Jacquelin Vanderwood

September 2005

I first begin by opening a photo in Photoshop and cropping the area I want to use.

I then open Exposure and adjust Gamma. From this point I want to save the picture for the web where I can optimize and reduce the size of it as well.

The next step is to open the photo up in Illustrator and apply Tracing Options where I select Color as the Mode and Max Color set to 16.

Here we can see a close-up of the result.

I then use the Save for Web option again.

Open the picture graphic up in Painter now. Apply a Quick Clone to the piece and change the brush to Cloners.

We'll use the Watercolor Wash Cloner.

I paint over the areas I want to show.

I change to Impressionist Cloner and paint over the leaves in the trees. From the Layers palette, click the arrow and choose Drop All.

From there I applied Brightness/Contrast to the piece.

The last step is to apply Adjust Dye Concentration set to Maximum of 0% and Minimum of 40% using Paper which I have chosen Hard Laid Paper, and then choose Fade set to 48%.

And here is the finished piece which seems strangely 1940ish. This can now be used in a variety of formats.

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