Popular Post ReMake Posted October 17, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 17, 2016 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it Polish physicist and photographer Andrzej Dragan applies special style to his own portraits photos that express the depth of the person and their character by enhancing facial features usually hidden away in modern photography. This style was named Dragan effect. There are many tutorials for Photoshop on the Internet to create a similar effect. Let's try to reproduce this effect in Paint.NET in two methods. Method 1. One of the variants to create the effect shown in the article Create the Dragan photo effect in Photoshop. I will not describe it in detail, but only explain with the help of images and a brief description. Download the image (the link to the image taken from article above) and create a copy of the 'Background' layer. Consistently apply to a copy of the layer function from the menu Adjustments, Levels, Hue / Saturation, Curves with the parameters given in the figures below. Apply to a copy of the layer effects High Pass (menu Effects -> Photo -> High Pass) with the default settings. Change the layer's blending mode to Overlay and merge the both layers. Result: before and after Method 2. Load the previous image and create a copy of the 'Background' layer. Consistently apply to a copy of the layer effects Sharpen and High Pass (menu Effects -> Photo -> Sharpen and Photo -> High Pass) with the settings shown in figures below. Change the layer's blending mode to Overlay and merge the both layers. If necessary apply to the image the Hue / Saturation function (menu Adjustments -> Hue / Saturation), changing a saturation from 60 to 140. Result: In my opinion, the second method is more expressive. Also see: CodeLab - First Steps (Dragan Effect). 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Interesting technique, thanks Remake! Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishi Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 So its called the Dragan effect. I did not know what this effect was called but wanted to learn it. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 11 hours ago, Ishi said: I did not know what this effect was called but wanted to learn it. http://wegraphics.net/blog/tutorials/photoshop-quick-tip-create-a-dragan-style-portrait-effect-in-5-steps/http://photoshop123.com/easy-dragan-effect-photoshop/http://123coolpictures.com/dragan+effect+in+photoshophttp://fullreels.com/en/video/ec8HB3G7QqU/Photoshop-Dragan-Effect and many, many others... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 (edited) I had heard of this effect @Remake but didn't really know much about it. (I should have though - being half Polish) It's surprising though how one can get such subtle effects with this. Thank you @Remake Edited November 14, 2017 by Pixey Replaced image from photobucket 4 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Eli, Ego Eram Reputo, Red ochre, DrewDale, Ishi, Pixey, thanks for your interest and reps. Pixey, You are charming! See: Dragan Effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 58 minutes ago, ReMake said: Pixey, You are charming! ^ this Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Aww ...... thank you @Remake, @EER and @AgentGoodSpeed 1 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitenurse79 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Very interesting Remake. Thank you for the share Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 16 hours ago, nitenurse79 said: Very interesting Remake. Thank you for the share Thank you @nitenurse79. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipstick Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 Nice tute! Another way to achieve this effect (or something similar) is to use the Laplacian Pyramid Filter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 46 minutes ago, dipstick said: Nice tute! Thank you @dipstick. 47 minutes ago, dipstick said: Another way to achieve this effect (or something similar) is to use the Laplacian Pyramid Filter. I will study this in the nearest future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Thank you, ReMake! I find I am using this frequently and you just released it this week. Comes in handy! 1 Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 15 hours ago, lynxster4 said: ... Comes in handy! Thank you, lynxster4! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Very interesting tutorial, ReMake! Thanks for sharing your methods! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Dear ReMake! Thank you so much. Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 On 26.10.2016 at 1:13 AM, Maximilian said: Thanks for sharing... 2 hours ago, Seerose said: Thank you so much. I'm glad you liked it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 (edited) @ReMake! Finally the time has come. Very nice explanation. Thank you so much for your effort. Edited April 16, 2018 by Seerose 2 1 Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Very impressive Seerose! Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share Posted November 14, 2017 26 minutes ago, Ego Eram Reputo said: Very impressive Seerose! Also it is very realistic and is expressive! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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