Simple ink wash effect using trace and mask in 0.45

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llogg
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Simple ink wash effect using trace and mask in 0.45

Postby llogg » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:08 pm

I stumbled upon this technique while messing around with a picture of my little girl. It's very simple, but I think the result is rather nice. Here's how I did it:

1. This is the starting image (I've clipped it once already to just have the rough outline of my daughter).
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Select the starting image and do Path>Trace Bitmap. I used the settings "color quantization, colors:8, suppress speckles 10, smooth corners 1.34, optimize paths 5.

2. Wait a few seconds and you get something like this.
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Then move the trace to the bottom and shift-select the original image so that both the trace and the image are selected with the original image on top. Like so:
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3. Do Object>Mask>Set and end up with something like this (I threw a pink rectangle behind her for a little pizzazz):
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Not real elaborate, but I think it's a pretty neat effect. Hope you guys do too.

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Deepmonk
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Re: Simple ink wash effect using trace and mask in 0.45

Postby Deepmonk » Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:20 pm

Ok, is this daughter wars...? :D

here is mine...

:tool_calligraphic:

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Re: Simple ink wash effect using trace and mask in 0.45

Postby blaz_boy » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:15 pm

oh god , i have no daughter , what i'm gonna do :o :o what i'm gonna do
ok thats it , i'll buy one from the supermarket :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Simple ink wash effect using trace and mask in 0.45

Postby DannyKing » Fri Sep 12, 2008 7:14 pm

Nice effect, could be useful for "grunge" style web design.

Thanks :)
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