NPR version

archkre · January 1st, 2003

This is a NPR version I had to do , because in South Florida, custom homes developers don't accept photo-realistic renderings.

Jeff Mottle · January 1st, 2003

That looks really nice! How did you do it? PS Filters, NPR renderer?

archkre · January 1st, 2003

This was the result of applying this actions in PS,plus several more color tweaking in the end:This ist a small tut on NPR I found time ago in some UK web:

Open any photo or rendering into Photoshop.

First of all, duplicate the current Background layer by simply dragging it down to the Create New

Layer icon, while holding down the ALT key. You can now rename this layer to 'Find Edges'.

With the Find Edges layer active, run the FIND EDGES filters by selecting it from the FILTER...

STYLIZE menu.

Bring up Levels Command Dialogue Box by pressing CTRL+L together. In the INPUT values, enter

'0' in the far left box, and enter a number between '200-208' in the far right box. What this does is

bring more of the white out on this level, removing some unwanted picture data.

Now remove all colour from the layer by either pressing CTRL+ALT+U or by selecting the IMAGE...

ADJUST... DESATURATE command.

Once again, duplicate the original Background Layer. In the Layers Palette, move the duplicate so it

sits on top of the Original Background layer. Rename this layer to 'Paint Brush'.

With the Paint Brush layer active run the Median filter by selecting Filter ' NOISE ' MEDIAN. When the

dialogue box appears, enter a value of 2 and click on OK.

What this has done is 'soften' the image, reducing the harshness of the brickwork.

Bring up the Levels Command box once more (CTRL+L) and enter a value of '21' in the first Input

Range field (far left), and enter a value of '255' in the last box of the Input Range field (far right). Click

OK to apply the new settings.

Ok, so now we are at the halfway stage. You should have on your screen, an image that is looking a

little darker and slightly blurred. Don't worry that you can't see the layers beneath - that is still to

come.

Our next stage is to add the actual paint effect:

With the Paint Brush layer still active, run the Fresco filter via Filter 'Artistic ' Fresco. When the

dialogue box appears, enter these values: Brush Size = 10, Brush Detail = 2, Texture = 1. Click OK to

apply the new settings.

Once the Fresco filter has been applied, change the Blend Mode of the Paint Brush Layer to Soft

Light. Simply do this by clicking on the Black arrow that is just under the word 'Layer' on the Layers

Palette. Select Soft Light from the sub menu.

Click on the 'Find Edges' layer in the Layer Palette to activate it. Change its Blend Mode to Soft Light

Click on and drag the 'Paint Brush' layer on the Create New Layer icon in the Layers Palette to

duplicate it.

Remove all colour from the duplicate layer by running the Desaturate command from the Image '

Adjust menu, or by pressing the key combination Shift+CTRL+U.

Run the Find Edges filter from the Filter ' Stylize menu.

When the filter has been applied, change the Opacity of this layer to somewhere around 63%.

Final part now. Bring up the Curves dialogue box. When it appears, alter the diagonal line until it

looks something similar to the one provided here:

Optional: You don't have to stop there. Why not add a canvas to the painting to give it a little more

texture? Flatten the painting image, and then rename the Background layer to Painting. Change the

foreground colour to #EAC578, and then run the Texturizer command (Filter menu, Texture...

Texturizer). Change the opacity of the layer to about 63% and the blend mode to Soft Light.

Add more effect by running a program such as Extensis Photoframes to add a border around your

image, or create one yourself.

nisus · January 4th, 2003

Hi Archkre,

Can you mail me your original image as I would like to run my filter/actions on it too.

Btw I think you using the crystallize filter after a find edges/level/desaturate will add a more traditional touch to your result.

rgds

nisus

archkre · January 4th, 2003

Nisus: in a previous private email I asked you to send your set of actions for NPR.
You never answered!
I explained step by step mine to share with the rest of the forum.
Could you do the same, please?.
The original CGrender is in the gallery under my name
Thanks a lot!

nisus · January 4th, 2003

Hi archre,

I'm sorry but I have missed that pm somehow.

