Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds...

[embrodak]

I was playing around with curves yesterday and discovered a fun way to make a happy memory of an acid trip!

Before:



After:



Howto (GIMPwise):
1. Take a slightly creepy picture
2. Create a new layer, and put a radial gradient in it, with white in the middle and black on the edges, then put it in "Value" mode to give it a weirdish color look
3. Merge the visible layers
4. Copy the merged layer, and put the top copy in overlay mode. Shift the copy slightly (or a lot, depending on how high you want to look).
5. Play with the curves for the top layer--I find that turning the curve into the letter "N" tends to yield crazy results! Try using your initials to see what happens!

(Disclaimer: I've never been high, so this might not look like an acid trip at all.)

This might not be serious and wonderful art, but it's quite a lot of fun. Feel free to post your results, as well as any differences in the PP yielded them!

[Booter]

it's good to experiment. and good idea to write down all the steps in a detailed edit so you remember how you acheived it. ha

[Father Bob]

No images, no links

[Alex168]

I cant seem to check the images, the link seems to be dead..eve tho there is link there

sure you got the url right?

[Nathan deGargoyle]

So you mean I should take a not very good Mum and Baby pic like this...



And apply your process to get this?



OK so why not go the whole hog and apply a lens distort to get something seriosly weird?

[embrodak]

Oh, that is creepy Nathan deGargoyle! Well done!

Sorry about the down time--my work lost electricity for a bit. :-P