Join the One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge to have some creative fun with photos.
The purpose of the One-to-Three Photo Processing Challenge is to play. These days we have so many different ways to process a photo: from phone apps to Photoshop. And these different software options make it accessible for anyone to get fun and beautiful effects. Whether you have a lot of time or a little.
I’ve been spending a lot of my pandemic playing with photo processing. Because it is a relaxing indoor activity that I can do for free (I mostly use open-source programs and old versions of paid programs). And I thought it might be fun to share what I’ve been doing and see what other folks are trying out.
No complicated rules, just:
- Pick a photo you want to play with.
- Process it using three different methods.
- After that create a blog post with the original and your creative products.
- If you can, please include a description of your methods. So others can give them a whirl.
- Then add a comment below containing the link to you post (pingbacks don’t seem to work, I’m trying to figure out why). So we can all see your creations.
- Check out what other folks are doing for new ideas.
I can hardly wait to see what you create.
January creations:
- A day in the life
- Don’t hold your breath
- Pictures Imperfect Blog
- Geriatri’x’ Fotogallerie
- tbl
- XingfuMama Blog
Here’s my one-to-three contribution for this month:
Directions for my methods:
This month I worked with an old, low resolution and relatively poor quality picture I took in Nikko, Japan in 2005. I used Topaz Products to see how they did with the image. The original had blown out highlights and a fair amount of chromatic aberration as well as being pretty low resolution. So I needed to work on the basic image a bit before applying artistic effects.
To clean up the picture I tested both Topaz DeNoise AI and Topaz Sharpen AI. Because the original had quite a bit of color noise the DeNoise AI gave a better result. Then I opened the photo in Topaz Studio 2 (you can use DeNoise as a plug in but I prefer to use it stand alone and have it create a png file that I can use with any program). The HSL color tuning filter allowed me to make significant improvements in the chromatic aberration.
After that I played with a bunch of different artistic effects in Topaz Studio 2.
- The abstraction filter. I simplified the size, added a little feature boost and increased teh detail strength.
- In the AI ReMix filter I tried out a bunch of different looks but decided that this one: Fields of Fuscia with 50% opacity gave a pleasing effect.
- Then I played with the Impression filter. This uses brush type 12 with paint volume at 0.1 and Paint opacity at .60.
Three-to-one
When I applied them all at once:
I’m not sure I like this, but it looks more like a watercolor painting than the independently applied filters.
This exercise made me really want to go back to Nikko with my current camera.
I processed a tree in the snow 3 ways. https://port4u.net/2022/02/01/bank-street-tree/ My first time here. Hi 🙂
Here are mine! https://dailymusing57.com/2022/02/03/one-to-three-photo-processing-challenge/
https://dailymusing57.com/2022/02/03/one-to-three-photo-processing-challenge/
I thought i’d give this one a try although my older Topaz filters are not working very well with the newer version of Photoshop. Still I decided to try it anyway and it didn’t crash, so I guess that makes it all good. Amazing looking temple. I like the version using the “impression” filter. it look brighter and cleaner.
I left a comment, but it disappeared. This is also my first visit. My post, linked to your site, will be up just after midnight, ET.
I like the impressionist version best. It’s sharper and looks cleaner.
I saw a comment. I had my computer off for a while. I sometimes feel like my site is haunted! But I keep trying…
https://teepee12.com/2022/02/04/one-to-three-photo-processing/
I was introduced to this challenge by Daily Musings.
Here are my photos.
Oops. Forgot to attach the link.
https://fivedotoh.com/2022/02/03/one-to-three-photo-processing-challenge-2-3-22/
I like the impression filter, one of my favourite edits. Here’s mine, https://thankfulbylily.wordpress.com/2022/02/11/one-to-three-february/