Hello all,
this software is the most innovative graphics program I saw in years!
Just a question. As your video shows, PostworkShop works mainly by adding styles (incl. adjustiments) to reach the final picture. Looking at the examples on your page, some of the results puzzled me, regarding the styles that where used to build it. So: when I have the final picture in mind, how can I proceed to achieve this result? Many styles to choose from, more to follow for sure; but no way to tell what will happen when I add this style to that one, except trying; or build up an example database of the results of possible combinations.
Any ideas?
Best Regards,
Peter.
Wed, 06/30/2010 - 20:49
From thought to picture
Sun, 07/25/2010 - 20:49
#2
Hello Bela, I will do some
Hello Bela, I will do some more testing now in my holidays.B.t.w., it is really quiet here in the forums, and I hope this does not reflect the number of users or customers... In any case, maybe you would like to consider offering PwShop at 'www.bitsdujour.com', what could really give you a boost :) Best Regards,Peter.
Wed, 04/11/2012 - 19:03
#3
Use of Projects versus Styles
I have noticed that there are lot of interesting "styles" available for download. I have also noticed that I can "save" my own styles. However, these styles that I download are not helpful to understanding the structuring of a multiple base stluized picture. I am finding that the "project" files provide all of the layering transformations and blending information. Would it be possible for you to release the flower vase picture (and all of the transformations of the picture) as seperate projects? I could see just downloading all of the project files in a zip file, installing on a directory on my hard drive and then calling up the "projects" that best represented the effect I wanted to achieve. I can see that after a while of exploring this project set, I would become a lot more efficient at achieving the effect that I want with my own photos (or those from Fotolia).
I am also interested in examining project files that demonstrate the new (for me) masking layers and how to use them to control the application of an effect to a photo for, say, a background versus a person.
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 00:02
#4
The images with the vase use
The images with the vase use only one style / image, so a project would not give more information than the name of the style, already displayed under the image. Other than the tutorials, you can also find tips and construction ideas on our blog: http://blog.postworkshop.net/
E.g. the folowing blog post may help to understand the masking workflow better:
http://blog.postworkshop.net/2012/01/31/masking-in-the-advanced-layout/
Hi Peter,
thanks for your kind words!
You basically answered your own question: when you start to learn the program either you play with the styles until you find something interesting or you reuse the styles that you saved from your previous experiments.
Practice will bring more insight though. Most of the time you will know what you need to achieve a given result, but first you will have to use the filters for a while. When you know the individual filters and styles, combining them is very similar to the methods that you know from the traditional image editing programs.
If you are puzzled with a few images, just ask your questions here, in the forum.
And we will keep on adding new tutorials about the more advanced style building methods, especially about the Style Editor.
Best regards,
Bela