Monday, August 09, 2010

editing pics; playing with blending modes

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This,



and this,



with a "hard mix" blend, yield this:





Same canna leaf as above, tipped on its side, and this hydrangea



yield this, with "difference" blending mode.






This section of some graffiti under a railroad bridge



and this doll



with a "dissolve" blending mode.....





More under-the-railroad-bridge color/texture



with the same poppy as above and "difference" blending mode



and with "linear light" blending mode.





Same color/texture as above, with this ceramic fish salt shaker (a souvenir of a trip to Chicago's Shedd aquarium when I was 10)



alas, I don't seem to have recorded which blending mode I used........



I should try this fish with that blue texture I used with the doll.......



And finally, here are my napkin rings again............. Again with no documentation. My fave is the the pelican.....



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7 comments:

morningbrayfarm said...

Very, very cool. You're officially an artiste! ;)

I need orange said...

Thanks. :-)

I am working to get to a point where I feel like I have part of a clue what may happen when I try to combine different images.

So far I am thinking I like it best when one is a picture and the other is a texture.

But I have no idea which blending modes are going to be interesting with which pairs.

Mostly they all are ... boring.

:-)

I need orange said...

There are about 25 different blending modes.

I suppose it might ;-) help if I went and read the documentation on the different blending modes, to see what the creators' intent for them is.....

Perhaps one day i'll do that.

morningbrayfarm said...

No, I don't think they are boring. :)

jennifer black said...

How fun these are. I love them.

I need orange said...

J, I didn't express myself clearly.

:-)

When trying all 25 (or however many) blending modes with a pair of images, nearly all blends were boring. :-)

I only showed you the ones that I thought were NOT boring.

:-)

I need orange said...

Thanks, JB. :-)

My goal is to learn enough that I have a clue what may be interesting.

Trying all 25 (or however many there are) blending modes, just to see if anything is interesting................

Inefficient, at best........... :-)

I really should go back and read about what the intent of the programmers was, with the different modes, rather than trying eveyrthing at random.....................

Some day.......................................