Turning 'Grass' into 'Lush Grass'. E-Z Tutorial. IMG Heavy.

[chrispperson]

Making 'Grass' into 'Lush Grass' By ChrisPperson of Paint.NET

Difficulty Level:

2.5/10.0

Plugins Needed:

None!

Other Needed Things:

A picture with grass, and having sky in the picture may be nice to get a cool effect.

Before:

After:

Step One: Use the Magic Wand tool to select the sky area of the picture. I set my tolerance level to the following to select the whole sky in the picture (This part is incredibly important! Do not mess this up!)

And then selected the sky so that it would look like this:

Step Two: :GaussianBlur: Next, use the Gaussian Blur filter on the selected sky area. The radius of the Gaussian Blur should be "145". This creates a very nice effect in the sky for later. Here is what it should look like (But do NOT deselect the sky! I just deselected it so you could see the full effect!):

Step Three: :InvertSelection: After that, you will invert your selection, and select the grassy area. While doing this, you will then use the Brightness/Contrast effect. The settings will be adjusted to Brightness at -45, and Contrast at 0. This will make it very lush, but also very dark, which is what we will be fixing in just a minute.

Step Four: :Glow: You will then apply a glow to the selected area. The properties should be Radius at 1, Brightness at -45, and Contrast at -15. This will make the previously 'Dry' grass now feel moist and lush! Here is a picture of my finished product (And the best part is- I have tried this 5 times and they all look exactly the same!)

Explanation of Gaussian Blur on the sky: It was supposed to make a 'It has rained' kind of feel to the picture (If you don't see it, then you should notice it a little if you look real closely). That way, your field will look and feel like a moist, lush, grassy area! Also, if you think that the outcome is too blurry, just sharpen it, or use any other method to un-blur it. I hope you liked the tutorial, it was really simple

[Remii9512]

Wow, I have to try this one day. 8)

[Remii9512]

Hmm... I tried this on wood. didnt turn out the best... But, ok!

[pipp92]

looks good

might be useful

[flip]

Couldn't you just adjust the saturation? (After you select the grass of course.)

[mcamp14]

Couldn't you just adjust the saturation? (After you select the grass of course.)

Or you could select the sky and mountains and invert selection.

[BoltBait]

Or, you could just try this plugin: Landscape

No selection necessary.

Edited January 30, 2011 by Ego Eram Reputo
Updated link

[danielbleazard]

Thats the difference between the tutorial and the plugin. I prefer this, for effect and because it probably took a lot of effort! Nice tutorial!

[TomTheTroll]

I agree, The plugin version looks fake and unrealistic, Nice Tut!

[Ego Eram Reputo]

You have to admit that the plugin made a much better job of the sky, and it's much faster. I think you'll have a more realistic outcome if you tone down the 'grass' when using the plugin.

[AhmedElyamani]

By the way i like this tutorial , But i think dublicating the layer then changing to overlay will do the trick ..<div><br></div><div>clarification plugin will do that  ..</div>

Edited December 16, 2011 by AhmedElyamani

[nemisunam2000]

how can i make a new brush?!!

please help me.!

[Ego Eram Reputo]

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