. I then used liquify to add the swirls to the sky...sort of like a Van Gogh painting. Finally I used the Oil Painting effect in Pixel Bender. I absolutely love the finished project and I had so much fun learning how to do it! What do you think?
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Very nice! Do you know if Pixel Bender works in PSE?
ReplyDeleteoh cool! That pixel blender effect is so neat. Great edit!
ReplyDeleteI love it!!! Jenn you are one talented lady:)
ReplyDeleteWow, that's a very cool edit! Very creative!
ReplyDeleteRe: Shoni, no Pixel Blender doesn't work in PSE, but Adobe does offer a free program that basically does the same thing. Ashley Sisk posted about it recently: ashleysisk.com
It's such a cool technique. It makes a very pretty sky.
ReplyDeleteI love this! VERY FUN edit!!
ReplyDeleteLove your edit!
ReplyDeleteLove the effects, love the quote, just LOVE this edit!
ReplyDeletethank you, thank you, thank you everyone! I LOVE pixel bender! ;-)
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