[align=left] This is one of the most interesting things done with Gertrudis that I’ve ever heard of.
This tutorial was sent to me in the beginning of the 2007, but I never had enough time to edit, and publish. It was sent by Zeljko Grujicic.
While this tutorial was prepared with Gertrudis Pro, it’s perfectly applicable with GMX-PhotoPainter. By that time Gertrudis Pro version 2.5 had an error exporting to tiff, and the tutorial has some extra steps to correct this error, it also references a quality problem saving to JPG, this problem is now solved too.
Here comes the tutorial:
I’ve prepared complete preview of making reproductions
by your program Gertrudis, Photoshop and machine for flatbed digital printing BUSJET.
I have opened a picture with GertrudisPro.
Original dimensions of the picture is 40,5×30,5 cm, resolution of 300 dpi.
I’ve kept the original dimensions (reset to original).
I’ve chosen the smallest density of a brush, vectorial stroke, saturation -128 and the thinnest line.
“apply to the whole image” set to 7500 steps.
That kind of the picture I’ve saved as a .tiff, because your .jpeg compression is too high and results with low quality of the picture.
Painting technique and the brush were chosen by my taste.
In the Photoshop I’ve opened both pictures done in the Gertrudis.
Original picture has 300 dpi resolution.
Gertrudis picture has 200 dpi with modified dimensions.
I was forced to return the resolution into the original one (300 dpi).
For the efect that is needed, I’ve created new picture with identical dimensions.
Pics. from Gertrudis were copied to the new one as layers.
Paint layer with the transparency of 15%.
Line layer is multiply.
Then I’ve flattened the image.
It was saved as the best quality .jpeg.
The canvas was prepared with the special type of paint.
On the canvas prepared like that I’ve printed the picture prepared in the Photoshop.
This is how canvas looks like after the printing.
Lines you can see are the lines which Gertrudis uses for the brush.
Background with 15% transparency is needed so I can see the edges of the objects.
By following the lines Gertrudis had done, I can make relief, which is in the end going to look like real
paintbrush moves.
This is what it looks like when the object is filled with paint.
Here you can see the whole painting with the background.
After drying, canvas is being printed with the Gertrudis’s final picture.
On these pictures you can see relief, which in the combination with Gertrudis’s picture gives complete imitation
of the oil-painting.
Gertrudis is very usefull program.
It is pretty good for both amateur and
professional users (can be handled for
short time).
Also, it has quite a few painting
techniques, so there great varietes.
Some of my friends, which are
professional painters, were shocked by
the quality of paintings and possibilities of the Gertrudis.
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This tutorial was sent to me in the beginning of the 2007, but I never had enough time to edit, and publish. It was sent by Zeljko Grujicic.
While this tutorial was prepared with Gertrudis Pro, it’s perfectly applicable with GMX-PhotoPainter. By that time Gertrudis Pro version 2.5 had an error exporting to tiff, and the tutorial has some extra steps to correct this error, it also references a quality problem saving to JPG, this problem is now solved too.
Here comes the tutorial:
I’ve prepared complete preview of making reproductions
by your program Gertrudis, Photoshop and machine for flatbed digital printing BUSJET.
I have opened a picture with GertrudisPro.
Original dimensions of the picture is 40,5×30,5 cm, resolution of 300 dpi.
I’ve kept the original dimensions (reset to original).
I’ve chosen the smallest density of a brush, vectorial stroke, saturation -128 and the thinnest line.
“apply to the whole image” set to 7500 steps.
That kind of the picture I’ve saved as a .tiff, because your .jpeg compression is too high and results with low quality of the picture.
Painting technique and the brush were chosen by my taste.
In the Photoshop I’ve opened both pictures done in the Gertrudis.
Original picture has 300 dpi resolution.
Gertrudis picture has 200 dpi with modified dimensions.
I was forced to return the resolution into the original one (300 dpi).
For the efect that is needed, I’ve created new picture with identical dimensions.
Pics. from Gertrudis were copied to the new one as layers.
Paint layer with the transparency of 15%.
Line layer is multiply.
Then I’ve flattened the image.
It was saved as the best quality .jpeg.
The canvas was prepared with the special type of paint.
On the canvas prepared like that I’ve printed the picture prepared in the Photoshop.
This is how canvas looks like after the printing.
Lines you can see are the lines which Gertrudis uses for the brush.
Background with 15% transparency is needed so I can see the edges of the objects.
By following the lines Gertrudis had done, I can make relief, which is in the end going to look like real
paintbrush moves.
This is what it looks like when the object is filled with paint.
Here you can see the whole painting with the background.
After drying, canvas is being printed with the Gertrudis’s final picture.
On these pictures you can see relief, which in the combination with Gertrudis’s picture gives complete imitation
of the oil-painting.
Gertrudis is very usefull program.
It is pretty good for both amateur and
professional users (can be handled for
short time).
Also, it has quite a few painting
techniques, so there great varietes.
Some of my friends, which are
professional painters, were shocked by
the quality of paintings and possibilities of the Gertrudis.
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