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Posterised Flattened Portrait

posted by [personal profile] sbisson at 06:15pm on 17/12/2005
An experimental image edit, passing through three different image editing tools (all with different features), and several different filters, going from JPEG to vector to bitmap to JPEG again.

I was trying to duplicate the effect used for my head shot on my Server Management column, but at the same time trying to get a BD-styled line edged effect. I'm quite pleased - I've ended up with just the look I wanted.
Mood:: 'pleased' pleased
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posted by [personal profile] vampwillow at 07:37pm on 17/12/2005
interesting result!

ps. Happy b-day for tomorrow :-)
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posted by [identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com at 07:39pm on 17/12/2005
Party tomorrow, birthday Wednesday!

(I'm on a plane to Jersey for Christmas then, so seemed better to do something before rather than after, where it would slip...)
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posted by [identity profile] liveavatar.livejournal.com at 08:25pm on 17/12/2005
(here via friend of friend, and am just about to friend you directly)

What a fine portrait. I've always liked that look myself, especially the line edged effect. Any tips on how to emulate that look?
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posted by [identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com at 09:14pm on 17/12/2005
I'm afraid I can't - not that I wouldn't! - as unfortunately the tool I used to do the flattening is a closed Beta we're writing about under serious NDA. I think you can probably emulate it using Illustrator's tracing tools.

However, the bit you really want to know about isn't! The edging is the Photoshop "Poster Edge" filter applied in Illustrator. I can't remember the exact tuning, but it should be easy enough to tweak...

(I see we have quite a few mutual friends around San Jose!)
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posted by [identity profile] alexmc.livejournal.com at 09:25pm on 17/12/2005
what has it got in its pocketses?
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posted by [identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com at 09:45pm on 17/12/2005
Gadgetss!
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posted by [identity profile] davesslave.livejournal.com at 11:37pm on 17/12/2005
This is wonderful! If I weren't so attached to the Dave icon, I would be an imitator.
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posted by [identity profile] sclerotic-rings.livejournal.com at 06:00pm on 18/12/2005
Just out of curiosity, would you be willing to do a similar rendering as a commission? That illustration style would be perfect for a project I'm working on, and I'm sufficiently Photoshop-illiterate that I'd be better off giving it to a professional.
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posted by [identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com at 05:35pm on 20/12/2005
Well, I'm not a professional - I just play one on the pages of magazines - but drop me an email, and we'll see if I can help...
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posted by [identity profile] micheinnz.livejournal.com at 04:52am on 19/12/2005
I like the original of that picture, and I like that treatment. Well done.
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