FREE Portrait Backgrounds Collection ~ Post Them Here!

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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859

    I just added to the first post- seeing Barbult's use of the background, and seeing my test render using mine, if you want to post an example of a render using your background, feel free, or if you use someone's, feel free to show us. Could be fun! It will also help people get a good idea of what it will look like when actually being used.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859
    edited June 2016

    These are all 1000 x 1000. This is Brick with interactive fill, Gaussian Blur 19. More coming. I'm playing for an hour or so. 

    So then I did Smoked Glass 40, then Smoked Glass 53. (The higher the number, the more "smoke" over the image. I am using white.) 

    I think it's neat that you can use Bricks to get a subtle dimple effect when it's combined with Gaussian Blur!

    EDIT: Fortunately I was able to hit UNDO and get you the original. I didn't think about that until the next post. That way you can add your own effects to the bricks (and share with us if you want to.)

    brickGaus17.jpg
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    brickGaus17sm40.jpg
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    brickGaus17sm53.jpg
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    brickGaus17ORIG.jpg
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859
    edited June 2016

    Brick, Interactive Fill, 1000 x 1000. Changing the Gaussian Blur.  It goes from 6, to 14, to 21. (Corel Photo Shop) 

    I'm giving you the original too so you can apply your own effects for your own use (and you can post them here for others, feel free to build off them. There's SO many effects I can't possibly do them all!) 

    brick116.73G19LimeYell.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 201K
    brickGausLimeYell14.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 157K
    brickGausLimeYell21.jpg
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    brickGausLimeYell21ORIG.jpg
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  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,300

    I've got a couple.

     

    4.jpg
    1414 x 999 - 891K
    9.jpg
    1100 x 1600 - 527K
    8.jpg
    1061 x 1500 - 258K
  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859
    edited June 2016

    Brick, Interactive Fill, 1000 x 1000. Changing the Gaussian Blurs  Giving you the plain square and the original brick (again) too. So play with the plain square gradiant and see what you come up with! 

    In progress

    fill1.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 103K
    brick116.73G19Blue1.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 1M
    brick116.73G19Blue2.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 696K
    brick116.73G19Blue13.jpg
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    brick116.73G19Blue19.jpg
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859

     

    scorpio said:

    I've got a couple.

     

    gorgeous!!!!

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859
    edited June 2016

    This is the interactive fill, with Stone as the texture. The Smoked Glass was 20, 40, 50. I put the original with it, it's the same one as used with the brick but this keeps it all together for you.

    Posting a small sample so you can see the textures. Love Stone!

    fill1.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 103K
    stoneblue.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 1M
    stoneblueSmoke20.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 1M
    stoneblueSmoke40.jpg
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    stoneblueSmoke50.jpg
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859
    edited June 2016

    This is the interactive fill Stone. With purple, fushia, orange. If you have any color requests, nows the time.

    Click to see the textures- these are really pretty!

    stonePurpFushOran.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 116K
    stonePurpFushOranStone.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 1M
    stonePurpFushOranStone20.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 987K
    stonePurpFushOranStone40.jpg
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    stonePurpFushOranStone50.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 819K
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859
    edited June 2016

    This is the interactive fill WIth purple, fushia, orange and LINEN. (20,40,50 on the Smoked Glass.) Original square provided (same as above, but keeping it with the group for you.) 

    stonePurpFushOran.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 116K
    LinenPurpFushOranStone.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 1M
    LinenPurpFushOran20.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 1M
    LinenPurpFushOran40.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 1004K
    LinenPurpFushOran50.jpg
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859
    edited June 2016

    Yes, I was able to Undo and get back to the blues so here's the Linen (Canvas) of that one for you. With Smoked Glass 20, 40, 50.

    Again, combine other effects on top of this and have fun!

    LinenFill1.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 1M
    LinenFill1.20.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 1M
    LinenFill1.40.jpg
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    LinenFill1.50.jpg
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859
    edited June 2016

    Another Stone. This is Fill 2. (first image, for your use. Stone starts with the second image.) 

    Smoked Glass 20, 40, 50.

    Fill2.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 121K
    Fill2Stone.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 962K
    Fill2Stone20.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 888K
    Fill2Stone40.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 797K
    Fill2Stone50.jpg
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859
    edited June 2016

    And Linen for Fill 2. Again, Fill 2 is the original, no texture.

    Smoked Glass 20, 40, 50.

    Fill2.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 121K
    Fill2Linen.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 1M
    Fill2Linen20.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 989K
    Fill2Stone40.jpg
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    Fill2Stone50.jpg
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  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    I have a few to share.  I've been trying to come up with some backgrounds suitable for more masculine portraits.  I don't know if anyone would like these, but you can use them free for commercial use.  No credit needed.  I scaled them down to Novica's minimum size so these are all 719 x 809 at 72 dpi because I wanted to see what they look like at that size.  I think I might redo them at a larger size later, but these look great even scaled up.  I'll have to take them into DS and test them out once my current render is done.

    BluePlasmaBlurry.jpg
    719 x 809 - 179K
    BluePlasmaComic.jpg
    719 x 809 - 429K
    BluePlasmaComic02.jpg
    719 x 809 - 461K
    BluePlasmaFeathered.jpg
    719 x 809 - 270K
    BluePlasmaComic4.jpg
    719 x 809 - 638K
  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    And more.  I used some of Ron's Cracks and Ron's Scratches with these.

    BrownCracks.jpg
    719 x 809 - 196K
    BrownCracks02.jpg
    719 x 809 - 182K
    RedYellowCracks.jpg
    719 x 809 - 275K
    BrownScratches.jpg
    719 x 809 - 424K
  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191

    And yet more....

