Quote Originally Posted by Ross Macintosh
.................transparency tools. Many people seem to think that applying filters as one-click-effects. In fact sometimes their minimal settings can produce dramatic effects when layered with other equally subtle effects. It's the old sum is greater than the parts thing at work.
If others want to try this kind of filter-effect layering try it with a portrait. It certainly doesn't have to look like a watercolour -- the point is to have some good clean creative fun.
Regards, Ross
I agree with you Ross. Also the playing around doesn't have to be restricted to the plug-ins ... using some of the software's own digital paint / drawing effects themselves can also add some interest to a digital manipulation.

The following pieces were completed in the 1990's with just with Painter ... ver. 4 or 5 I think?

http://tinyurl.com/kh6n2

I used some of the same effect techniques and transparencies that Ross used and applied a bit of the methodology I used for hard-copy work way back before the wheel was invented.

Haven't tried it since or with Xara... yet!

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