 - Dr Silly  Contact Dr Silly Dr Silly's Gallery |
Orton Technique Does anyone know how to use the Orton Technique in PhotoShop Elements 3.0 Thank you Doc
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Jon Close |
I just happened to see this recently somewhere else: http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0106/dw0106-1.html
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- Dr Silly Contact Dr Silly Dr Silly's Gallery |
This doesn't work with PSE 3.0.
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Rob Zuidema |
It should, I've used it with PSE 2.0 on a few of my photos. I really like the effect it gives.
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- Dr Silly Contact Dr Silly Dr Silly's Gallery |
Ok Rob I may just be do it wrong. the only way I know how to duplicate a image is in layers. And when I try to close the original all of it closes. Image>apply image how did you do that? :O)
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Rob Zuidema |
I haven't seen PSE 3.0, but in 2.0 it's the menu >image>duplicate image. This creates a copy of the image, not a layer, to which you can then apply an effect and move it onto the other copy and they become layers which you can then blend together. Hope that helps.
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chrisbudny.com - Chris Budny Contact Chris Budny Chris Budny's Gallery |
Hopefully I'm not mistaken here, and seeing a result that isn't really "Ortonized" afterall... But I believe the whole process can be done just using Layers. 1. Open the image to be Ortonized. What I like about this approach is that you can see the Gaussian effect before you apply it. (Because the Layer you're blurring is already at Multiply, and already stacked with the earlier Screen Layer.) Someone let me know if my Layers-only method does not produce the same effect; from what I can tell, it should be the same end result as using a duplicate image for the Multiply/Gaussian step, then dragging that image onto the Screened image...
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Rob Zuidema |
Thanks Chris, your method was actually a bit easier to use. Also, as you mentioned, I like the preview as you adjust the blur. The end result was indeed the same.
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- Dr Silly Contact Dr Silly Dr Silly's Gallery |
Thank you Chris, was offline all week-end so I am just see this. I will let you know how it works for me. Thank you everyone for your input. :O)
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Kate Jackson |
Good luck Doc.Hope you found how to do it. I have just been playing with it and I am sure that Christopher is right that it is possible also to do it in layers. Actually I was feeling quite proud of myself for having mastered it and showed my husband. He said "Well it is out of focus and you could have done that just by upping the contrast and then adding gaussian blurr. I looked disdainfully at him and then tried it. Do you know what - I couldn't tell the difference. I did just sharpen it though after having applied gaussian blurr!!!
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Regina L. Rickert |
Thanks so much Chris! I was never getting quite the look I wanted in PSE4, but your layers explanation was just what I needed. Perfect.
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chrisbudny.com - Chris Budny Contact Chris Budny Chris Budny's Gallery |
Glad you found it useful, Regina! A neat effect to play around with...
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Jayne Martin |
Hi Chris, just wanted to let you know I followed your directions on the Orton technqiue to a photo in April and got a finalist (my first one) for it in May!! Thank you - thank you - thank you!!!!
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- Ken Smith Contact Ken Smith Ken Smith's Gallery |
This looks like an old thread, but for what it's worth, here's what I do for Orton, using Elements 4.0: 1. Finish up your picture, as if you're ready to post. 2. Press the CTRL and J key at the same time to bring up a duplicate layer. Then, blend them using the Screen mode. You'll see a much lighter 3. Go back to your finished picture--from step 1. Do a Filter, Blur, 4. Now you have two images. The one from Step 2 and Step 3. 5. For the blurred image, do a Select, All, then Edit Copy. 6. Call up screened image (step 2). Then, do an Edit Paste. You should That's it. The main variables are amount of blur (step 3), and amount
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- Dennis Flanagan Contact Dennis Flanagan Dennis Flanagan's Gallery |
I prefer the Horton method. I sing "Sink the Bismark" and "North to Alaska" at full voice while processing photos.
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