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What I Am Working On: Photo to Wood Transfer, Making Decisions
I wrote in my previous post on this project that I had figured out the process of transferring a photo to wood. Now for the next two steps, choosing the photos and figuring out the layout on the wall. I chose the photos first. For this particular wall, I am displaying a selection of images from our time living in England. The process of going through the photos took a while, but it was fun to look back through everything. I narrowed it down to 45 images. Then I got some input from my husband. Then I narrowed it down. Then I got some more input and it expanded the number of images. The final number of images ended up at 19. At this point, I took all the images and in Luminar AI added the template, Travelogue. What this does is give them all the same finish. I chose this particular template for a few reasons but an important one was that it muted the colors of the images a bit. With 19 images this wall will be somewhat busy. It’s a lot to look at, and I did not want the colors to be too screamy:
Then I measured the wall and created a spreadsheet in Excel:
Then I took a screenshot of the spreadsheet and opened it in Powerpoint and arranged the photos:
This gives me an idea of what the wall will look like when it is finished. When all the woodblocks are finished it will be time to put them up on the wall!
Any thoughts or comments you have about this project are welcome in the comment section below.
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Made With Luminar: Haddon Hall
This original file was taken in the summer of 2018:
If you think it might look familar, this is Haddon Hall, or Prince Humperdinck’s Castle as I prefer to call it. It was used in the filming of The Princess Bride but is also a beautiful English country house in Derbyshire that we were able to walk through.
For my edit, the first two things I did were a crop and then I erased the people out. A Luminar template has been applied:
Yes, but you might then ask, which one? Good question. I’m not completely sure. I saved a full-sized version of this image but when I went back and created another version it lost the full history, and it now only shows the most recent history. I had noticed that the history feature of this version of Luminar didn’t seem particularly robust, but this just kind of proves that. If I really want to track what edits I am doing, I am going to have to figure out a different way of doing it. I can do that and probably will. But it is a bit annoying.
As you can see though, the edits I applied made the file brighter and increased the overall detail. This post is part of my Made with Luminar Series. I have not been posting to this series lately because Luminar produced a new version of their software and I am working on learning how it works. Now that I have had a bit of time to work with it I am reintroducing this series to my blog.
The Made with Luminar Series
This image is part of a project I call Made with Luminar. What the images in this series have in common is the software used to edit them, Luminar AI. As with my usual blog posts particulars of the camera settings can be found in the caption below the image. I’ll then explain what other filters and edits have been applied, often mentioning the order that they were applied. The text of these posts includes any Luminar “Templates” that have been applied to the photo. Each template is a series of presets that are applied to the photo. Where applicable I will mention what changes I have made to any of the templates. A full explanation of templates is available here on their website, https://manual.skylum.com/ai/en/topic/working-with-templates You can assume basic edits have been applied. My most common edits are cropping, detail enhancement, and vignette. Specific questions or thoughts on the image are welcome in the comment section below.
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Added to CMMC, I went with old building.
Pink Floral
I am going through my archives for a current project and I came across this photo. I’ve added it to CMMC, Pink and Flower of the Day. I had a bit of a chuckle because when I saw that one of my challenges had the topic of pink, I had kind of written it off. I’m not a huge fan of the color, so I don’t go out of my way to photograph it. Apparently, it’s not a total ban though.
This image has had some minor edits in Luminar AI, but the reason I took it in the first place was the play of light and shadows in the scene, so I’ve let that stand.
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Made With Luminar: Playing it Cool
Shot on the South West Coast Path in April 2019. I’ve used the Luminar Look, Cool Tones, set at 100% but then I added a mask, set the brush at 50% and erased the look out of part of the sky. I then set the brush to 25% and erased the look out of part of the foreground. The mask is very subtle, but sometimes it’s these little differences that are important to the overall image.
The Made with Luminar Series
This image is part of a project I am calling Made with Luminar. What the images in this series have in common is the software used to edit them, Luminar 3. As with my usual blog posts particulars of the camera settings can be found in the caption below the image. I’ll then explain what other filters and edits have been applied, often mentioning what layer and therefore order that they were applied. The text of these posts include any Luminar “Looks” that have been applied to the photo. Each look is a series of presets that are applied to the photo. Where applicable I will mention what changes I have made to any of the looks. A full explanation of looks is available here on their website, https://skylum.com/luminar/user-guides/chapter-14-working-with-luminar-looks
You can assume basic edits have been applied. My most common edits are cropping, detail enhancement, and vignette. Specific questions or thoughts on the image are welcome in the comment section below.
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Made With Luminar: Tintagel Coast
This shot was taken near Tintagel Castle in 2019:
For the edit I was interested in cleaning it up a bit and making it pop. Nothing too crazy, but I started with a crop and removed a few birds that looked more like specks than distinct birds. I’ve added the Luminar Look, Dramatic Landscape, set to 100%. While I kept that filter at 100%, I did tone it down a bit by decreasing some of the contrast and vignette it had added. Here is the result:
The Made with Luminar Series
This image is part of a project I am calling Made with Luminar. What the images in this series have in common is the software used to edit them, Luminar 3. As with my usual blog posts particulars of the camera settings can be found in the caption below the image. I’ll then explain what other filters and edits have been applied, often mentioning what layer and therefore order that they were applied. The text of these posts include any Luminar “Looks” that have been applied to the photo. Each look is a series of presets that are applied to the photo. Where applicable I will mention what changes I have made to any of the looks. A full explanation of looks is available here on their website, https://skylum.com/luminar/user-guides/chapter-14-working-with-luminar-looks
You can assume basic edits have been applied. My most common edits are cropping, detail enhancement, and vignette. Specific questions or thoughts on the image are welcome in the comment section below.
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