    GreenPlasmaBlurry.jpg
    719 x 809 - 121K
    GreenPlasmaClouds.jpg
    719 x 809 - 276K
    GreenPlasmaFeathered.jpg
    719 x 809 - 401K
    GreenPlasmaComic01.jpg
    719 x 809 - 213K
    GreenPlasmaComic02.jpg
    719 x 809 - 233K
  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,091

    Here are a few I've made in the past - I generally do 3:4 ratio, so these are all 768 x 1024 px.  They started life as gradients, with various Ron's brushes over the top.

    B10.jpg
    768 x 1024 - 185K
    B08.jpg
    768 x 1024 - 395K
    B07.jpg
    768 x 1024 - 279K
  • scorpioscorpio Posts: 8,300
    Novica said:

     

    scorpio said:

    I've got a couple.

     

    gorgeous!!!!

     

    Thank you.

     

  • Kismet2012Kismet2012 Posts: 4,252
    Novica said:

    I have 2 I am happy to offer.

    Kismet2012, take a peek at your background used by Barbult. Looks awesome!

    Looks great.  Thanks for the heads up Novica.

  • KharmaKharma Posts: 3,214

    Absolutely beautiful backgrounds everyone and so generous to offer them for everyone to use!

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859

    Knittingmommy- the red and yellow cracked one is neat!  MelanieL, my fav is the middle one, so many things going on with that one.

  • KnittingmommyKnittingmommy Posts: 8,191
    Novica said:

    Knittingmommy- the red and yellow cracked one is neat!  MelanieL, my fav is the middle one, so many things going on with that one.

    Yeah, I kind of like how that one turned out and I'm seriously thinking of going back in and doing a few variations of that one with different color gradients.

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859
    edited June 2016

    Okay, so will add some crackly textures of a different nature while Knittingmommy is thinking about the possibility of more colors on hers. (Hope you do some!) 

    Still at 1000 x 1000, this is Fill 3 (I am labeling all the gradients, so the plain ones can be easily referenced. So if you like this one, the green/blue, it's Fill 3.) 

    This is called Elephant Skin. The Elephant Skin settings in Corel Photo Paint were 44 and 236. The Gaussian Blur was 2, then 3.

    The first one is Fill 3, no textures. Feel free to use and play with (and you can post back here if you'd like.) 

    Next, I'll add bubbles to these.

     

    fill3.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 90K
    fill3Ele44.236.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 1M
    fill3Ele44.236Blur2.jpg
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    fill3Ele44.236Blur3.jpg
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859
    edited June 2016

    Fill 3, Elephant Skin with Bubbles. Bubbles settings were 30 / 95 / 315.

    Gaussian Blur 6.5, then 10, then 17.

    The first one is the bubbles without blur. There's so many possibilities if you add more textures to it! (Like linen or bricks, then blur it.)

     

    fill3EleBub30.95.315.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 1M
    fill3EleBubBlur6.5.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 315K
    fill3EleBubBlur10.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 262K
    fill3EleBubBlur17.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 206K
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  • MelanieLMelanieL Posts: 7,091

    Thanks, Novica. I like your elephant skin and the weird bubbly version - are all these patterns part of Corel Paint? (I just have Photoshop Elements)

  • KharmaKharma Posts: 3,214

    Really like those bubbly textures Novica, I use Paintshop Pro and Photoshop CS2 and CS6, but have never seen any options that could create that texture.  Are there any effect to create a sparkly type background?

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859

    They're Corel Photo Paint, (not sure if there's a program called Corel Paint, so just being on the safe side.) It's under Effects>Textures>Bubbles.

    I'll do a few more colors in both the Elephant Skin and with bubbles added. 

    Kharma, sparkly as in little glimmers? I'll show you folks a few of the things Corel Photo Paint can do. Back in a few.

     

  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859
    edited June 2016

    Fill 1 (the blues shown earlier) with:

    Cubist, setting 2/28

    Impressionist, setting 78/42/40

    Palette Knife, setting 11/5  and  50/8

    All of these change drastically when settings are changed, I just showed Palette Knife but Impressionist and Cubist change a lot too. Click to enlarge, these are 1000px.

    fill1ArtStrCubist2.28.jpg
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    fill1ArtStrImpress78.42.40.jpg
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    fill1ArtStrPalKnife11.5.jpg
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    fill1ArtStrPalKnife50.8.jpg
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859
    edited June 2016

    Fill 1 (the blues shown earlier) with:

    Cobblestone. The settings are for Rough / Size (of the pattern) / Grout Width. The first ones have ZERO rough, which shows up like stucco.

    First image: Rough 0, Size 7, Grout Width 10.

    Second:   0 / 32 / 16

    Third: 20 (Rough) and same as second (32/16)

    The light was angle 195.

    CLICK TO ENLARGE, ITS A BEAUTIFUL PATTERN WHICH WILL SHOW UP IN RENDERS.

    fill1Cobb0.7.10.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 564K
    fill1Cobb0.32.16.jpg
    1000 x 1000 - 387K
    fill1Cobb20.32.16.jpg
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  • NovicaNovica Posts: 23,859

    Kharma, I'm not seeing anything resembling sparkly, but if I find any, I'll be sure and post them.

  • dHandledHandle Posts: 617
    edited June 2016

    Remember the Windows Vista desktop?

    This one is 8 x 10;  resolution 150 pixels/inch

    1200 x 1500

    If anyone would like a different color scheme, just give a shout.

     

     

    Lines1.jpg
    1200 x 1500 - 363K
    Post edited by dHandle on
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