Pixel Bender ~ Horse Coiffure

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Image © 2011/Denise Ippolito Photography

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Pixel Bender (PB) is a free Photoshop filter plug-in that you can download from Adobe Labs here. You can download it for CS4 but you will not have access to the “Oil Painter” filter which is the most popular filter unless you are using CS5. I always set up on a duplicate layer before running the program so that I can make adjustments to the layer. For the image above I adjusted the few sliders that are in the Pixel Bender program until I liked the way the image looked. Once back in Photoshop I added a touch of Unsharp mask selectively. This is an older image that I reworked. I really liked my initial capture and the way the horse’s eye peeked out from behind his hair.


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11 Responses

  2. LensScapper says:
    November 20, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    That filter delivers such a delicate but effective result. Lovely image and a very good tight crop. I’ll be dialing in to Adobe for that one


    Andy, Thank you very much for the kind words. You will like the program. I only use the oil painting filter but there are lots of others.
    denise

  3. Deirdre Sheerr-Gross says:
    November 20, 2011 at 9:53 pm

    Denise… Smashing!! I’ve loved horses my whole life… even in their many moods and you certainly caught this one… and then enhanced her(?)

    Many thanks for this and your creative spirit. Deirdre


    Thank you Deirdre I appreciate the kind comments and welcome to my blog. I grew up in Texas and have always loved horses. It’s a him :)
    denise

  6. Len Saltiel says:
    November 21, 2011 at 12:24 pm

    Beautiful close-up Denise. Love the processing. I have pixel bender but haven’t really used it. Will have to now.


    Thanks, I like the program for animal images but have seen it work very well for other applications :)
    denise

  7. Adam Allegro says:
    November 21, 2011 at 2:06 pm

    That is a fantastic image. Wonderfully shot and processed. That plugin seems pretty promising!


    Thanks, I really only use the oil painting filter but there are many more :)
    denise

  8. Jimi Jones says:
    November 21, 2011 at 4:45 pm

    Outstanding results from that plugin, Denise. The image detail is amazing. I’ll have to grab that one and give it a go somewhere along the line. Thanks for the tip. :-)


    Thanks Jimi, much appreciated!
    denise

  11. Edith Levy says:
    November 21, 2011 at 9:26 pm

    Denise fantastic. I absolutely love this image. The way you’ve filled the frame and the way the horse is peeking through is outstanding. The processing as usual is excellent.


    Thank you Edith, I appreciate the kind words and the tweet!
    denise

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