Open the flower line art image in PhotoImpact. Ctrl+D to Duplicate it and close the original. Again we need to isolate the
black line art drawing from the white background. First we need to adjust the Level in order to get the lines more defined.
In the Menu bar click on Adjust: Level. Please use these settings:
Menu bar: Adjust - Convert Data Type - Grayscale (8-bit)
Open a new white image with the same dimensions and in the new box that opens check the Active image radio button.
A new white image will open. In the Menu bar click on Selection - Import Selection. Click OK. Right click:
Invert.
Right click:
Convert to Object and fill the object with black:
Deselect and SAVE.
Zoom in to 200%. Scroll to the top of your image. Pick up your Magic Wand from the Tool
Panel and use these settings:
Click on a
white part within the top leaf.
Make sure you don't click on a black line
and select these 2 parts:
Right click: Expand/Shrink. Expand the selection with 1 pixel. Convert to Object. Your Layer Manager should look like this:
From Top to Bottom:
- Your black line art object
- Your white leaf
- Your Base Image.
Keep the white leaf selected. Now comes the fun part! Pick up your Airbrush from the Tool Panel
In the Attribute Toolbar and in the Brush Panel use these settings: Shape: Round. Size: 20. Color: #83AF00
Open your Color Panel
and look where I took the green color from.
Start spraying on the selected leaf (both parts)
Don't worry about the white spots as they will be retouched later. When you have finished the leaf, keep selected
and in the Menu bar click on Photo: Noise - Add Noise - Options with these settings:
Deselect. In your Layer Manager select the top layer with the black line art object.
Change to your Paintbrush with the Default settings but change the Size to 10 and the Soft Edge to 0.
Move your cursor to you Color Panel and click on a darker green like this:
Disable your Selection Marquee like we did in the first tutorial. (Menu bar: View - Show Marquee).
Paint on the outlines and the details of the leaf, but don't touch the flower that is in front of it.
Near the edge of the leaf where the flower is, click your brush, do not drag it.
When your are ready: Deselect the image and select the layer with the green airbrushed leaf.
Pick up your Bristle Smear Retouch Brush with default settings and gently blend the green of the leaf with short sweeping strokes:
Keep selected and add noise, this time using these settings
Deselect.
At this stage my image looks like this:
You need to repeat the above steps for every leaf in the image. If your computer has enough resources, you may want to
work on more than one leaf at the same time. Making multiple and large selections will take a lot of your systems resources.
You may want to close programs that you don't need. I was able to work on all the leaves simultaneously.
