A Work in Progress: Green-Ree



This guide was made for entry:
Green-Ree
In Contest:
joecacia


Original image


step 1 of 10

Open Image in Gimp and Go to
Filters>>G'MIC>>Enhancements>>Anisotropic smoothing and Apply it with default settings.

Creation of Green-Ree: Step 1

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Now in the G'mic window go to Enhancement>>Bilateral Filtering and apply with default setting

Creation of Green-Ree: Step 2

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No open Color>>Color Balance
And set Midtone values to Cyan=59
Magenta=100
Yellow=-53
Apply.

Creation of Green-Ree: Step 3

step 4 of 10

No go back to G'Mic and open Lights and Shadows>>Dodge and Burn and apply with default settings

Creation of Green-Ree: Step 4

step 5 of 10

Now use Fuzzy select tool to select the image as shown in figure.

Creation of Green-Ree: Step 5

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Crete a new layer above background layer select brush tool and then choose Different Vector foliage brushes and apply them according to your preference and color.
Then choose 3d Cloud Brushes from brush pallet and apply them on the upper part of the image to create effect like in the figure.

Creation of Green-Ree: Step 6
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step 7 of 10

Go to Fx-Foundry>>Photo>>Enhancement>.Auto Contrast Correction and Apply with default settings

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Again go in G'mic Lights and Shadows>>Dodge and Burn And apply.

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step 9 of 10

No add some light to the eyes. To do that take the default Fuzzy circle brush and change its size 25 % to the size of brown area of eye and then apply it as shown in the figure.

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step 10 of 10

We are nearly done now just go to Fx-Foundry>>Photo>Effects>>LOMO Effect and apply with default settings. Now in layer window set transparency of base and vignetting layers to 50-60% only and save the image. We're doen

Creation of Green-Ree: Step 10

Final result

Creation of Green-Ree: Final Result

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