I cannot say much about my methods and actions because those are of corporate ownership and therefor confidential.
But here are the basic ingredients: some highpass filters, some crystallization and a lot of layers and blending modes added to the method you described yourself. Without any further testing it takes between 20-30minutes to recreate the effect manually from a written down recipy. Running the action itself takes between 2-5minutes per image.

pls post an original image, so I can run my actions for you to see the results.

rgds

nisus

nisus · January 4th, 2003

forgot this: the results depends heavyly on the pixel-size of the original image as ps does perform the action on a per pixel base... so pls post two different sizes

rgds

nisus

archkre · January 4th, 2003

Nisus: Sorry , but I don't get it:"Photoshop actions are of corporate ownership and...." !Photoshop actions are only Adobe's ownership, maybe you are not allowed to describe them by superiors or just don't want to share them and that is understandable.
But if each member of this or another forum followed the same way of thinking ,all that forums would be worthless in their primary function: sharing knowledge.

nisus · January 4th, 2003

Hi archkre,

There are very very few things that I don't share. Check out this forums for tons of tips by me.

rgds

nisus

quizzy · January 5th, 2003

Hey nisus,

maybe you could make a list of all the tips you gave??

hehe

January 1st, 2003	#1 (permalink)
archkre Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Buenos Aires ,Argentina Posts: 499 Name: Daniel Kreimer	This is a NPR version I had to do , because in South Florida, custom homes developers don't accept photo-realistic renderings. __________________ 'Back in the young fatherland'

January 1st, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Jeff Mottle President/Founder Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Age: 33 Posts: 5,078 Name: Jeff Mottle	That looks really nice! How did you do it? PS Filters, NPR renderer? __________________ Jeff Mottle CGarchitect.com

January 1st, 2003	#3 (permalink)
archkre Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Buenos Aires ,Argentina Posts: 499 Name: Daniel Kreimer	This was the result of applying this actions in PS,plus several more color tweaking in the end:This ist a small tut on NPR I found time ago in some UK web: Open any photo or rendering into Photoshop. First of all, duplicate the current Background layer by simply dragging it down to the Create New Layer icon, while holding down the ALT key. You can now rename this layer to 'Find Edges'. With the Find Edges layer active, run the FIND EDGES filters by selecting it from the FILTER... STYLIZE menu. Bring up Levels Command Dialogue Box by pressing CTRL+L together. In the INPUT values, enter '0' in the far left box, and enter a number between '200-208' in the far right box. What this does is bring more of the white out on this level, removing some unwanted picture data. Now remove all colour from the layer by either pressing CTRL+ALT+U or by selecting the IMAGE... ADJUST... DESATURATE command. Once again, duplicate the original Background Layer. In the Layers Palette, move the duplicate so it sits on top of the Original Background layer. Rename this layer to 'Paint Brush'. With the Paint Brush layer active run the Median filter by selecting Filter ' NOISE ' MEDIAN. When the dialogue box appears, enter a value of 2 and click on OK. What this has done is 'soften' the image, reducing the harshness of the brickwork. Bring up the Levels Command box once more (CTRL+L) and enter a value of '21' in the first Input Range field (far left), and enter a value of '255' in the last box of the Input Range field (far right). Click OK to apply the new settings. Ok, so now we are at the halfway stage. You should have on your screen, an image that is looking a little darker and slightly blurred. Don't worry that you can't see the layers beneath - that is still to come. Our next stage is to add the actual paint effect: With the Paint Brush layer still active, run the Fresco filter via Filter 'Artistic ' Fresco. When the dialogue box appears, enter these values: Brush Size = 10, Brush Detail = 2, Texture = 1. Click OK to apply the new settings. Once the Fresco filter has been applied, change the Blend Mode of the Paint Brush Layer to Soft Light. Simply do this by clicking on the Black arrow that is just under the word 'Layer' on the Layers Palette. Select Soft Light from the sub menu. Click on the 'Find Edges' layer in the Layer Palette to activate it. Change its Blend Mode to Soft Light Click on and drag the 'Paint Brush' layer on the Create New Layer icon in the Layers Palette to duplicate it. Remove all colour from the duplicate layer by running the Desaturate command from the Image ' Adjust menu, or by pressing the key combination Shift+CTRL+U. Run the Find Edges filter from the Filter ' Stylize menu. When the filter has been applied, change the Opacity of this layer to somewhere around 63%. Final part now. Bring up the Curves dialogue box. When it appears, alter the diagonal line until it looks something similar to the one provided here: Optional: You don't have to stop there. Why not add a canvas to the painting to give it a little more texture? Flatten the painting image, and then rename the Background layer to Painting. Change the foreground colour to #EAC578, and then run the Texturizer command (Filter menu, Texture... Texturizer). Change the opacity of the layer to about 63% and the blend mode to Soft Light. Add more effect by running a program such as Extensis Photoframes to add a border around your image, or create one yourself. __________________ 'Back in the young fatherland'

