The Master was chosen and set to Hue +100, Saturation -35, and Lightness +22. Still had a brilliant yellow background so a Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer was added on top. Next French Kiss Collections Studio 3 White Wash texture (probably my most used texture) was set to Overlay blend mode at 100% opacity. Added some reddish clouds on a New Layer using my Clouds 5 brush at 54% and added an Inner Shadow, Color Overlay and Drop Shadow to them in brown and pink colors. I did a little clean up on the spica and then added a New Layer and added Diamond Head volcano as an object. At this point I did not realize I was going with the bluish color palette – I thought I was using the orange and yellow colors. A Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer was placed above the texture and set Master to Hue -14, Saturation +48 and Lightness -22. Then French Kiss Collections Tableaux Mirage texture was placed underneath the single spica object as a background texture and left at Normal at 100% opacity. Topaz Simplify was added using the Oil Paint II preset. It needed Topaz DeNoise 5, so it was applied with just an Overall Strength setting set to 0.29. I decided to select the spica using a layer mask and then applied it to make it an object. Topaz (see sidebar for website link) Detail 3 was added using little medium detail and large detail settings and the Dark Foliage tone preset from drop-down in that section. The image needed to be widened so the Canvas was extended on the left side to make room for the objects and text. What I did! Just regular Lightroom slider tone work before going into Photoshop. This image definitely uses the colors I just love! Took a red spica and turned it into this gorgeous pink and turquoise rendition. That was it and I really liked the results….Digital Lady Syd The text is a really old font called Abigail.

A Curves Adjustment Layer was added on top for contrast. Nik Viveza 2 plug-in was then added on another layer and some of the color was adjusted using a few control points. I had created a preset on a Scottish image done earlier that worked very nicely. But I decided to go into Topaz (see sidebar for website link) ReStyle just to see what would happen. This image used Matt Kloskowski’s That 70’s Look preset (in NAPP Lightroom presets – not sure when I got these) in Lightroom, which gave a very pretty look. This beautiful little Monarch was very busy totally enjoying all the different flowers to try out – there was some sharing going on with a huge beautiful Swallowtail butterfly and several varieties of bees! Very busy place today. The butterflies are going crazy around my house this week! They love all the penta flowers and Bottle Brush bushes I have. Snap Art and Simplify – Now That’s Painterly! Get Great Results with Alien Skin Snap Art 3 and Topaz ReStyle Together!! That was it – I really like the final result! Not at all what I had in mind, but love it just the same!….Digital Lady Sydĭigital Lady Syd Reviews Alien Skin Snap Art 3 The last step used Nik Viveza 2 with a control point on the front of the building to draw attention to this area. Curves, Levels and Hue/Sat Adjustment Layers were added to add more contrast and color into the image. Next 2 Lil’ Owls Studio Color Bokeh Grunge (see sidebar for website link) Sweetness overlay was added using the Subtract blend mode at 58% layer opacity. Since it is a Smart Object, I can always go back and change anything I don’t like. Three layers were used to adjust the parameters for the Wax Crayon I was using on the image – just basically played around with the settings until I liked them. Alien Skin’s Snap Art 3 was opened and the Pastel (sketch) preset was selected. Once in Photoshop the background layer was duplicated and made into a Smart Object. Jack Davis’s Bluish Split Toning preset was applied after this (the presets use different settings so both can be applied – Jack’s preset can be downloaded from his Facebook Freebies section and selecting his Lightroom Wow 4 Presets.) White rounded corners were created in the Post-Crop Vignetting section using Style: Highlight Priority, Amount +100, Midpoint 32, Roundness -93 and Feather 0. I really liked the before image as it was processed using one of my favorite presets, GA B&W Infrared 01 preset which gave it a little bit of a blown out look. I am adding the Lightroom image as brought into Photoshop so you can see the difference – just click on the image. I totally love the vintage feel to this image. Yep, this image was processed using the wax crayon brush in Snap Art 3. Never Thought I Would Use a Wax Crayon Effect!

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