# The Cranes **URL:** \ **Category:** Education & Training\ **Created:** [May 31, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210 "2018-05-31T00:13:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8491ac/32.png) [@knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/knokin)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/1 "2018-05-31T00:13:11Z")
Custom colours, Abstraction, Impression. The impression was set to more extreme settings- eg large brush on Low, high width & length, some rotation with variation, small colour variation and painting progress back to a less finished setting. As this loses the image a lot, even with Spill low, I get it back from the image I just used in Impression. Doing it this way establishes a harmonious, more abstract background. To do this: 1. I dragged the original over the Impression one as an Image Layer… I often then set this to Luminance but this time I left it Normal. This makes the original disappear so I just see the Impression one. 2. I created a Layer mask on this Image Layer and inverted it to black; making the brush white so it is painting back the Original in the way I decide. 3. I then brush back edge detail etc that has been lost but in a selective way that looks more painterly. I tend to vary the opacity in the brush a bit too so it blends better and highlights what I want to highlight. This is now a general approach I use a lot so thought I would share it as not everyone is used to working with masks and image layers. I then took it into Corel Painter for some Surface Texture. ![](https://discourseupload.s3.amazonaws.com/original/2X/7/7b2f1111b1b47567dd28613f9db016115c2bdae5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![KenKv](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/kenkv/32/32_2.png) [@KenKv](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/KenKv)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/2 "2018-05-31T04:13:40Z")
I really like the composition, colors and processing. Thank you very much for the very nice description of your methods. ---
**Author:** ![Laundromat](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/laundromat/32/129_2.png) [@Laundromat](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Laundromat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/3 "2018-05-31T06:35:25Z")
Great capture and wonderful processing with stunning colors ---
**Author:** ![Mond](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/mond/32/309_2.png) [@Mond](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Mond)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 7:02am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/4 "2018-05-31T07:02:37Z")
Great job. I like the subject isolation. ---
**Author:** ![Torcello](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/torcello/32/9927_2.png) [@Torcello](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Torcello)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 9:20am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/5 "2018-05-31T09:20:33Z")
Gosh! this is good! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Andre](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Michael\_Andre](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Michael_Andre)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/6 "2018-05-31T11:01:22Z")
That is amazing. Do you use a wacom tablet by chance? Would it be possible to see the original so as to more fully appreciate the work you have done? ---
**Author:** ![cre8art](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/cre8art/32/153_2.png) [@cre8art](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/cre8art)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/7 "2018-05-31T21:34:08Z")
Really wonderful looking results and colors, thanks for the info. ---
**Author:** ![knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8491ac/32.png) [@knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/knokin)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/8 "2018-05-31T22:24:01Z")
Thanks for taking time to comment so comprehensively ---
**Author:** ![knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8491ac/32.png) [@knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/knokin)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/9 "2018-05-31T22:26:02Z")
Not my shot but one of the great Pixabay ones but glad you liked what I did with it. ---
**Author:** ![knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8491ac/32.png) [@knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/knokin)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/10 "2018-05-31T22:26:55Z")
Thanks. Always good to get some focus onn what you think is the major area of interest ---
**Author:** ![knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8491ac/32.png) [@knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/knokin)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/11 "2018-05-31T22:27:38Z")
Am pleased you liked it Jack. Your enthusiasm always means something ---
**Author:** ![knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8491ac/32.png) [@knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/knokin)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/12 "2018-05-31T22:29:05Z")
Yes, I am a Wacom user. Have been into Corel Painter for some years and cant really finction without one now! The original is from Pixabays generous photographers. ![](https://discourseupload.s3.amazonaws.com/original/2X/a/ac59a2bb00c37eab785c2f2b1a888f40e4c54574.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8491ac/32.png) [@knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/knokin)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/13 "2018-05-31T22:30:13Z")
Thanks John. Glad you enjoyed it. Am a bit of a colour junkie! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Andre](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Michael\_Andre](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/Michael_Andre)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/14 "2018-06-01T05:54:10Z")
Thanks mate, after seeing the original I can really appreciate the work you put into this to make it as stunning as it is. Thanks too for providing your workflow - i am going to try it and see what I can do with one of my images. If it comes out looking half as good as yours I will post it on the forum. ---
**Author:** ![XiaoLin](https://community.topazlabs.com/user_avatar/community.topazlabs.com/xiaolin/32/1065_2.png) [@XiaoLin](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/XiaoLin)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/15 "2018-06-01T21:51:35Z")
Excellent capture, and though I love the processing, I really like the detail of your original shot! ---
**Author:** ![knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8491ac/32.png) [@knokin](https://community.topazlabs.com/u/knokin)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.topazlabs.com/t/the-cranes/6210/16 "2018-06-01T22:13:14Z")
Cant take any credit for the original as it was from Pixabay. I have retired my DSLR now and concentrate on the painting side