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PAT DAVID
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WOODCUT/HEDCUT(ISH) EFFECT
Rolf as a woodcut/hedcut
I was working on the About page over on PIXLS.US the other night. I was
including some headshots of myself and one of Rolf Steinort when I got
pulled o onto yet another tangent (this happens oen to me).
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Of course, the problem was that I had neither the time or skill to hand
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This meant that I had to go back and re-trace my steps and settings a
couple of times before I could describe exactly what it was I did.
So aer some trial and error, here is what I did to create the eect you see.
Desaturate
Starting with your base image, desaturate using a method you like. Im
going to use an old favorite of mine, Mairi:
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Duplicate this layer, and on the duplicate run the GMIC lter, Graphic
Novel by Photocomix.
Filters GMIC
Check the box to Skip this step for Apply Local Normalization, and
adjust the Pencil amplitude to taste (I ended up at about 66). This gives
me this result:
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I then adjusted the opacity to taste on the GMIC layer, reducing it to about
75%. Then create a new layer from visible (Right-click layer, New from
visible).
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On this new new layer (should be called Visible by default), run the
GIMP lter:
If you dont have the lter, you can nd the .scm at the registry here.
The only settings I change are the Line width, which I set to about 1/100
of the image height, and make sure the Line type is set to Black on
bottom. Oh, and I set the Blur radius to 1.
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(If you want to see something cool, step back a few feet from your monitor
and look at this image - the Engrave plugin is neat).
Now on this layer, I will run the GMIC deformation lter random to give
some variety to the lines:
I ended up with:
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At this point I will apply a layer mask to the layer. I will then copy the
starting desaturated layer and paste it into the layer mask.
I added a layer mask to the engraved layer (Right-click the layer, Add
layer mask - initialize it to white). I then selected the lowest layer, copied
it (Ctrl/Cmd + C), selected the layer mask and pasted (Ctrl/Cmd + V). Once
pasted, anchor the selection to apply it to the mask.
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At this point I will use a brush and paint over the background with black to
mask more of the eect, particularly from the background and edges of
her face and hair. Once Im done, Im le with this:
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Ill now set the layer blending mode to Darken Only, and create a new
layer from visible again.
Add a layer mask to the new visible layer (should be the top layer), copy
the layer mask from the layer below it (the engrave layer), and paste it into
the top layer mask:
Now adjust the levels of the top layer (not the mask!), by selecting it, and
opening the levels dialog:
Colors Levels
Adjust to taste. In my image I pulled the white point down to about 175.
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On this new layer, Ill run a strange lter that Ive never used before:
In the dialog, Ill set it to use Columns, and Fill with BG. Once its done
running, set the layer mode to Overlay. This leaves me with this:
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At this point, all thats le is to do any touchups you may want to do. I like
to paint with white and a low opacity in a similar way to dodging an image.
That is, Ill paint white with a so brush on areas of highlights to
accentuate them.
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Summary
There seems to be many steps, but its not so bad once youve done it. In a
nutshell:
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