January 4th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
nisus Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gent Flanders Belgium Europe Age: 32 Posts: 3,276 Name: Evert Vandenberghe	Hi Archkre, Can you mail me your original image as I would like to run my filter/actions on it too. Btw I think you using the crystallize filter after a find edges/level/desaturate will add a more traditional touch to your result. rgds nisus __________________ www.ams.be / www.nisusarts.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=nisusCGA&p=r

January 4th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
archkre Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Buenos Aires ,Argentina Posts: 499 Name: Daniel Kreimer	Nisus: in a previous private email I asked you to send your set of actions for NPR. You never answered! I explained step by step mine to share with the rest of the forum. Could you do the same, please?. The original CGrender is in the gallery under my name Thanks a lot! __________________ 'Back in the young fatherland'

January 4th, 2003	#6 (permalink)
nisus Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gent Flanders Belgium Europe Age: 32 Posts: 3,276 Name: Evert Vandenberghe	Hi archre, I'm sorry but I have missed that pm somehow. I cannot say much about my methods and actions because those are of corporate ownership and therefor confidential. But here are the basic ingredients: some highpass filters, some crystallization and a lot of layers and blending modes added to the method you described yourself. Without any further testing it takes between 20-30minutes to recreate the effect manually from a written down recipy. Running the action itself takes between 2-5minutes per image. pls post an original image, so I can run my actions for you to see the results. rgds nisus __________________ www.ams.be / www.nisusarts.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=nisusCGA&p=r

January 4th, 2003	#7 (permalink)
nisus Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gent Flanders Belgium Europe Age: 32 Posts: 3,276 Name: Evert Vandenberghe	forgot this: the results depends heavyly on the pixel-size of the original image as ps does perform the action on a per pixel base... so pls post two different sizes rgds nisus __________________ www.ams.be / www.nisusarts.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=nisusCGA&p=r

January 4th, 2003	#8 (permalink)
archkre Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Buenos Aires ,Argentina Posts: 499 Name: Daniel Kreimer	Nisus: Sorry , but I don't get it:"Photoshop actions are of corporate ownership and...." !Photoshop actions are only Adobe's ownership, maybe you are not allowed to describe them by superiors or just don't want to share them and that is understandable. But if each member of this or another forum followed the same way of thinking ,all that forums would be worthless in their primary function: sharing knowledge. __________________ 'Back in the young fatherland'

January 4th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
nisus Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gent Flanders Belgium Europe Age: 32 Posts: 3,276 Name: Evert Vandenberghe	Hi archkre, There are very very few things that I don't share. Check out this forums for tons of tips by me. rgds nisus __________________ www.ams.be / www.nisusarts.com http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=nisusCGA&p=r

January 5th, 2003	#10 (permalink)
quizzy Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Age: 35 Posts: 1,576 Name: Michiel Quist	Hey nisus, maybe you could make a list of all the tips you gave?? hehe __________________ Michiel Quist http://www.3idee.nl

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