With some of the images that I chose I had to increase the brightness of the subject and also try to remove any parts of the image that would interfere with the plug-in, like branches, fence posts etc. The best results that I have achieved are from decent sized images (plenty of data to play around with) and with a decent sized resolution. This is very usefull as you will now have 2 OS (XP being a virtual one) where you can use 2 versions of Photoshop running at the same time with out having to boot into XP just to use it.
#Apps similar to fractalis install
I use Windows 7 Ultimate 圆4 and was therefore able to install Photoshop CS3 (32bit version) in XP Mode which is a fee download from Microsoft here This meant that I didn’t have to un-install my CS5 version to use this plug-in, but instead could just open up XP Mode and install CS3 in there.
#Apps similar to fractalis update
I was unable to get it to work on Photoshop CS5 32bit, (this now works, read the update at the bottom of the article) but was able to find a work around. OK, so the first thing you will need is the Redfield Fractalius filter plug-in for Photoshop written by the very talented John Bow which you can find here It’s a 32bit plug-in so it will not work with any 64bit version of Photoshop and costs $39.90/ £25.20. This tutorial assumes that you have both a 32bit version of Photoshop (CS3, CS4 or CS5) and the Fractalis plug-in. You may want to try something different though as it’s not to everyone’s taste: Here is the image that I achieved (Looks great on a large 32″ x 28″ canvas by the way). My SmugMug account can be found here where you can download any of the images if you wish and do with them as you wish. I originally wanted to play with this as I wanted a decent desktop wallpaper and that others could download and use for free. When you use the plug-in you will quickly find that you have do play around with the different settings to achieve the look you want as the default settings are not what I wanted and didn’t look that good. I guess the same can be said for certain functions in Photoshop or Photomatix (HDR) as what we are essentially doing is using a tool to edit an image to your liking. I also had a few unkind comments from people on there as they thought of this as a cheat to creating art and it was a ‘one button push’ job. A lot of people liked the images and wanted to know how it was done. The main reason for doing this is due to the comments I received on DeviantART. This is the first ever tutorial I have ever written so forgive me if’s not great, and I may edit it from time to time as I play with it a bit more or if anyone needs any extra information.
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