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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Textured backgrounds Plugin




I got a hold of a great texture overlaying plugin called, ironically, Dirty Pictures by Totally Rad Software, recommended by John Barclay. This image was made at Longwood Gardens a few days ago. The pristine flowers and solid blue background were the attraction. A 300mm lens was used with a short extension tube, which created a seamless, solid blue background. The texture was added via Dirty Pictures (great name) and easily painted out in the flowers to give some separation and a sense of depth.
Click on the sidebar icon to either download a free trial or to purchase this plugin and/or others!
Pretty fun stuff!

14 comments:

Dan said...

Cool idea and a beautiful shot, thanks Tony.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the info on the textures, Tony. I love the image you posted.

Bo Mackison said...

Love that you are doing only flowers. So much to learn. I've never done textures and so am ready to learn.

Tony Sweet said...

Thanks much for commenting, folks!!
Good stuff! You can download a trial version to get a good look before purchasing.

Tomas Turecek said...

Thanks for the info, Tony. The image is increadibly eye catching. The contrast between pure white daisies and dark blue background is simply amazing.

Tony Sweet said...

Thanks, Tomas! The texture background has much more impact than the untextured background.

Canonizer said...

A correction, Tony. There is no free trial version of Dirty Pictures.

Their explanation, direct from Totally Rad support: "...it's a bear to go through the installation process, only to have limited access to features and textures. ;)"

Oh really? So it's a $149 gamble.

Canonizer said...

I'm following up to see if they will offer a 30 day money back guarantee, at least, as they do for the actions they also sell.

Lame that Totally Rad doesn't have a free trial ...

Tony Sweet said...

I did not know that, Canonizer. I'd automatically assumed that there's a free trial. Agree with your assessment. Also, agree that the installation process is laborious and probably too much to write a trial version. However, a 15 day money back guarantee makes sense. I'll drop them a line when I get time. I'm on a workshop this week.

Canonizer said...

Totally Rad never did respond to my inquiry regarding a money back guarantee, as they offer on the actions they sell. So no free trial, no money back guarantee.

Tony Sweet said...

Well, sorry to hear that., C. But, for what it's worth, if you like texturizing, I find it invaluable. Granted there are many ways to apply textures, but DP makes switching back and forth between textures effortless and keeps your textures all in one place. Just a big time saver.

flowers vijayawada said...

This is one of the famous flowers in India. We use lot of these flowers for all major occasions. It's very beautiful in the picture with blue background.

Tony Sweet said...

You are so lucky to have these blue poppies as your indigenous flowers, Vijay!!

russntoni said...

I just found your blog. Looks great and really informative. Thanks. Toni